2013 Maryland Code
STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT
§ 3-307 - Collection of debts owed to the State

§3-307.

(a) Certification of a debt or claim owed to the State that the Central Collection Unit sends to the State Lottery Agency under § 3-304(a)(4) of this subtitle shall contain:

(1) the full name of the debtor and any other name known to be used by the debtor;

(2) the Social Security number of the debtor; and

(3) the amount of the debt.

(b) If a debtor wins a lottery prize to be paid directly by the State Lottery Agency, the State Lottery Agency shall notify the debtor that:

(1) the debtor has won a prize to be paid by the State Lottery Agency;

(2) the State Lottery Agency has received notice from the Central Collection Unit of the debtor’s debt or claim owed to the State in the specified amount;

(3) State law requires the State Lottery Agency to withhold the prize and to pay it towards the debtor’s debt or claim;

(4) the debtor may appeal to the Central Collection Unit if the debtor disputes the existence or the amount of the debt or claim; and

(5) if an appeal is not filed within 15 days after the date of the notice, the State Lottery Agency will transfer the prize or the part of the prize that equals the amount of the debt or claim to the Central Collection Unit.

(c) (1) The State Lottery Agency shall withhold all or part of the prize up to the amount of the debt or claim owed to the State until the Central Collection Unit notifies the State Lottery Agency to whom the withheld prize money is to be paid.

(2) The State Lottery Agency shall honor lottery prize interception requests in the following order:

(i) an interception request under § 10-113.1 of the Family Law Article;

(ii) an interception request under § 11-618 of the Criminal Procedure Article; and

(iii) an interception request under this section.

(d) (1) On receipt of a notice from the State Lottery Agency, a debtor who disputes the existence or amount of the debt or claim may appeal the proposed transfer in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.

(2) If an appeal is not filed within 15 days after the date of the notice, the State Lottery Agency shall transfer the amount of the prize withheld to the Central Collection Unit.

(3) If the debtor appeals the proposed transfer, after a hearing the Central Collection Unit shall notify the State Lottery Agency that the withheld prize shall be:

(i) paid to the debtor;

(ii) transferred to the Central Collection Unit; or

(iii) in specified amounts, partly paid to the debtor and partly transferred to the Central Collection Unit.

(e) The Secretary and the Director of the State Lottery Agency may jointly adopt regulations to carry out this section.