General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5922
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1885
*01885*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. KINER, 59th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5922
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1885
*01885*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. KINER, 59th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING LOTTERY WINNERS WHO ARE TAX DELINQUENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 226 of the general statutes be amended to require that, when any person redeems a winning lottery ticket worth ten thousand dollars or more, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall (1) check the name and other identifying information of such person against a state tax delinquency database, and (2) if such person is included on the list of tax obligors, withhold from the lottery winnings payable to such person the amount of such tax obligation.
Statement of Purpose:
To require individuals who have delinquent state tax obligations to pay any taxes owed to the state before receiving lottery winnings.