All amounts paid or payable as assistance shall be exempt from any tax levied by the State or any subdivision thereof, shall be exempt from levy and sale, attachment or any other process whatsoever, and shall be inalienable and unassignable in advance in any form and, in case of bankruptcy, shall not pass to the trustee or other person acting on behalf of the creditors of the recipient of assistance.
HISTORY: 1976 Code Section 45-5-130; 1962 Code Section 71-63; 1952 Code Section 71-63; 1942 Code Section 4996-20; 1937 (40) 496; 1978 Act No. 549; 1997 Act No. 133, Section 7, eff June 11, 1997.