Ch. 585                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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

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

(g)     If the defendant appeals the proposed transfer, after a hearing the Unit shall
notify the State Lottery Agency that the withheld prize shall be:

(1)     Paid to the defendant;

(2)     Transferred to the Unit; or

(3)     Partly paid to the defendant and partly transferred to the Unit, in the
amounts specified.

(h) The State Lottery Agency shall honor lottery prize interception requests in the
following order:

(1)     An interception request under § 10-113.1 of the Family Law Article; and

(2)     An interception request under this section.

(i) The Secretary of Budget and Fiscal Planning and the Director of the State
Lottery Agency may jointly adopt regulations to implement this section.

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

In subsection (b) of this section, the cross-reference to "§ 820(b)(2)(ii) of this
subheading" is substituted for the former erroneous cross-reference to "§
640A(c)(2)".

There are no other changes.

[640C] 812. EARNINGS WITHHOLDING ORDERS.

(a)     If a court issues an order of restitution under [ § 640 of this article ] § 807 OF
THIS SUBHEADING, the court may issue an immediate and continuing earnings
withholding order in an amount sufficient to pay the restitution:

(1)     At sentencing;

(2)     When the defendant is placed on work release or probation; or

(3)     When the payment of restitution is delinquent.

(b)     Subject to federal law, the order of priority of execution of an earnings
withholding order shall be as follows:

Article;

(1)     An earnings withholding order issued under § 10-126 of the Family Law

(2)     An earnings withholding order issued under this section; and

(3)     Any other lien or legal process.

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