CHAPTER 229a
CONNECTICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION

      Sec. 12-801. Definitions. As used in sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates another meaning:

      (1) "Board" or "board of directors" means the board of directors of the corporation;

      (2) "Corporation" means the Connecticut Lottery Corporation as created under section 12-802;

      (3) "Division" means the former Division of Special Revenue in the Department of Revenue Services;

      (4) "Lottery" means (A) the Connecticut state lottery conducted prior to the transfer authorized under section 12-808 by the Division of Special Revenue, (B) after such transfer, the Connecticut state lottery conducted by the corporation pursuant to sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, and (C) the state lottery referred to in subsection (a) of section 53-278g;

      (5) "Lottery fund" means a fund or funds established by, and under the management and control of, the corporation, into which all lottery revenues of the corporation are deposited, from which all payments and expenses of the corporation are paid and from which transfers to the General Fund are made pursuant to section 12-812;

      (6) "Operating revenue" means total revenue received from lottery sales less all cancelled sales and amounts paid as prizes but before payment or provision for payment of any other expenses.

      (P.A. 96-212, S. 2, 32; P.A. 11-51, S. 196.)

      History: P.A. 96-212 effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 11-51 added new Subdiv. (3) defining "division" and redesignated existing Subdivs. (3) to (5) as Subdivs. (4) to (6), effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 12-802. Connecticut Lottery Corporation. Establishment. Board membership. Meetings. Employees. (a) There is created a body politic and corporate, constituting a public instrumentality and political subdivision of the state created for the performance of an essential governmental revenue-raising function, which shall be named the Connecticut Lottery Corporation, and which may exercise the functions, powers and duties set forth in sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, to implement the purposes set forth in said sections, which are public purposes for which public funds may be expended. The Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall not be construed to be a department, institution or agency of the state with respect to budgeting, procurement or personnel requirements, except as provided in sections 1-120, 1-121, 1-125, 12-557e, 12-563, 12-563a, 12-564, 12-566, 12-568a and 12-569, subsection (d) of section 12-574 and sections 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive.

      (b) The corporation shall be governed by a board of thirteen directors. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the General Assembly, shall appoint four directors who shall have skill, knowledge and experience in the fields of management, finance or operations in the private sector. Three directors shall be the State Treasurer, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue, all of whom shall serve ex officio and shall have all of the powers and privileges of a member of the board of directors. Each ex-officio director may designate his or her deputy or any member of his or her staff to represent him or her at meetings of the corporation with full power to act and vote on his or her behalf. The executive director of the Division of Special Revenue shall cease to be a director one year from June 4, 1996, or earlier at the discretion of the Governor. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the General Assembly, shall fill the vacancy created by the removal or departure of the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue with a person who shall have skill, knowledge and experience in the fields of management, finance or operations in the private sector. The Governor shall thereafter have the power to appoint a total of five members to the board. The procedures of section 4-7 shall apply to the confirmation of the Governor's appointments by both houses of the General Assembly. Six directors shall be appointed as follows: One by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one by the majority leader of the Senate, one by the minority leader of the Senate, one by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one by the majority leader of the House of Representatives and one by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. Each director appointed by the Governor shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor but no longer than the term of office of the Governor or until the director's successor is appointed and qualified, whichever term is longer. Each director appointed by a member of the General Assembly shall serve in accordance with the provisions of section 4-1a. The Governor shall fill any vacancy for the unexpired term of a member appointed by the Governor. The appropriate legislative appointing authority shall fill any vacancy for the unexpired term of a member appointed by such authority. Any director, other than the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue, shall be eligible for reappointment. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall not serve as a director. Any director may be removed by order of the Superior Court upon application of the Attorney General for misfeasance, malfeasance or wilful neglect of duty. Such actions shall be tried to the court without a jury and shall be privileged in assignment for hearing. If the court, after hearing, finds there is clear and convincing evidence of such misfeasance, malfeasance or wilful neglect of duty it shall order the removal of such director. Any director so removed shall not be reappointed to the board. Each appointing authority shall make his initial appointment to the board no later than six months following June 4, 1996.

