***Adopted***

AMENDMENT No. 2 PROPOSED TO

                             Senate Bill NO. 2557

                             By Senator(s) Ross

     AMEND by deleting line 63 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

          (*)  Assets held in, or monies payable to the participant or beneficiary from, whether vested or not, a pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus or similar plan or contract established to provide retirement benefits for the participant or beneficiary, including a retirement plan for self-employed individuals, or an individual retirement account or an individual retirement annuity, including a simplified employee pension plan, unless the plan, contract or account does not qualify under the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

     FURTHER, AMEND the title to conform.