Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 2424 adds a section to the State Lottery Act providing for the deduction of child support payments from lottery winnings that are to be paid in periodic installments. If the executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission has a certified copy of a court order, writ, or notice of child support lien, the commission is required to deduct the amount owed and pay the balance of the award, if any, to the winner. The court order must direct that child support payments be paid in the same manner as the periodic installment prize. The executive director must transfer the money deducted to the court that ordered the child support payment, and the commission is required to adopt certain rules relating to carrying out these provisions.

            House Bill 2424 provides for the deduction of delinquent taxes, child support payments, or payment of student loans in default from compensation paid to a lottery ticket sales agent. The act also requires the executive director to deduct from a person's winnings delinquent taxes owed to the Texas Workforce Commission.