Title 40
Human Services

Chapter 5.2
The Rhode Island Works Program

R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-5.2-17

§ 40-5.2-17. Assistance not assignable; exemption from process.

Except as otherwise provided for herein, cash assistance shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable under this chapter shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.

History of Section.
P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 16, § 1.