      (c) The chairperson of the board shall be appointed by the Governor from among the members of the board. The directors shall annually elect one of their number as vice chairperson. The board may elect such other officers of the board as it deems proper. Directors shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties under sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

      (d) Meetings of the corporation shall be held at such times as shall be specified in the bylaws adopted by the corporation and at such other time or times as the chairperson deems necessary. The corporation shall, within the first ninety days of the transfer to the corporation of the lottery, pursuant to section 12-808, and on a fiscal quarterly basis thereafter, report on its operations for the preceding fiscal quarter to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding, and public safety. The report shall include a summary of the activities of the corporation, a statement of operations and, if necessary, recommendations for legislation to promote the purposes of the corporation. The accounts of the corporation shall be subject to audit by the state Auditors of Public Accounts. The corporation shall have independent certified public accountants audit its books and accounts at least once each fiscal year. The books, records and financial statements of the corporation shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

      (e) The Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall be a successor employer to the state and shall recognize existing bargaining units and collective bargaining agreements existing at the time of transfer of the lottery to the corporation. The employees of the corporation shall be considered state employees under the provisions of sections 5-270 to 5-280, inclusive. The corporation shall not be required to comply with personnel policies and procedures of the Department of Administrative Services and the Office of Policy and Management with regard to approval for the creation of new positions, the number of such positions, the decision to fill such positions or the time for filling such positions. The corporation, not the executive branch, shall have the power to determine whether an individual is qualified to fill a vacancy at the corporation. Nonmanagerial employees of the corporation shall be members of the classified service. Managerial employees shall be exempt from the classified service. The corporation shall have the ability to determine the qualifications and set the terms and conditions of employment of managerial employees including the establishment of incentive plans.

      (f) (1) The corporation may create one or more new classifications of entrepreneurial sales employees as determined by the board of directors. Such classifications shall not be deemed comparable to other classifications in state service.

      (2) Upon the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement covering transferred sales employees, all terms and conditions of employment in a new entrepreneurial sales classification shall be subject to collective bargaining as part of the negotiation of a common successor agreement.

      (g) The executive branch may negotiate on behalf of the corporation for employees of the corporation covered by collective bargaining and represent the corporation in all other collective bargaining matters. The corporation shall be entitled to have a representative present at all such bargaining.

      (h) In any interest arbitration regarding employees of the corporation, the arbitrator shall take into account as a factor, in addition to those factors specified in section 5-276a, the purposes of sections 1-120, 1-121, 1-125, 12-557e, 12-563, 12-563a, 12-564, 12-566, 12-568a and 12-569, subsection (d) of section 12-574 and sections 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, the entrepreneurial mission of the corporation and the necessity to provide flexibility and innovation to facilitate the success of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation in the marketplace. In any arbitration regarding any classification of entrepreneurial sales employees, the arbitrator shall include a term awarding incentive compensation for such employees for the purpose of motivating employees to maximize lottery sales.

      (i) The officers and all other employees of the corporation shall be state employees for the purposes of group welfare benefits and retirement, including, but not limited to, those provided under chapter 66 and sections 5-257 and 5-259. The corporation shall reimburse the appropriate state agencies for all costs incurred by such designation.

      (P.A. 96-212, S. 3, 32; P.A. 11-51, S. 197; 11-233, S. 7-9.)

      History: P.A. 96-212 effective June 4, 1996; P.A. 11-51 added provision prohibiting Commissioner of Consumer Protection from serving as director in Subsec. (b), deleted former Subsecs. (e)(2), (e)(3), (f)(2) and (f)(3) re collective bargaining, changed "shall be authorized and empowered to" to "may" in Subsec. (g) and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-233 amended Subsecs. (a), (e)(3) and (h) by deleting references to Sec. 12-567, effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 12-806. Purpose. Powers. (a) The purposes of the corporation shall be to: (1) Operate and manage the lottery in an entrepreneurial and business-like manner free from the budgetary and other constraints that affect state agencies; (2) provide continuing and increased revenue to the people of the state through the lottery by being responsive to market forces and acting generally as a corporation engaged in entrepreneurial pursuits; and (3) ensure that the lottery continues to be operated with integrity and for the public good.

      (b) The corporation shall have the following powers:

      (1) To receive as transferee from the state of Connecticut all of the tangible and intangible assets constituting the lottery including the exclusive right to operate the lottery as the exclusive lottery of the state and, subject to subsection (b) of section 12-808, to assume and discharge all of the agreements, covenants and obligations of the Department of Consumer Protection entered into which constitute a part of the operation and management of the lottery;

      (2) To operate and manage the lottery consistent with the provisions of sections 1-120, 1-121, 1-125, 12-557e, 12-563, 12-563a, 12-564, 12-566, 12-568a and 12-569, subsection (d) of section 12-574 and sections 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, and as specifically provided in section 12-812;

      (3) To have perpetual succession as a body corporate and to adopt bylaws, policies and procedures for the operation of its affairs and conduct of its businesses;

