State Treasurer v. Schuster

Appellant State Treasurer presents two questions of first impression for this Court. First, whether the Public School Employees Retirement Act, MCL 38.1301 et seq.; MSA 15.893(111) et seq., nonassignment provision, which protects a public employee’s pension from legal process, has priority over the State Correctional Facility Reimbursement Act, MCL 800.401 et seq.; MSA 28.1701 et seq., reimbursement provision that specifically includes “pension benefits” as “assets” that may be subject to a prisoner’s statutory obligation to reimburse the state for his incarceration costs.1

The Court of…