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2009 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 29. MISCELLANEOUS BOARDS AND OFFICERS
ARTICLE 22. STATE LOTTERY ACT.
§29-22-27a Payment of prizes to the bureau for child support enforcement.

§29-22-27a. Payment of prizes to the bureau for child support enforcement.
(a) Upon notification by the bureau for child support enforcement that a person who is entitled to all or part of a lottery prize is delinquent in the payment of child support or spousal support, the director shall forward to the bureau for child support enforcement the prize or portion to be distributed directly from the state lottery office that is available to be applied to the delinquent support payment.

(b) The director shall enter into a written agreement with the bureau for child support enforcement for the purpose of establishing a procedure for the collection of prizes as set forth in subsection (a) of this section. The director shall include in the agreement a method by which the bureau for child support enforcement will receive the names of lottery winners as expeditiously as possible.

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