      (4) To introduce new lottery games, modify existing lottery games, utilize existing and new technologies, determine distribution channels for the sale of lottery tickets and, to the extent specifically authorized by regulations adopted by the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to chapter 54, introduce instant ticket vending machines, kiosks and automated wagering systems or machines, with all such rights being subject to regulatory oversight by the Department of Consumer Protection, except that the corporation shall not offer any interactive on-line lottery games, including on-line video lottery games for promotional purposes;

      (5) To establish an annual budget of revenues and expenditures, along with reasonable reserves for working capital, capital expenditures, debt retirement and other anticipated expenditures, in a manner and at levels considered by the board of directors as appropriate and prudent;

      (6) To adopt such administrative and operating procedures which the board of directors deems appropriate;

      (7) To enter into agreements with one or more states or territories of the United States for the promotion and operation of joint lottery games and to continue to participate in any joint lottery game in which the corporation participates on July 1, 2003, regardless of whether any government-authorized lottery operated outside of the United States participates in such game;

      (8) Subject to the provisions of section 12-815, to enter into agreements with vendors with respect to the operation and management of the lottery, including operation of lottery terminals, management services, printing of lottery tickets, management expertise, marketing expertise, advertising or such other goods or services as the board of directors deems necessary and appropriate;

      (9) To purchase or lease operating equipment, including, but not limited to, computer gaming and automated wagering systems and to employ agents or employees to operate such systems;

      (10) To retain unclaimed prize funds as additional revenue for the state, or to use unclaimed prize funds to increase sales, or to return to participants unclaimed prize funds in a manner designed to increase sales;

      (11) To establish prize reserve accounts as the board of directors deems appropriate;

      (12) To pay lottery prizes as awarded under section 12-812, to purchase annuities to fund such prizes, and to assure that all annuities from which payments to winners of lottery prizes are made are invested in instruments issued by agencies of the United States government and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, or are issued by insurance companies licensed to do business in the state, provided the issuer has been determined by the Department of Consumer Protection to be financially stable and meets the minimum investment rating as determined by the department;

      (13) To pay the Office of Policy and Management to reimburse the Department of Consumer Protection for the reasonable and necessary costs arising from the department's regulatory oversight of the corporation, in accordance with the assessment made pursuant to section 12-806b, including costs arising directly or indirectly from the licensing of lottery agents, performance of state police background investigations, and the implementation of subsection (b) of section 12-562 and sections 12-563a, 12-568a, 12-569, 12-570, 12-570a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive;

      (14) In the event that the operation or management of the corporation becomes subject to the federal gaming occupation tax, to pay such tax on behalf of lottery sales agents and to assist agents subject thereto;

      (15) To determine the commissions payable to lottery sales agents, provided any agent's commission shall not average less than four per cent of such agent's lottery sales;

      (16) To invest in, acquire, lease, purchase, own, manage, hold and dispose of real property and lease, convey or deal in or enter into agreements with respect to such property on any terms necessary or incidental to carrying out the purposes of sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, provided such transactions shall not be subject to approval, review or regulation pursuant to title 4b or any other statute by any state agency, except that real property transactions shall be subject to review by the State Properties Review Board;

      (17) To borrow money for the purpose of obtaining working capital;

      (18) To hold patents, copyrights, trademarks, marketing rights, licenses or any other evidence of protection or exclusivity issued under the laws of the United States or any state;

      (19) To employ such assistants, agents and other employees as may be necessary or desirable to carry out its purposes in accordance with sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, to fix their compensation and, subject to the provisions of subsections (e) and (f) of section 12-802, establish all necessary and appropriate personnel practices and policies; to engage consultants, accountants, attorneys and financial and other independent professionals as may be necessary or desirable to assist the corporation in performing its purposes in accordance with sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive;

      (20) To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive;

      (21) In its own name, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, adopt a seal and alter the same at pleasure;

      (22) Subject to the approval of the board and to the requirement to remit excess lottery funds to the General Fund as set forth in section 12-812, to invest any funds not needed for immediate use or disbursement, including any funds held in approved reserve accounts, in investments permitted by sections 3-20 and 3-27a for the proceeds of state bonds;

      (23) To procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets in such amounts and from such insurers as it deems desirable;

      (24) To the extent permitted under any contract with other persons to which the corporation is a party, to consent to any termination, modification, forgiveness or other change of any term of any contractual right, payment, royalty, contract or agreement of any kind;

      (25) To acquire, lease, purchase, own, manage, hold and dispose of personal property, and lease, convey or deal in or enter into agreements with respect to such property on any terms necessary or incidental to the carrying out of these purposes;

      (26) To account for and audit funds of the corporation;

      (27) To pay or provide for payment from operating revenues all expenses, costs and obligations incurred by the corporation in the exercise of the powers of the corporation under sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive; and

      (28) To exercise any powers necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive.

