HOUSE BILL No. 5127


     September 30, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Jaye and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs.


        A bill to amend 1972 PA 239, entitled

   "McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act,"

   by amending section 25 (MCL 432.25), as amended by 1996 PA 167.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 25.  (1) THE BUREAU SHALL GIVE A PRIZEWINNER THE OPTION

 2    OF RECEIVING HIS OR HER PRIZE IN A SINGLE PAYMENT OR IN

 3    INSTALLMENTS.

 4         (2)  (1)  The right of any person to a prize drawn from the

 5    state lottery is not assignable, except that payment of any prize

 6    drawn may be paid to the family members or to the estate of a

 7    deceased prizewinner as provided in subsection  (2)  (3), to a

 8    person pursuant to an appropriate judicial order, or to the state

 9    pursuant to section 32.  The commissioner shall be discharged of

10    all further liability upon payment of a prize pursuant to this

11    section.


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 1         (3)  (2)  If a prizewinner dies before collecting the full

 2    amount of his or her prize drawn from the state lottery, the

 3    bureau shall continue to make the remaining prize payments to the

 4    prizewinner's surviving spouse and the prizewinner's living chil-

 5    dren, in equal proportions, unless otherwise directed by the

 6    prizewinner.  If there is not a surviving spouse or living chil-

 7    dren or other designated beneficiaries, the remaining prize pay-

 8    ments shall be made to the prizewinner's estate.

 9         (4)  (3)  Except as otherwise provided by state or federal

10    law, the commissioner or an officer or employee of the bureau

11    shall not disclose the name, address, or any other personal

12    information concerning a winner of a prize greater than

13    $10,000.00 drawn from the state lottery, unless the winner of a

14    prize agrees in writing to allow the disclosure.  Subject to

15    subsection  (4)  (5), the information protected against disclo-

16    sure under this section is exempt from disclosure under the free-

17    dom of information act,  Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976,

18     being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 

19    1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 TO 15.246.

20         (5)  (4)  Notwithstanding subsection  (3)  (4), the commis-

21    sioner or an officer or employee of the bureau may disclose the

22    name, address, or any other personal information concerning a

23    winner of a prize awarded under a game played pursuant to a joint

24    enterprise to the extent required under the joint enterprise par-

25    ticipation agreement executed by the commissioner.







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