Michigan Compiled Laws § 38.19h Payments Not Tax Exempt And Subject To Certain Operations Of Law.
38.19h Payments not tax exempt and subject to certain operations of law. Sec. 19h.
Payments made after September 30, 1991, under sections 19b(2), 19c(2), 19d(2), 19e(2), and 19f(3) are not pensions, annuities, retirement allowances, optional benefits, or any other rights described in section 40(1), are not exempt from taxation, are subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, or other process of law, and may be assignable as provided in this act.
History: Add. 2002, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 1 of Act 93 of 2002 provides:“Enacting section 1. The provisions of section 19h of the state employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 240, as added by this amendatory act, are curative and intended to correct any misinterpretation of legislative intent in the Michigan court of appeals decisions in Stone v State of Michigan, Department of Treasury, docket no. 217485, and in Liken v State of Michigan, Department of Treasury, docket no. 222588. This legislation expresses the original intent of the legislature that payments under sections 19b(2), 19c(2), 19d(2), 19e(2), and 19f(3) of the state employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 240, MCL 38.19b, 38.19c, 38.19d, 38.19e, and 38.19f were not made by the retirement system and were not pensions, annuities, retirement allowances, optional benefits, or any other rights described in section 40(1) of the state employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 240, MCL 38.40, are not exempt from taxation, are subject to executions, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, or other process of law, and may be assignable as provided in the state employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 240, MCL 38.1 to 38.69.”
Section: 38.19h
Last modified: October 10, 2016