§ 15-16-4. Income withholding agency.
The division of taxation within the department of administration is designated as the state income withholding agency for all income withholding orders issued or registered in Rhode Island and shall have all powers, duties, and responsibilities to establish and administer income withholding in accordance with this chapter, and is further authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations that it deems necessary to implement the provisions and purposes of this chapter; provided, that any rule or regulation affecting the duties and responsibilities of the family court shall be made with the concurrence of the chief judge of the family court.
History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 129, § 6; P.L. 1996, ch. 131, § 6; P.L. 1996, ch. 132, § 6; P.L. 1996, ch. 133, § 6.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 15-16 - Income Withholding
Section 15-16-2. - Definitions.
Section 15-16-3. - Remedies additional.
Section 15-16-4. - Income withholding agency.
Section 15-16-6. - Notice to obligor.
Section 15-16-7. - Income withholding by withholding agency — Registry — Judicial review.
Section 15-16-8. - Contesting withholding.
Section 15-16-9. - Income withholding order — Service — Effectiveness — Contents.
Section 15-16-10. - Duties and liabilities of withholding agent.
Section 15-16-11. - Duration — Modification or revocation of order.
Section 15-16-12. - Allocation of amounts withheld — Refunds — Distribution.
Section 15-16-14. - Voluntary income withholding.
Section 15-16-15. - Initiation of income withholding with other jurisdictions.