23 - Assignments, exemptions.

§ 23. Assignments,  exemptions.  Benefits  payable  under this article  shall not be assigned, released or commuted, except as provided by  this  chapter, and shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy,  execution and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collection of a  debt,  which  exemption  may  not be waived. Such benefits shall be paid  only to volunteer  firemen  or  their  dependents  except  as  otherwise  provided in this chapter.