2011 Connecticut Code
Title 10 Education and Culture
Chapter 167a Teachers' Retirement System
Sec. 10-183q. Funds not assignable and exempt from attachment.

      Sec. 10-183q. Funds not assignable and exempt from attachment. The portion of each member's compensation deducted or to be deducted under this chapter and all rights of each member and of each survivor to receive benefits or other payments under this chapter shall be exempt from the operation of any laws relating to bankruptcy or insolvency; and shall not be subject to garnishment, attachment, execution, levy or any other similar legal process of any court. No assignment of any right of a member or any other person to receive benefits or other payments from the system shall be valid. The funds of the system invested in personal property shall be exempt from taxation.

      (P.A. 78-208, S. 16, 35; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 95, 168.)

      History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 removed exemption from taxation, effective August 22, 1991, and applicable to taxable years of taxpayers commencing on or after January 1, 1991.