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Garnishment fees are payments made to a garnishee — typically an employer or bank holding a debtor's money or property — for the work of complying with a court order to withhold and turn over funds owed to a creditor. This bill changes how that $10 (one-time garnishment) or $25 (continuing garnishment) fee is collected: instead of the creditor being required to pay the fee directly to the garnishee, the garnishee would now deduct the fee from the money being sent to the creditor before forwarding the rest. If the amount collected doesn't exceed the fee itself, the garnishee must notify the creditor, and either return the order (for a single garnishment) with the creditor then paying the fee, or delay sending any money until enough has accumulated to cover the fee (for a continuing garnishment). The bill makes similar clarifying changes to how garnishee fees work for administrative garnishment orders issued by a state office, ensuring the deduction process is consistent across both court-ordered and administrative garnishments.