§ 1613-a. Crediting of lottery prizes against past-due support. (1)\nThe director of the lottery, on behalf of the division of the lottery,\nshall enter into a written agreement with the commissioner of the office\nof temporary and disability assistance, on behalf of the state office of\ntemporary and disability assistance, which shall set forth the\nprocedures for crediting any lottery prize of six hundred dollars or\nmore awarded to an individual, estate or trust against past-due support\nowed by such individual, estate or trust of which the director of the\nlottery has been notified by the commissioner of the office of temporary\nand disability assistance pursuant to the provisions of such agreement.\n (2) Such agreement shall apply to past-due support which is owed to\npersons or entities entitled to enforce an order of support with respect\nto persons receiving services pursuant to title six-A of article three\nof the social services law. For purposes of this section, an "order of\nsupport" means any final order, decree or judgment in a matrimonial\naction or family court proceeding, or any foreign support order, decree\nor judgment which is registered pursuant to article five-B of the family\ncourt act, which requires the payment of alimony, maintenance, support\nor child support. For purposes of this section, "past-due support" means\nthe amount of a delinquency determined from an order of support no\nlonger subject to appellate judicial review.\n (3) Such agreement shall include:\n (a) the procedure under which the state office of temporary and\ndisability assistance shall notify the division of the lottery of\nliability for past-due support, such procedure to specify when the\ndivision of the lottery shall be notified and the content of such\nnotification;\n (b) the minimum period of delinquency in payment of past-due support\nand the minimum amount of past-due support with respect to which the\ndivision of the lottery shall, pursuant to this section, credit any\nlottery prize of six hundred dollars or more against past-due support;\n (c) the procedure for reimbursement of the division of the lottery by\nthe state office of temporary and disability assistance for the full\ncost of carrying out the procedures authorized by this section; and\n (d) such other matters as the parties to such agreement shall deem\nnecessary to carry out the provisions of this section.\n (4) Prior to awarding any lottery prize of six hundred dollars or\nmore, the division of the lottery shall review the notice of liability\nof past-due support provided by the state office of temporary and\ndisability assistance. For each lottery prize winner identified on such\nnotice as an individual, estate or trust owing past-due support, the\nlottery division shall credit to the state office of temporary and\ndisability assistance such amount of the prize to satisfy the past-due\nsupport, and any remainder shall be awarded to the prize winner. In\ncases where the prize winner owes past-due support to more than one\nperson or entity, and the total amount of past-due support provided in\nthe notice of liability of past-due support to the division of the\nlottery by the state office of temporary and disability assistance\nexceeds the balance remaining, each such person or entity shall receive\na pro rata share of the balance remaining, such share to be based on the\namount of past-due support owed to such person or entity as provided to\nthe division of the lottery by such office pursuant to this section. The\nstate office of temporary and disability assistance shall be responsible\nfor determining and distributing each person's or entity's pro rata\nshare of past-due support pursuant to regulations of such office.\n (5) The division of the lottery shall certify to the comptroller the\ntotal amount of the lottery prize winning to be credited against\npast-due support and the remainder of such prize winning to be awarded\nto the prize winner.\n (6)
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