Assembly Bill A2151

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the payment of winning lottery tickets

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A2151 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S605
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1614, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11687, S8455
2013-2014: S55

2011-A2151 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the payment of winning lottery tickets.

2011-A2151 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2151

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to payment of  winning  lottery
  tickets

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 1614 of the tax law, as amended by chapter  166  of
the laws of 1991, subdivision a as amended by chapter 170 of the laws of
1994, is amended to read as follows:
  S  1614.  Unclaimed and abandoned prize money. a. No prize claim shall
be valid if submitted to the division  following  the  expiration  of  a
one-year  time  period from the date of the drawing or from the close of
the game in which a prize was won, and the person otherwise entitled  to
such  prize shall forfeit any claim or entitlement to such prize moneys.
Unclaimed prize money, plus interest earned thereon, shall  be  retained
in  the lottery prize account to be used for payment of special lotto or
supplemental lotto prizes offered pursuant to the plan or  plans  speci-
fied  in  this  article, or for promotional purposes to supplement other
games on an occasional basis not to  exceed  sixteen  weeks  within  any
twelve  month  period  pursuant  to  the plan or plans specified in this
article.
  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF ANY OTHER LAW,  RULE  OR
REGULATION,  ALL  WINNING  TICKETS VALUED AT SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS OR LESS
PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT WITHIN THE EXPIRATION OF A  ONE-YEAR  TIME  PERIOD
FROM  THE  DATE  OF THE DRAWING OR FROM THE CLOSE OF THE GAME IN WHICH A
PRIZE WAS WON SHALL BE PAID BY THE LOTTERY SALES  AGENT  PRESENTED  WITH
SUCH TICKET.
  In the event that the director proposes to change any plan for the use
of  unclaimed  prize  funds  or in the event the director intends to use
funds in a game other than the game  from  which  such  unclaimed  prize
funds  were  derived, the director of the budget, the chairperson of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03356-01-1
              

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