Ch. 311 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(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 OR LIABLE PARENT may appeal to the Unit if the
defendant OR LIABLE PARENT 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.

(e) Upon receipt of a notice from the State Lottery Agency, any defendant OR
LIABLE PARENT 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 OR LIABLE PARENT 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 OR LIABLE PARENT;

(2) Transferred to the Unit; or

(3) Partly paid to the defendant OR LIABLE PARENT 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 Management and the Director of the State
Lottery Agency may jointly adopt regulations to implement this section.

811.

(a) If a court issues [an order] A JUDGMENT of restitution under § 807 OR § 808
of this subheading, the court may issue an immediate and continuing earnings withholding
order in an amount sufficient to pay the restitution:

(1) At THE sentencing OR DISPOSITION HEARING;

(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:

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