Florida Senate - 2022                              CS for SB 528
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Polsky
       
       
       
       
       
       590-02790-22                                           2022528c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the value of motor vehicles exempt
    3         from legal process; amending s. 222.25, F.S.;
    4         authorizing certain natural persons to exempt a
    5         specified amount of interest in a single motor vehicle
    6         from certain legal processes; providing applicability;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 222.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         222.25 Other individual property of natural persons exempt
   14  from legal process.—
   15         (1) The following property is exempt from attachment,
   16  garnishment, or other legal process:
   17         (a)(1) A debtor’s interest, not to exceed $1,000 in value,
   18  in a single motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01(1) s. 320.01.
   19         (b)(2) A debtor’s interest in any professionally prescribed
   20  health aids for the debtor or a dependent of the debtor.
   21         (c)(3) A debtor’s interest in a refund or a credit received
   22  or to be received, or the traceable deposits in a financial
   23  institution of a debtor’s interest in a refund or credit,
   24  pursuant to s. 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
   25  amended. This exemption does not apply to a debt owed for child
   26  support or spousal support.
   27         (d)(4) A debtor’s interest in personal property, not to
   28  exceed $4,000, if the debtor does not claim or receive the
   29  benefits of a homestead exemption under s. 4, Art. X of the
   30  State Constitution. This exemption does not apply to a debt owed
   31  for child support or spousal support.
   32         (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a), an individual debtor
   33  under the federal Bankruptcy Code may exempt a debtor’s
   34  interest, not to exceed $5,000 in value, in a single motor
   35  vehicle as defined in s. 320.01(1). This subsection applies to
   36  any bankruptcy action filed on or after July 1, 2022.
   37         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.