§ 38a-637 — (Formerly Sec. 38-229). Money or other benefits not liable to attachment.

No money or other benefit, charity, relief or aid to be paid, provided or rendered by any society shall be liable to attachment, garnishment or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of a member or beneficiary, or any other person who may have a right thereunder, either before or after payment by the society.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 6245; 1953, S. 2847d; 1957, P.A. 448, S. 18; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 86-290, S. 6, 10.) History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 86-290 deleted reference to assignments to the commissioner of income maintenance under Sec. 17-114; Sec. 38-229 transferred to Sec. 38a-637 in 1991. Annotation to former section 38-229: What societies included under former law. 76 C. 132.