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SENATE BILL NO. 627 Offered January 24, 1996 A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-4019 of the Code of Virginia, relating to persons ineligible to purchase tickets or shares or receive prizes. ---------- Patron-- Benedetti ---------- Consent to introduce ---------- Referred to the Committee on General Laws ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 58.1-4019 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 58.1-4019. Certain persons ineligible to purchase tickets or shares or receive prizes.

A. No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid on a ticket purchased by or transferred to, any Board member, officer or employee of the lottery, or any board member, officer or employee of any vendor to the lottery of lottery on-line or instant ticket goods or services working directly on a contract with the Department for such goods or services, or any person residing in the same household of such member, officer or employee or any person under the age of eighteen years, or transferee of any such persons.

B. Lottery prize winnings may be paid only to a natural person, a legal entity which possesses a federal employer's identification number (FEIN) issued by the Internal Revenue Service, or a group, family unit, club or other organization which is not a legal entity and files IRS Form 5754, "Statement by Person(s) Receiving Gambling Winnings." In all cases, however, the identity and social security number of all natural persons who will receive any portion of the proceeds of the winning ticket must be provided in order to comply with this section and §§ 58.1-4015, 58.1-4016,and 58.1-4026, and Chapter 13 (63.1-249 et seq.) of Title 63.1, and no prize shall be paid or portion thereof distributed to any member, shareholder or beneficiary of any legal entity who otherwise would not have been eligible to receive the prize. Additionally, in all cases, the Department shall have the right to publicly disclose the names of prize winners and the county, city or town in which they live, even if the prize is claimed in the name of a legal entity.

2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.