      (P.A. 96-212, S. 7, 32; P.A. 03-60, S. 3; 03-191, S. 1; P.A. 09-2, S. 23; P.A. 10-154, S. 1; P.A. 11-8, S. 2; 11-51, S. 182; 11-233, S. 10.)

      History: P.A. 96-212 effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 03-60 amended Subsec. (b)(4) to provide that the corporation shall not offer any interactive on-line lottery games, including on-line video lottery games for promotional purposes; P.A. 03-191 amended Subsec. (b)(7) to allow corporation to enter into agreements with one or more territories of the United States for promotion and operation of joint lottery games and to continue to participate in any joint lottery game in which the corporation participates on July 1, 2003, regardless of whether any government-authorized lottery operated outside of the United States participates in such game, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 09-2 amended Subsec. (b)(15) by revising agent's commission from 5% to 4%, effective April 1, 2009; P.A. 10-154 amended Subsec. (b)(13) to require corporation to pay Office of Policy and Management to reimburse Division of Special Revenue for its regulatory oversight of corporation, in accordance with assessment made pursuant to Sec. 12-806b, deleted provisions re planning and implementation costs, deleted provision re other affected state agencies, replaced "direct and indirect" with "and necessary" re costs and added implementation of specific statutory references to list of reimbursable costs, effective June 7, 2010; P.A. 11-8 made a technical change in Subsec. (b)(13), effective May 24, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, "Division of Special Revenue" and "division" were changed editorially by the Revisors to "Department of Consumer Protection" and "department", respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-233 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by deleting reference to Sec. 12-567, effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 12-806b. Assessment of Connecticut Lottery Corporation. Payments to Office of Policy and Management. Lottery assessment account. (a) Commencing July 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, the Office of Policy and Management shall assess the Connecticut Lottery Corporation in an amount sufficient to compensate the Department of Consumer Protection for the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the department for the regulatory activities specified in subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of section 12-806 for the preceding fiscal year ending June thirtieth.

      (b) For the assessment year ending June 30, 2012, the Office of Policy and Management shall, on or before August 1, 2012, submit the total of the assessment made in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, together with a proposed assessment for the succeeding fiscal year based on the preceding fiscal year cost, to the Connecticut Lottery Corporation. The assessment for the preceding fiscal year shall be determined not later than September 15, 2011, after receiving any objections to the proposed assessments and making such changes or adjustments as the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management determines to be warranted. The corporation shall pay the total assessment in quarterly payments to the Office of Policy and Management, with the first payment commencing on October 1, 2011, and with the remaining payments to be made on January 1, 2012, April 1, 2012, and June 1, 2012. The office shall deposit any such payment in the lottery assessment account established under subsection (d) of this section.

      (c) For the assessment year ending June 30, 2013, and each assessment year thereafter, the Office of Policy and Management shall, on or before May first of each year, submit the total of the assessment made in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, together with a proposed assessment for the succeeding fiscal year based on the preceding fiscal year cost, to the Connecticut Lottery Corporation. The assessment for the preceding fiscal year shall be determined not later than June fifteenth of each year, after receiving any objections to the proposed assessments and making such changes or adjustments as the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management determines to be warranted. The corporation shall pay the total assessment in quarterly payments to the Office of Policy and Management, with the first payment commencing on July first of each year, and with the remaining payments to be made on October first, January first and April first annually. The office shall deposit any such payment in the lottery assessment account established under subsection (d) of this section.

      (d) There is established an account to be known as the "lottery assessment account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Department of Consumer Protection.

      (e) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, the final quarterly payment for the assessment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, shall be paid on July 1, 2011.

      (P.A. 10-154, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 198; 11-61, S. 98.)

