5101:12-55-30.1. State lottery data match and withholding

(A) In accordance with section 3123.89 of the Revised Code, a real time data match program has been implemented by the office of child support within the Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) and the state lottery commission for the purpose of identifying whether a person entitled to a lottery prize award is an obligor subject to a final and enforceable determination of default made under sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code.

(B) The state lottery commission shall implement a process to submit identifying information regarding a person whose lottery prize award meets or exceeds the reportable winnings amounts set by 26 U.S.C. 6041 (2011), or a subsequent analogous section of the Internal Revenue Code, to the data match program described in paragraph (A) of this rule.

(C) ODJFS will determine whether the information provided by the state lottery commission matches an obligor in default of their support obligation. Upon completion of the match process ODJFS shall;

(1) Return to the state lottery commission the total arrearage balance up to the amount of the winnings if the person is determined to be an obligor in default; or

(2) Return to the state lottery commission a response indicating the person is not determined to be an obligor in default.

(D) The state lottery commission will withhold an amount sufficient to satisfy any past due support owed by an obligor from the lottery prize award owed to the obligor up to the amount of the award.

(E) The state lottery commission shall transmit to ODJFS weekly any amount withheld from a lottery prize awarded in the previous week.

Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 5/26/2020 and 05/26/2025
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3125.25
Rule Amplifies: 3123.89
Prior Effective Dates: 12/01/2014

Prior History: (Effective: 12/01/2014
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 12/01/2019
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3125.25
Rule Amplifies: 3123.89)