PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 585

1.       The date the Division directed the defendant to pay
restitution or make a restitution payment; or

2.       30 days after the court issued an order of restitution.

(2) If restitution is considered delinquent, the amount of the arrearage is
the amount of restitution ordered plus any interest as allowed by law reduced by any
amount previously paid or received under the order.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 27, § 640A of the Code.

The only changes are in style.

[640B.] 811. STATE LOTTERY INTERCEPTION FOR RESTITUTION ARREARAGE.

(a)     In this section, "Unit" means the Central Collection Unit in the Department
of Budget and Fiscal Planning.

(b)     A certification to the State Lottery Agency under [§ 640A(c)(2)] §
810(B)(2)(II) OF THIS SUBHEADING shall contain:

(1)     The full name of the defendant and any other name known to be used by
the defendant;

(2)     The Social Security number of the defendant; and

(3)     The amount of the arrearage.

(c)     If a defendant who is delinquent in restitution payments 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 defendant that:

(1)     The defendant has won a prize to be paid by the State Lottery Agency;

(2)     The Lottery Agency has received notice from the Central Collection
Unit of the defendant's restitution arrearage in the amount specified;

(3)     State law requires the Lottery Agency to withhold the prize to pay it
towards the defendant's restitution arrearage;

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

(5)     The defendant may appeal to the Unit if the defendant disputes the
existence or the amount of the arrearage; and

(6)     If no appeal is filed within 15 days, the prize, or that part of it that is
equal to the restitution arrearage, shall be transferred to the Unit.

(d)     The State Lottery Agency shall withhold any, part of the prize up to the
amount of the arrearage until the Unit notifies the Agency as to whom the withheld prize
money shall be paid.

- 3355 -