- (a) pursuant to an agreement under Tax Law section 1613-a where the Department of Social Services has informed the commission that the winner has failed to obey a court order requiring the winner to support the winner’s dependents; or
- (b) pursuant to an agreement under Tax Law section 1613-b where the Department of Social Services has identified the winner as a recipient of public assistance benefits who is liable to reimburse the State for such benefits, shall be deemed to be payment pursuant to an appropriate judicial order. The commission shall be discharged of all liability upon payment of a prize pursuant to this section.
No right of any person to a prize shall be assignable, except that any prize may be paid to the estate of a deceased prize winner, and except that any person, pursuant to an appropriate judicial order, may be paid the prize to which the winner is entitled. For the purposes of this section, payment of a prize or a portion thereof to the Department of Social Services either: