Bill Text: NY A02317 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits state lottery winners to remain anonymous to the general public.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-17 - held for consideration in ways and means [A02317 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02317-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2317
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 14, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Ways and Means
       AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation  to  permitting  state  lottery
         winners to remain anonymous to the general public
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision a of section 1613 of the tax law, as amended by
    2  chapter 426 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
    3    a. It shall be the duty of the director to  require  that  all  prizes
    4  over  five thousand dollars in any game be awarded to holders of winning
    5  tickets for that game as provided in this section  and  section  sixteen
    6  hundred  fourteen  of this article. Within one week after any drawing or
    7  selection of prize winning lottery tickets, the division  shall  deliver
    8  to  the  comptroller a certified list of the tickets to which prizes are
    9  awarded and the amount of each such prize. Upon receipt of  such  certi-
   10  fied list and voucher of the division, moneys sufficient for the payment
   11  of  such  prizes  shall  be  paid to the division from the lottery prize
   12  account, upon audit and warrant  of  the  comptroller.  Moneys  for  the
   13  payment of lottery prizes shall be deposited by the director as provided
   14  in  section sixteen hundred eleven of this article and the withdrawal of
   15  such moneys for the payment of prize winners shall be subject to a check
   16  signed by the director or such officers or employees of the division  as
   17  the  director  may  designate. The division shall each month provide the
   18  comptroller with a record of all such withdrawals  from  the  director's
   19  accounts.  Payment of prizes shall be made by the division to holders of
   20  the tickets to which prizes are awarded,  except  that  payment  of  any
   21  prize drawn may be paid to the estate of a deceased prize winner, may be
   22  paid  pursuant  to  a court order granted as a result of a proceeding as
   23  provided in subdivision d of this section, and except  that  any  person
   24  pursuant to an appropriate judicial order may be paid the prize to which
   25  the  winner  is entitled.   THE DIVISION SHALL NOT PUBLICLY DISCLOSE THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02278-01-3
       A. 2317                             2
    1  NAME, ADDRESS OR OTHER  IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION  OF  ANY  HOLDER  OF  A
    2  WINNING  TICKET  OR  REQUIRE  ANY  WINNING  TICKET HOLDER TO PERFORM ANY
    3  PUBLIC ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE AWARDING, PAYMENT OR COLLECTION OF
    4  PRIZE  MONEYS. The division shall be discharged of all further liability
    5  upon payment of a prize pursuant to this subdivision.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.