New Jersey § 18a:71c-20

§ 18a:71c-20.

a. The Director of the Division of State Lottery in the Department of the Treasury

and the executive director shall initiate an ongoing data exchange in the Office of

Telecommunications and Information Systems in the Department of the Treasury before

a payment is made of a State lottery prize in excess of $1,000. b. The executive director shall periodically supply the Office of Telecommunications

and Information Systems with a list of those individuals with delinquent or defaulted

student loan repayments to the authority. c. The Director of the Division of State Lottery shall promptly provide the Office

of Telecommunications and Information Systems with a prize winners list, which shall

include the prize claimant's name, address and Social Security number and the amount

of the pending payment. d. The Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems shall cross check the

lottery list with the data supplied by the executive director for a Social Security

number match. If a match is made, the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems shall

notify the authority. e. If a lottery prize claimant is on the list of individual delinquents or in default

of a student loan, the authority shall promptly notify the Department of the Treasury

and the Division of the State Lottery of the claimant's name, address, Social Security

number and the outstanding amount of the student loan. The Department of the Treasury shall, after withholding any appropriate amount for

income tax or such other withholdings as may be required under federal or State law,

withhold this amount from the pending lottery payment and transmit this amount to

the authority. If the amount of the student loan outstanding is greater than the amount available

from the lottery payment, the entire amount available shall be transmitted to the

authority. f. Any of the claimant's lottery prize funds remaining after withholding pursuant

to subsection e. of this section shall be paid to the claimant in accordance with

lottery procedures. g. The State Treasurer in consultation with the authority shall promulgate, pursuant

to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c. 410 ( C.52:14B-1 et seq. ), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purpose of this

section including, but not limited to, regulations providing for prompt notice to

any prize winner from whose award the Department of the Treasury seeks to withhold

funds of the amount to be withheld and the reason therefor and providing the prize

winner with the opportunity for a hearing upon request prior to the disposition of

any funds. The State Treasurer shall also provide, by regulation, safeguards against the disclosure

or inappropriate use of any personally identifiable information regarding any person

obtained pursuant to this section. For purposes of this section, “prompt notice” shall mean within 14 days or less.