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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1433

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Representatives Tilly, Grimm, Bristow, Hastings, Sayan, B. Williams, Braddock, Long, Holland, Brekke, Silver, G. Nelson, C. Smith, Jacobsen, Bond, Miller, Van Luven and P. King

Read first time 1/14/86 and referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

AN ACT Relating to the state lottery; creating a new section; and adding a new section to chapter 67.70 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The award of prizes by the state lottery is one of many functions of the state government.  As such, the lottery prizes should be subject to debts owed to the state.  This policy expedites collections of obligations through interagency cooperation.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 67.70 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) Prior to disbursement, any lottery prize exceeding .......... dollars shall be set off against  any debts owed to the state or an agency of the state by the prize winner.  For the purposes of this section, a debt includes any:  (a) Unpaid judgments, (b) unpaid taxes, and (c) support debt, as defined in RCW 74.20A.020, for which the department of social and health services is subrogated to, has an assigned interest in, or is authorized to enforce or collect under chapters 74.20 or 74.20A RCW.

          (2) The director shall make available to all state agencies the names or other identifying information of persons claiming lottery prizes exceeding .......... dollars.  If no state agency asserts a claim against the prize within a reasonable time, the director may disburse the prize.