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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor H.B. 158
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completed by the assignee; specifying the contents of the affidavit; requiring an
assignee to notify the State Lottery Agency of certain information under certain
circumstances; requiring that a husband and wife who are co-owners of a prize
assign the prize in a certain way; prohibiting certain court orders from requiring
the State Lottery Agency to divide a single prize payment in a certain way;
allowing the substitution of assignees under certain circumstances; prohibiting
a court from allowing an assignment under certain circumstances; specifying
that, if certain provisions of this Act are inconsistent with certain other
provisions of law, the provisions of this Act shall prevail; providing that
contracts or agreements that are made or entered into on or before a certain
date and purport to assign or grant interest in prize payments are void; and
generally relating to the State lottery.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — State Government
Section 9-122
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2004 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - State Government
9-122.
(a) The regulations of the Agency shall provide for winning tickets to be drawn
at least once a week.
(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, § 10-113.1 of the
Family Law Article, and § 11-618 of the Criminal Procedure Article, a prize won
under this subtitle is not assignable.
(2) If the prize winner dies before the prize is paid, the prize may be paid
to the estate of the prize winner.
(3) Under appropriate court order, a prize won under this subtitle may
be paid to a person other than the winner.
(4) (I) THE RIGHT OF A PERSON TO RECEIVE PAYMENT UNDER A
PRIZE THAT IS PAID IN INSTALLMENTS OVER TIME BY THE AGENCY MAY BE
VOLUNTARILY ASSIGNED AS A WHOLE OR IN PART, IF THE ASSIGNMENT IS MADE TO
A PERSON DESIGNATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDER OF THE CIRCUIT COURT IN
THE COUNTY WHERE THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE AGENCY IS LOCATED.
(II) A CIRCUIT COURT SPECIFIED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH MAY HEAR PETITIONS FOR APPROVAL OF VOLUNTARY
ASSIGNMENTS.
(III) ON THE FILING BY THE ASSIGNOR OR THE ASSIGNEE IN THE
CIRCUIT COURT OF A PETITION SEEKING APPROVAL OF A VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT,
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