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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 216

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11  Senator Gutman moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 9, between lines 17 and 18,

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17         Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

18  222.21, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         222.21  Exemption of pension money and retirement or

20  profit-sharing benefits from legal processes.--

21         (2)(a)  Except as provided in paragraph (b), any money

22  or other assets payable to a participant or beneficiary from,

23  or any interest of any participant or beneficiary in, a

24  retirement or profit-sharing plan that is qualified under s.

25  401(a), s. 403(a), s. 403(b), s. 408, s. 408A, or s. 409 of

26  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, is exempt from

27  all claims of creditors of the beneficiary or participant.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         amending s. 222.21, F.S.; exempting retirement

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