Ch. 475

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(c) If an obligor who has been certified as an obligor wins a lottery prize to be
paid by check directly by the State Lottery Agency, the State Lottery Agency shall send a
notice to the obligor that:

(1)      the obligor has won a prize to be paid by check directly by the State
Lottery Agency;

(2)      the Lottery Agency has received certification from the Child Support
Enforcement Administration of the obligor's child support arrearage in the amount
specified;

(3)      subsection (d) of this section requires the Lottery. Agency to withhold
the prize to pay it towards the obligor's support arrearage;

(4)      the Lottery Agency proposes to transfer the prize, or that part of it
which is equal to the support arrearage, to the Administration if no appeal is filed within
15 days;

(5)      the obligor may appeal to the Administration if the obligor disputes the
existence or the amount of the arrearage;

(6)      if the obligor appeals to the Administration, the prize will be distributed
as the Administration directs; and

(7)      if no appeal is filed within 15 days, the prize, or that part of it equal to
the support arrearage, will be transferred to the Administration.

(d) If the prize exceeds the arrearage, the State Lottery Agency shall immediately
pay the excess to the obligor. The State Lottery Agency shall withhold any part of the
prize that does not exceed the arrearage until notified by the Administration to whom the
withheld prize money shall be paid.

(e)      Upon receipt of a notice from the State Lottery. Agency any obligor who
disputes the existence or amount of the arrearage may appeal the proposed transfer
within 15 days of the date of the notice to the Administration.

(f)      If no appeal is filed within 15 days, the State Lottery Agency shall transfer the
amount of the prize withheld to the Administration.

(g)      The Administration shall notify the State Lottery Agency that upon appeal,
the withheld prize shall be:

(1)      paid to the obligor;

(2)      transferred to the Administration; or

(3) partly paid to the obligor and partly transferred to the Administration,
in the amounts specified.

(G-l) THE STATE LOTTERY AGENCY SHALL HONOR LOTTERY PRIZE
INTERCEPTION REQUESTS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:

(1) AN INTERCEPTION REQUEST UNDER THIS SECTION; AND

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