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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 871
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES
AND CHILD SUPPORT FR OM LOTTERY WINNINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 12-829 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(a) (1) On [or] and after January 1, 2012, but prior to July 1, 2018, 4
when any person redeems a winning lottery ticket worth five thousand 5
dollars or more at the central office of the Connecticut Lottery 6
Corporation, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall check the 7
name and other identifying information of such person against a list of 8
taxpayers who are delinquent, supplied by the Commissioner of 9
Revenue Services. 10
(2) On [or] and after July 1, 2018, but prior to July 1, 2019, when any 11
person redeems a winning lottery ticket worth two thousand dollars or 12
more at the central office of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation, the 13
Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall check the name and other 14 Raised Bill No. 871
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identifying information of such person against a list of taxpayers who 15
are delinquent, supplied by the Commissioner of Revenue Services. 16
(3) On and after July 1, 2019, when any person redeems a winning 17
lottery ticket worth six hundred dollars or more at the central office of 18
the Connecticut Lottery Corporation, the Connecticut Lottery 19
Corporation shall check the name and other identifying information of 20
such person against a list of taxpayers who are delinquent, supplied by 21
the Commissioner of Revenue Services. 22
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 52-362d of the general statutes is 23
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 24
1, 2019): 25
(c) When any person redeems a winning lottery ticket worth [five 26
thousand] six hundred dollars or more at the central office of the 27
Connecticut Lottery Corporation, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation 28
shall check the name and other identifying information of such person 29
against a list of obligors supplied by the Commissioner of Social 30
Services. If such person is included on the list of obligors, the 31
Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall request confirmation from the 32
Commissioner of Social Services that such person is in fact an obligor, 33
and upon notification by the Commissioner of Social Services that 34
money is due from any such person as a result of a claim for support 35
which has been assigned to the state pursuant to section 17b-77, or is to 36
be paid to the state acting by and through the IV-D agency, the 37
Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall withhold from any lottery 38
winnings payable to such person under the provisions of chapter 226 39
or chapter 229a the amount of such claim for support owed to an 40
individual for any portion of support which has not been assigned to 41
the state, and then the amount of such claim for support owed to the 42
state, provided the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall notify such 43
person that (1) lottery winnings have been withheld as a result of the 44
amount due for such support, and (2) such person has the right to a 45
hearing before a hearing officer designated by the Commissioner of 46
Social Services if such person contests the amount of the alleged claim 47 Raised Bill No. 871
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for support. The Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall pay any such 48
person in accordance with any decisions of the hearing officer or the 49
court upon appeal of the hearing officer's decision. 50
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 12-829(a)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 52-362d(c)
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce the threshold amount to collect lottery winnings for
delinquent taxes and child support.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]