§ 42-61.2-12. Prize — Setoff for child support debts.
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 42-61-7 relating to assignment of prizes, the following setoff provisions shall apply to
the payment of any prize requiring the issuance of Internal Revenue Service Form W-2G
by a video lottery retailer (whether or not a table-game retailer) to a patron:
(1) With respect to a person entitled to receive the prize who has an unpaid child support
order(s) arrearage(s) in excess of five hundred dollars ($500), as provided by the
department of human services pursuant to § 42-61-7.1(3), the division of state lottery:
(i) Shall establish rules and regulations pursuant to § 42-61.2-3 and § 42-61.2-3.1 providing for the establishment and operation of a system whereby the division of
state lottery shall have the ability to communicate such information to video lottery
retailers so as to identify a person entitled to receive a prize requiring the issuance
of Internal Revenue Service Form W-2G who has an unpaid child support order(s) arrearage(s).
(ii) Upon receipt of information indicating an unpaid child support arrearage the video
lottery retailer shall set off against the amount due to that person an amount up
to the balance of the child support arrearage(s). The video lottery retailer shall
then make payment as prescribed by the division of lottery to the Rhode Island family
court in the case of child support arrearage(s) which shall deposit the amount set
off into the registry of the family court for a period of forty-five (45) days, or
if any application for review has been filed pursuant to § 27-57-1(d), until final disposition of the application until further order of the court.
(iii) The video lottery retailer shall pay to this person the remaining balance of the prize
amount, if any, after reduction of the amount set off above for child support.
(2) The division of lottery, the lottery director, and the video lottery retailer shall
be discharged of all further liability upon payment of a prize pursuant to this section.
Except in the case of gross negligence, the division of lottery, the lottery director,
and the video lottery retailer shall not be liable to any party or person for failure
to make such a setoff.
(3) The department of human services shall periodically within each year furnish the director
with a list or compilation of names of individuals, together with any other identifying
information and in a form that the director shall require, who as of the date of the
list or compilation, have an unpaid child support order arrearage in excess of five
hundred dollars ($500) as shown on the Rhode Island family court decrees department
of human services child support enforcement computer system ("CSE system�). For the
purposes of this section, the terms used in this section shall be given the meaning
and definitions specified in § 15-16-2.
(4) Any party aggrieved by any action taken under this section may within thirty (30)
days of the withholding of the payment by the lottery director seek judicial review
in the family court, which may, in its discretion, issue a temporary order prohibiting
the disbursement of funds under this section, pending final adjudication.
(5) Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, this section shall
apply to all existing gambling facilities within the state as of the time of enactment
and also to any gambling facility within this state that is established after the
date of enactment.