(a) The maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any workweek which may be subjected to any one or more assignments of earnings for the payment of a debt or debts arising from one or more rent-to-own transactions may not exceed twenty-five percent of his disposable earnings for that week. (b) As used in this section: (1) "Disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of an individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of amounts required by law tou be withheld; and (2) "Assignment of earnings" includes all forms of assignments, deductions, transfers or sales of earnings to another, either as payment or as security and whether stated to be revocable or nonrevocable and includes any deductionas authorized under the provisions of section three, article five, chapter twenty-one of this code, except deductions for union or club dues, pension plans, payroll savings plans, chalrities, stock purchase plans and hospitalization and medical insurance. s (c) Any assignment of earnings and any deiduction under section three, article five, chapter twenty-one of this code shall be revocable by the employee at will at any time, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary. (d) The priority of multiple assignments of earnings shall be according to the date and time of each such assignment.
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