Senate Bill S4601

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Permits a potential lottery winner who lost their ticket to claim the winning amount

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee

  • 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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2021-S4601 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7318
Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1614, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4726, A2678

2021-S4601 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits a potential lottery winner who lost their ticket to claim the winning amount provided that such person shows the lottery agency documentary proof of purchase of the winning ticket within five years of the winning date.

2021-S4601 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4601 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4601
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
   ing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  tax  law, in relation to permitting a potential
   lottery winner who lost their ticket to claim the winning amount

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  section  heading  of section 1614 of the tax law, as
 amended by chapter 166 of the laws  of  1991,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Unclaimed and abandoned prize money; LOST LOTTERY TICKET CLAIMS.
   § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision a of section 1614 of the tax
 law,  as  amended  by section 3 of subpart D of part DD of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended and a new subdivision c is added to read as
 follows:
   No prize claim shall be valid if submitted to the commission 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, UNLESS SUCH PRIZE CLAIM IS SUBMITTED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  C  OF  THIS SECTION.   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 specified in this article, or  for  promo-
 tional  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.
   C. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION, A PRIZE CLAIM FOR  A
 PERSON  WHO  LOST  HIS  OR HER TICKET SHALL BE VALID IF SUBMITTED TO THE
 COMMISSION WITH DOCUMENTARY PROOF OF PURCHASE  OF  SUCH  WINNING  TICKET
 WITHIN  FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE DRAWING OR FROM THE CLOSE OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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