South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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S. 143

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Massey
Document Path: l:\s-res\asm\021judg.sp.asm.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Property that may be applied to satisfy a judgement

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2020  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/12/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 189)
   1/12/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 189)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 15-39-410 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO PROPERTY THAT MAY BE ORDERED TO BE APPLIED TOWARD THE SATISFACTION OF A JUDGMENT, TO PROVIDE THAT, INSTEAD OF A COMPLETE EXEMPTION OF THE EARNINGS OF A JUDGMENT DEBTOR FOR HIS PERSONAL SERVICES, ONLY SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE EARNINGS OF THE DEBTOR FOR HIS PERSONAL SERVICES CANNOT BE APPLIED, AND THAT THE EARNINGS OF THE JUDGMENT DEBTOR FOR HIS PERSONAL SERVICES TO BE WITHHELD MAY NOT EXCEED THE LIMITS SET FORTH BY THE FEDERAL CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION ACT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 15-39-410 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 15-39-410.    The judge may order any property of the judgment debtor, not exempt from execution, in the hands either of himself or any other person or due to the judgment debtor, to be applied toward the satisfaction of the judgment, except that seventy-five percent of the earnings of the debtor for his personal services cannot be so applied, and the earnings of the judgment debtor for his personal services to be withheld may not exceed the limits set forth by the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1673."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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