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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1767

    Amendment No. 7 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Bainter offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 17, between lines 3 & 4 of the bill

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17         Section 12.  Section 440.22, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         440.22  Assignment and exemption from claims of

20  creditors.--No assignment, release, or commutation of

21  compensation or benefits due or payable under this chapter

22  except as provided by this chapter shall be valid, and such

23  compensation and benefits shall be exempt from all claims of

24  creditors, and from levy, execution and attachments or other

25  remedy for recovery or collection of a debt, which exemption

26  may not be waived.  Provided, however, exemption of workers'

27  compensation claims from creditors does not extend to claims

28  based on an award of child support or alimony.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1767

    Amendment No. 7 (for drafter's use only)





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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         amending s. 440.22, limiting the application of

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