PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 121
PRINTER'S NO. 270
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
146
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, COSTA, GORDNER, MENSCH, HUGHES, FARNESE,
SCHWANK, BREWSTER, HAYWOOD, TARTAGLIONE, YUDICHAK, FOLMER,
RAFFERTY, VULAKOVICH, VOGEL AND BROWNE, JANUARY 20, 2017
SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, AS AMENDED, JANUARY 31, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing
for lottery winnings intercept.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 9778. Lottery winnings intercept.
(a) Duty of Department of Revenue.--In the case of a person
claiming Pennsylvania State Lottery winnings that exceed $2,500,
the Department of Revenue, after it has made its determination
subject to 23 Pa.C.S. § 4308 (relating to lottery winnings
intercept) , shall:
(1) in consultation with the Administrative Office of
Pennsylvania Courts , make a reasonable effort to determine if
the person owes a court-ordered obligation prior to making a
lottery winnings payment ;
(2) if the person is found to owe a court-ordered
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