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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-113.1" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Civil and Criminal Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Agency” means the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Video lottery facility” has the meaning stated in § 9–1A–01 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Video lottery operator” has the meaning stated in § 9–1A–01 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Administration may certify to the Agency or a video lottery operator the name of any obligor who is in arrears in the amount of $150 or more if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Administration has accepted an assignment of support under § 5–312(b)(2) of the Human Services Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the recipient of support payments has filed an application for support enforcement services with the Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The certification shall contain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the full name of the obligor, and any other names known to be used by the obligor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Social Security number of the obligor; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the amount of the arrearage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If an obligor who has been certified as an obligor wins a lottery prize to be paid by check directly by the Agency, the Agency shall send a notice to the obligor that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the obligor has won a prize to be paid by check directly by the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency has received certification from the Child Support Administration of the obligor’s child support arrearage in the amount specified;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>State law requires the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to withhold the prize and to pay it towards the obligor’s support arrearage;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the obligor has 15 days to appeal to the Administration if the obligor disputes the existence or the amount of the arrearage; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>on interception of the prize, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency will transfer the prize or the part of the prize that equals the obligor’s child support arrearage to the Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If an obligor who owes child support and has been certified as an obligor wins a prize at a video lottery facility requiring the issuance of Internal Revenue Service form W–2G or a substantially equivalent form by a video lottery operator, the video lottery operator shall notify the obligor that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the obligor has won a prize to be paid by cash or check directly by the video lottery operator;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the video lottery operator has received certification from the Child Support Administration of the obligor’s child support arrearage in the amount specified;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>State law requires the video lottery operator to withhold the prize and to pay it towards the obligor’s child support arrearage;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the obligor may appeal to the Administration if the obligor disputes the existence or the amount of the child support arrearage; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>if an appeal is not filed within 15 days after the date of the notice, the video lottery operator will transfer the prize or the part of the prize that equals the obligor’s child support arrearage to the Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Agency or the video lottery operator shall withhold and transfer all or part of the prize up to the amount of the arrearage to the Administration.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Agency and a video lottery operator shall honor interception requests in the following order:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an interception request under this section;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an interception request under § 11–618 of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an interception request under § 3–307 of the State Finance and Procurement Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>an interception request under § 3–308 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On receipt of a notice from the Agency or video lottery operator, an obligor who disputes the existence or amount of the arrearage may appeal the transfer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If no appeal is filed within 15 days, the Administration may retain the withheld prize.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the obligor appeals the transfer, after a hearing by the Administration, the withheld prize shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>paid to the obligor;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>paid in accordance with subsection (f)(2) of this section; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>partly paid to the obligor and partly paid in accordance with subsection (f)(2) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Secretary of Human Services and the Director of the Agency may jointly adopt regulations to implement this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>A video lottery operator may not be held liable for an act or omission taken in good faith to comply substantially with the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
