Section 1613-A. Crediting of lottery prizes against past-due support  


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  • (1)
      The director of the lottery, on behalf of the division of  the  lottery,
      shall enter into a written agreement with the commissioner of the office
      of temporary and disability assistance, on behalf of the state office of
      temporary   and   disability  assistance,  which  shall  set  forth  the
      procedures for crediting any lottery prize of  six  hundred  dollars  or
      more  awarded to an individual, estate or trust against past-due support
      owed by such individual, estate or trust of which the  director  of  the
      lottery has been notified by the commissioner of the office of temporary
      and disability assistance pursuant to the provisions of such agreement.
        (2)  Such  agreement  shall apply to past-due support which is owed to
      persons or entities entitled to enforce an order of support with respect
      to persons receiving services pursuant to title six-A of  article  three
      of  the  social services law. For purposes of this section, an "order of
      support" means any final order, decree  or  judgment  in  a  matrimonial
      action  or family court proceeding, or any foreign support order, decree
      or judgment which is registered pursuant to article five-B of the family
      court act, which requires the payment of alimony,  maintenance,  support
      or child support. For purposes of this section, "past-due support" means
      the  amount  of  a  delinquency  determined  from an order of support no
      longer subject to appellate judicial review.
        (3) Such agreement shall include:
        (a) the procedure under  which  the  state  office  of  temporary  and
      disability  assistance  shall  notify  the  division  of  the lottery of
      liability for past-due support,  such  procedure  to  specify  when  the
      division  of  the  lottery  shall  be  notified  and the content of such
      notification;
        (b) the minimum period of delinquency in payment of  past-due  support
      and  the  minimum  amount  of past-due support with respect to which the
      division of the lottery shall, pursuant  to  this  section,  credit  any
      lottery prize of six hundred dollars or more against past-due support;
        (c)  the procedure for reimbursement of the division of the lottery by
      the state office of temporary and disability  assistance  for  the  full
      cost of carrying out the procedures authorized by this section; and
        (d)  such  other  matters  as the parties to such agreement shall deem
      necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
        (4) Prior to awarding any lottery prize  of  six  hundred  dollars  or
      more,  the  division of the lottery shall review the notice of liability
      of past-due support provided  by  the  state  office  of  temporary  and
      disability  assistance. For each lottery prize winner identified on such
      notice as an individual, estate or trust  owing  past-due  support,  the
      lottery  division  shall  credit  to  the  state office of temporary and
      disability assistance such amount of the prize to satisfy  the  past-due
      support,  and  any  remainder  shall  be awarded to the prize winner. In
      cases where the prize winner owes past-due  support  to  more  than  one
      person  or  entity, and the total amount of past-due support provided in
      the notice of liability of past-due  support  to  the  division  of  the
      lottery  by  the  state  office  of  temporary and disability assistance
      exceeds the balance remaining, each such person or entity shall  receive
      a pro rata share of the balance remaining, such share to be based on the
      amount  of past-due support owed to such person or entity as provided to
      the division of the lottery by such office pursuant to this section. The
      state office of temporary and disability assistance shall be responsible
      for determining and distributing each  person's  or  entity's  pro  rata
      share of past-due support pursuant to regulations of such office.
        (5)  The  division of the lottery shall certify to the comptroller the
      total amount of  the  lottery  prize  winning  to  be  credited  against
    
      past-due  support  and the remainder of such prize winning to be awarded
      to the prize winner.
        (6)  The  division  of  the  lottery  shall notify the prize winner in
      writing of the total amount of the lottery prize winning to be  credited
      against  past-due  support and the remainder of such prize winning to be
      awarded to the prize winner. Such notice shall further advise the  prize
      winner  that  the  office  of  temporary and disability assistance shall
      provide separate  notice,  in  writing,  to  the  prize  winner  of  the
      procedure  for and time frame by which the prize winner may contest such
      crediting.
        (7) The office of temporary and disability assistance shall notify the
      prize winner in writing, of the amount  of  such  prize  winning  to  be
      credited  against  past-due  support and the procedure and time frame by
      which the prize winner may contest such crediting based on defenses that
      are not subject to  family  court  jurisdiction.  Such  procedure  shall
      include  the  address  and  telephone  number of the local department of
      social services' support collection unit which  may  be  contacted  with
      respect  to  correction  of  any error in such crediting concerning such
      individual's, estate's or trust's liability for past-due support or with
      respect to payment of such liability.
        (8) (a) For purposes of this section, past-due support owed to persons
      who are receiving services pursuant to title six-A of article  three  of
      the social services law may include:
        (i)  amounts  representing  delinquencies  which  have accrued under a
      court order of support; or
        (ii) with respect to any court order of support made which establishes
      an arrears amount, the entire amount of such arrears.
        (b) For the purpose of the state child  support  enforcement  program,
      any  payment made by a respondent which is insufficient to fully satisfy
      both the current support obligations and a periodic payment  toward  the
      balance  of any arrears amount established by court order shall be first
      applied toward the current support obligation or any delinquency thereon
      and then toward the periodic payment on any arrears  amount  established
      by court order unless otherwise required by federal regulation.
        (9) From the time the division of the lottery is notified by the state
      office  of  temporary  and  disability  assistance  of  an individual's,
      estate's or trust's liability for past-due support under  the  agreement
      provided  for  in  this  section,  the  division  of the lottery and the
      department shall be relieved from  all  liability  to  such  individual,
      estate or trust, their assigns, successors, heirs or representatives for
      the  amount  of any lottery prize winning of six hundred dollars or more
      certified to the comptroller to be credited against past-due support and
      such individual, estate or trust shall have no right to commence a court
      action or proceeding or to any other legal recourse against the division
      of the lottery or the department to recover  such  overpayment  or  such
      interest  certified  to  the comptroller to be credited against past-due
      support.  Provided,  however,  nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to
      prohibit  such  individual,  estate or trust from proceeding against the
      state office of temporary and disability assistance or  the  appropriate
      local  social services district to recover that part of such overpayment
      or interest thereon so certified  to  the  comptroller  to  be  credited
      against  past-due  support  which is greater than the amount of past-due
      support owed by such individual, estate or trust on  the  date  of  such
      certification.
        (10)  The  division  of  the  lottery  shall promulgate such rules and
      regulations as it deems necessary to carry out the  provisions  of  this
      section.