PRINTER'S NO. 1318
No. 1111 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY TRUE, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES,
CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, DALLY, FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE,
FORCIER, FREEMAN, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARRIS,
HICKERNELL, McILHATTAN, NAILOR, PETRARCA, RUBLEY, SATHER,
B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STERN, STURLA, YOUNGBLOOD, STABACK, TIGUE,
HENNESSEY, BOYD, CAUSER, METCALFE, SCAVELLO, GILLESPIE,
GEIST, BENNINGHOFF, S. MILLER AND FRANKEL, MARCH 29, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
MARCH 29, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, defining "annuity jackpot"; and providing for
3 reporting to the Department of Revenue of annuity jackpot
4 winners.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1103 of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
9 § 1103. Definitions.
10 The following words and phrases when used in this part shall
11 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
12 context clearly indicates otherwise:
13 * * *
14 "Annuity jackpot." A slot machine jackpot offered by a slot
15 machine licensee or a progressive payment from a progressive
16 system in which a patron wins the right to receive fixed cash
1 payments at specified intervals in the future.
2 * * *
3 Section 2. Title 4 is amended by adding a section to read:
4 § 1332. Report to department of annuity jackpot winners.
5 (a) Duty to report.--A slot machine licensee that awards an
6 annuity jackpot shall within 14 days report to the department
7 the name, address and Social Security number of each annuity
8 jackpot winner and the amount of the pending payments.
9 (b) Duty to forward to central registry.--The department
10 shall immediately forward the report received under subsection
11 (a) to the Department of Public Welfare for inclusion of the
12 information into the central registry maintained by the
13 Department of Public Welfare under 23 Pa.C.S. § 4376 (relating
14 to central registry) and in order to conduct a cross-check of
15 the information to the data in the central registry to identify
16 a match.
17 (c) Child support arrears match.--
18 (1) If it appears to the Department of Public Welfare,
19 from the information received by it under subsection (b),
20 that an annuity jackpot winner is in arrears of a child
21 support order, the Department of Public Welfare shall within
22 14 days notify the Department of Revenue.
23 (2) On receipt of notice from the Department of Public
24 Welfare under paragraph (1), the Department of Revenue shall
25 within 14 days notify the slot machine licensee of the name,
26 address, Social Security number and amount due on an arrears
27 child support order.
28 (3) The slot machine licensee shall withhold this amount
29 from the pending annuity jackpot payment and transmit the
30 amount to the Department of Public Welfare, in accordance
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1 with regulations of the Department of Public Welfare.
2 (4) The Department of Public Welfare, acting as agent
3 for the child support payee, shall have a lien on the
4 proceeds of the annuity jackpot payment in an amount equal to
5 the amount of the child support arrearage. The lien imposed
6 under this subsection shall be enforceable as provided by
7 law.
8 (5) Any of the annuity jackpot winner's funds remaining
9 after withholding the appropriate amount under the lien shall
10 be paid to the annuity jackpot winner in accordance with the
11 rules of the board.
12 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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