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                                 1076--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 8, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI, COOK, MILLER, RIVERA, TITUS,
  BROOK-KRASNY, CROUCH,  WALTER,  RAIA,  CORWIN,  MONTESANO,  McDONOUGH,
  LUPINACCI,  PERSAUD, GOTTFRIED, LINARES, ARROYO, HOOPER, STECK, MURRAY
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  DUPREY,  FRIEND,  HAWLEY,  KEARNS,
  MAGEE,  McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, SIMANOWITZ, STEC, TENNEY, TITONE -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on  Ways  and  Means  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

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:

  Section 1. Subdivision a of section 1613 of the tax law, as amended by
chapter 426 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  a.  It  shall  be  the duty of the director to require that all prizes
over five thousand dollars in any game be awarded to holders of  winning
tickets  for  that  game as provided in this section and section sixteen
hundred fourteen of this article. Within one week after any  drawing  or
selection  of  prize winning lottery tickets, the division shall deliver
to the comptroller a certified list of the tickets to which  prizes  are
awarded  and  the amount of each such prize. Upon receipt of such certi-
fied list and voucher of the division, moneys sufficient for the payment
of such prizes shall be paid to the  division  from  the  lottery  prize
account,  upon  audit  and  warrant  of  the comptroller. Moneys for the
payment of lottery prizes shall be deposited by the director as provided
in section sixteen hundred eleven of this article and the withdrawal  of
such moneys for the payment of prize winners shall be subject to a check
signed  by the director or such officers or employees of the division as
the director may designate. The division shall each  month  provide  the
comptroller  with  a  record of all such withdrawals from the director's
accounts. Payment of prizes shall be made by the division to holders  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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the  tickets  to  which  prizes  are awarded, except that payment of any
prize drawn may be paid to the estate of a deceased prize winner, may be
paid pursuant to a court order granted as a result of  a  proceeding  as
provided  in  subdivision  d of this section, and except that any person
pursuant to an appropriate judicial order may be paid the prize to which
the winner is entitled.  THE DIVISION SHALL NOT  PUBLICLY  DISCLOSE  THE
NAME,  ADDRESS  OR  OTHER  IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION  OF  ANY HOLDER OF A
WINNING TICKET WHERE A HOLDER OF A WINNING  TICKET  PROVIDES  A  WRITTEN
REQUEST  TO  THE  DIVISION.  ANY  WINNING TICKET HOLDER, HOWEVER, MAY BE
REQUIRED BY THE DIVISION TO MAKE HIMSELF  OR  HERSELF  AVAILABLE  FOR  A
PHOTOGRAPH  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF A PRESS RELEASE IN CONNECTION WITH THE
AWARDING, PAYMENT, OR COLLECTION OF PRIZE MONEYS. The division shall  be
discharged  of all further liability upon payment of a prize pursuant to
this subdivision.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.