Bill Text: NC S925 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public Hospital Use Debt Setoff

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-30 - Ref To Com On Finance [S925 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-S925-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

 SESSION 2011

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SENATE BILL 925

 

 

Short Title:        Public Hospital Use Debt Setoff.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Goolsby (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:	Finance.

May 30, 2012

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to Expand the definition of local agency for purposes of the debt setoff collection act.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 105A‑2 reads as rewritten:

"§ 105A‑2.  Definitions.

The following definitions apply in this Chapter:

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(6)        Local agency. – Any of the following:

a.         A county, to the extent it is not considered a State agency.

b.         A municipality.

c.         A water and sewer authority created under Article 1 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes.

d.         A regional joint agency created by interlocal agreement under Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes between two or more counties, cities, or both.

e.         A public health authority created under Part 1B of Article 2 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes or other authorizing legislation.

f.          A metropolitan sewerage district created under Article 5 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes.

g.         A sanitary district created under Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes.

h.         A public hospital as defined by G.S. 159‑39(a), including a hospital authority as defined in G.S. 131E‑15.

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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2013, and applies to tax refunds determined by the Department on or after that date.