5.09.130 Non-Assignability.

City Code Section

(Amended by Ordinances 177367, 182168 and 186746, effective August 6, 2014.) 

  1. Neither the Participant, nor the Participant's Beneficiary shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, or otherwise convey the right to receive any payment which may be due the Participant under the plan, which payments and rights thereto are expressly declared to be nonassignable and nontransferable. Nor shall any amounts deferred pursuant to this Chapter be subject to attachment, garnishment, or execution or be transferable by operation of law in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency unless otherwise required by law. The preceding paragraph prohibiting the assignment or alienation of benefits shall not apply to Qualified Domestic Relations Orders as set forth in Section 5.09.090 which may be issued pursuant to a court decree of annulment or dissolution of marriage or of separation, or the terms of any court order or court approved property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of annulment or dissolution of marriage or of separation which is determined by the Bureau of Human Resources Director or his or her designee to satisfy the requirements of ORS 243.507. The Bureau of Human Resources Director or his or her designee shall establish written procedures to determine whether the above described decrees or the property settlement agreements incident to such decrees satisfy ORS 243.507 and to administer distributions under such orders.