      History: P.A. 10-154 effective June 7, 2010; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (a) by changing commencement date of assessments from July 1, 2010, to April 1, 2012, and replacing "Division of Special Revenue" with "Department of Consumer Protection" and "division" with "department", amended Subsec. (b) by changing "August" to "May", "September" to "June", "October" to "July", "January" to "October", "April" to "January" and "July" to "April" and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing "Division of Special Revenue" with "Department of Consumer Protection", effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (a) by changing commencement date of assessments from April 1, 2012, to July 1, 2011, amended Subsec. (b) by providing that, for assessment year ending June 30, 2012, total assessment for such year with proposed assessment for succeeding year be submitted to Connecticut Lottery Corporation on or before August 1, 2012, that assessment for preceding assessment year be determined not later than September 15, 2011, and that quarterly payments for assessment year ending June 30, 2012, be made on October 1, 2011, January 1, 2012, April 1, 2012, and June 1, 2011, added new Subsec. (c) re assessments for assessment year ending June 30, 2013, and each assessment year thereafter, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d) and added Subsec. (e) re final quarterly payment for fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 12-816. Tax exemption. The exercise of the powers granted by sections 1-120, 1-121, 1-125, 12-557e, 12-563, 12-563a, 12-564, 12-566, 12-568a and 12-569, subsection (d) of section 12-574 and sections 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, constitute the performance of an essential governmental function and all operations of the corporation shall be free from any form of federal or state taxation. In addition, except pursuant to any federal requirements, the corporation shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon or in respect to sales of lottery tickets, or any property or moneys of the corporation, levied by the state or any political subdivision or municipal taxing authority. The corporation and its assets, property and revenues shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by the state and by the municipalities and all other political subdivisions or special districts having taxing powers in the state.

      (P.A. 96-212, S. 17, 32; P.A. 11-233, S. 11.)

      History: P.A. 96-212 effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 11-233 deleted reference to Sec. 12-567, effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 12-818. Funding for chronic gamblers treatment rehabilitation account. For each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall transfer one million nine hundred thousand dollars of the revenue received from the sale of lottery tickets to the chronic gamblers treatment rehabilitation account created pursuant to section 17a-713. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall transfer one million nine hundred thousand dollars of the revenue received from the sale of lottery tickets to the chronic gamblers treatment rehabilitation account created pursuant to section 17a-713.

      (P.A. 96-212, S. 19(b), 32; P.A. 98-250, S. 10, 39; P.A. 99-173, S. 58, 65; P.A. 06-188, S. 39; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 61; P.A. 11-44, S. 149.)

      History: P.A. 96-212 effective July 1, 1996 (Revisor's note: Subsec. (a) of section 19 of the act concerning duties of Division of Special Revenue was codified as Sec. 12-563a, while Subsec. (b) concerning duties of Connecticut Lottery Corporation was codified as Sec. 12-818); P.A. 98-250 increased the amount transferred from $250,000 to $500,000 for the 1999 fiscal year and each year thereafter, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-173 deleted former provisions and added new funding provisions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 06-188 increased the amount transferred from $1,200,000 to $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 replaced former provisions with provisions re amount of funds transferred to chronic gamblers treatment rehabilitation account for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, effective September 9, 2009; P.A. 11-44 increased amount of revenue to be transferred each fiscal year from $1,500,000 to $1,900,000, effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 12-829. Deduction and withholding of delinquent taxes, penalties and interest from lottery winnings. Limitations on inspection or disclosure of tax returns or return information. (a) On or after January 1, 2012, when any person redeems a winning lottery ticket worth five thousand dollars or more at the central office of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall check the name and other identifying information of such person against a list of taxpayers who are delinquent, supplied by the Commissioner of Revenue Services.

      (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-15, the Commissioner of Revenue Services may disclose to the president of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation: (1) The name and such other information as may be necessary to identify a person from whom taxes, including penalties and interest related thereto, are due to the state and unpaid when: (A) A period in excess of thirty days has elapsed following the date on which such taxes were due, and (B) such taxes are not the subject of a timely filed administrative appeal to said commissioner or of a timely filed appeal pending before any court of competent jurisdiction, and (2) the amount of such taxes, penalties and interest that are due from such person.

      (c) In the event that the person redeeming a lottery ticket described in subsection (a) of this section is on the list described in said subsection (a), the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall, subsequent to any deductions made pursuant to subsection (c) of section 52-362d, if applicable, deduct and withhold from the lottery prize payment payable to such person under the provisions of chapter 226 or this chapter, the amount of such taxes, penalties and interest identified by said commissioner pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

      (d) The president of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall promptly notify the Commissioner of Revenue Services of any amount deducted and withheld under the provisions of this section and shall pay over such amount to the Commissioner of Revenue Services in accordance with said commissioner's instructions.

      (e) For the purposes of this section, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation and its officers and employees shall be treated as officers and employees of the state, and the provisions of subsections (a), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of section 12-15 shall apply to the officers and employees of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation.

      (P.A. 11-13, S. 1.)