GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2003

SESSION LAW 2003-333

SENATE BILL 529

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITIES TO USE THE SETOFF DEBT COLLECTION ACT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 105A-2(6) reads as rewritten:

"§ 105A-2.  Definitions.

The following definitions apply in this Chapter:

. . .

(6)       Local agency. - A Any of the following:

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

b. or aA municipality.

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

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2004, and applies to income tax refunds determined on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9^th day of July, 2003.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

Approved 6:49 p.m. this 20^th day of July, 2003