Bill(s)
2019 Act 71 authorizes ETF to withhold money from a member's WRS annuity or lump sum payment if ETF is ordered to do so by a court in a restitution order. The bill provides that ETF distributes any money withheld from an annuity or lump sum payment under a restitution order as directed by the court in the order. The court may issue a restitution under this bill if the crime for which the restitution is ordered is both felony theft and misconduct in public office, the crime resulted in a loss to the defendant's employer and the defendant's employer participates in the WRS. The act takes effect on January 23, 2020.
Sponsors
Status
2019 Session - Enacted Into Law
Other
Please contact Tarna Hunter, ETF’s Government Relations Director, if you have any questions.