Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 528
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/07/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Polsky) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 222.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         222.25 Other individual property of natural persons exempt
    8  from legal process.—
    9         (1) The following property is exempt from attachment,
   10  garnishment, or other legal process:
   11         (a)(1) A debtor’s interest, not to exceed $1,000 in value,
   12  in a single motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01(1) s. 320.01.
   13         (b)(2) A debtor’s interest in any professionally prescribed
   14  health aids for the debtor or a dependent of the debtor.
   15         (c)(3) A debtor’s interest in a refund or a credit received
   16  or to be received, or the traceable deposits in a financial
   17  institution of a debtor’s interest in a refund or credit,
   18  pursuant to s. 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
   19  amended. This exemption does not apply to a debt owed for child
   20  support or spousal support.
   21         (d)(4) A debtor’s interest in personal property, not to
   22  exceed $4,000, if the debtor does not claim or receive the
   23  benefits of a homestead exemption under s. 4, Art. X of the
   24  State Constitution. This exemption does not apply to a debt owed
   25  for child support or spousal support.
   26         (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a), an individual debtor
   27  under the federal Bankruptcy Code may exempt a debtor’s
   28  interest, not to exceed $5,000 in value, in a single motor
   29  vehicle as defined in s. 320.01(1). This subsection applies to
   30  any bankruptcy action filed on or after July 1, 2022.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   36  and insert:
   37                        A bill to be entitled                      
   38         An act relating to the value of motor vehicles exempt
   39         from legal process; amending s. 222.25, F.S.;
   40         authorizing certain natural persons to exempt a
   41         specified amount of interest in a single motor vehicle
   42         from certain legal processes; providing applicability;
   43         providing an effective date.