BILL NUMBER: AB 519	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER   137
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 28, 1997
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 27, 1997
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 11, 1997
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 3, 1997
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 19, 1997
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 1, 1997
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 9, 1997

INTRODUCED BY  Assembly Member Richter

                        FEBRUARY 24, 1997

   An act to add Section 706.034 to the Code of Civil Procedure,
relating to wage garnishment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 519, Richter.  Wage garnishment:  authorization of deductions.
   The existing Wage Garnishment Law provides for the withholding of
the earnings of an employee, as defined, for the payment of a debt,
subsequent to an earnings withholding order.  Under existing law, the
employer, as defined, shall pay the amount required to be withheld
from the employee's earnings, as defined, pursuant to the order to
the levying officer on a monthly basis, according to specified
procedures.
   This bill would authorize the employer to deduct from the earnings
of the employee the sum of $1 for each payment made  in accordance
with an earnings withholding order.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 706.034 is added to the Code of Civil
Procedure, to read:
   706.034.  The employer may deduct from the earnings of the
employee the sum of one dollar ($1) for each payment made in
accordance with an earnings withholding order issued pursuant to this
chapter.