Sec. 9. (a) If the Internal Revenue Service or a court issues a determination letter, revenue ruling, other public ruling of the Internal Revenue Service, or a published decision to the commission or any lottery winner, declaring that the voluntary assignment of prizes will affect the federal income tax treatment of a prize winner who does not assign the winner's prize payment or payments, the state lottery commission shall file a copy of the letter, ruling, or decision with the attorney general's office and the office of judicial administration. A court may not issue an order authorizing a voluntary assignment of a prize after the date the ruling, letter, or published decision is filed.
(b) If a determination letter, revenue ruling, other public ruling, or published decision is issued under subsection (a), the Internal Revenue Service or the court that issued the document shall send a certified copy of the document to the director of the commission.
As added by P.L.198-2014, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.161-2018, SEC.113.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure
Article 28. Special Proceedings: Miscellaneous Civil Proceedings and Remedies
Chapter 9.2. Assignment of Lottery Prizes
34-28-9.2-1. Petitions to Approve Prize Payments
34-28-9.2-2. Petitioners With Child Support Obligations
34-28-9.2-3. Court Orders Approving Prize Payment Assignments
34-28-9.2-4. Service of Petitions
34-28-9.2-5. Notification of Hearings
34-28-9.2-6. Response to Petitions
34-28-9.2-7. Copies of Court Orders Approving a Prize Payment Assignment
34-28-9.2-8. Required Information for Prize Payments
34-28-9.2-9. Declarations That the Voluntary Assignment of a Prize Affects Federal Income Tax
34-28-9.2-10. Declarations That the Voluntary Assignment of a Prize Affects State Income Tax