GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 419

HOUSE BILL 969

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY PROCEDURES FOR CONTESTING DEBTS SUBMITTED FOR COLLECTION UNDER THE SETOFF DEBT COLLECTION ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 105A-8(a) is amended by rewriting the first sentence to read:

"If a claimant agency receives written application of the debtor's intention to contest the claim upon which the intended setoff is based, it shall grant a hearing to determine whether the claim is valid which shall be conducted according to procedures prescribed by Article 3 of G.S. Chapter 150A. The provisions of said Article 3 shall not apply to The University of North Carolina or its constituent or affiliated boards, agencies, or institutions, which shall conduct hearings according to administrative procedures deemed lawful by the Attorney General."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of June, 1983.