Idaho Code § 56-223

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56-223 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE NOT ASSIGNABLE.

Official statutory text

56-223. Public assistance not assignable. Public assistance awarded under this act shall not be transferable or assignable, and none of the money paid or payable under this act shall be subject to execution, attachment, or other legal process; except that the department may transfer funds to another public agency in lieu of payments to recipients, said funds to be transferred by such agency to project sponsors for payment as wages to said recipients participating in special work projects.

History:

[56-223, added 1941, ch. 181, sec. 23, p. 379; am. 1969, ch. 30, sec. 2, p. 51; am. 1997, ch. 30, sec. 1, p. 55.]

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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