A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing the alarm systems licensing board to increase certain fees and establish a new fee under the alarm systems licensing act and EXTENDing TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACTING JOINTLY THE SAME SETOFF DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURES CURRENTLY ALLOWED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACTING ALONE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 74D‑7(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	The Board may charge fees as follows:
(1)	A nonrefundable initial license application fee in an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
(2)	A new or renewal license fee in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(3)	A late license renewal fee to be paid in addition to the renewal fee due in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), if the license has not been renewed on or before the expiration date of the license.
(4)	A registration fee in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) plus any fees charged to the board for background checks by the State Bureau of Investigation.
(5)	A fee for reregistration of an employee who changes employment to another licensee, not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00).
(6)	A branch office certificate fee not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
(7)	A fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for each reconsideration of a license or registration permit that has been filed or returned to the applicant for correctable errors.
All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be expended, under the direction of the Board, for the purpose of defraying the expense of administering this Chapter."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 105A‑2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 105A‑2.  Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Chapter:
(1)	Claimant agency. – Either of the following:
a.	A State agency.
b.	A local agency acting through a clearinghouse or an organization pursuant to G.S. 105A‑3(b1).
(2)	Debt. – Any of the following:
a.	A sum owed to a claimant agency that has accrued through contract, subrogation, tort, operation of law, or any other legal theory regardless of whether there is an outstanding judgment for the sum.
b.	A sum a claimant agency is authorized or required by law to collect, such as child support payments collectible under Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act.
c.	A sum owed as a result of an intentional program violation or a violation due to inadvertent household error under the Food Stamp Program enabled by Chapter 108A, Article 2, Part 5.
d.	Reserved for future codification purposes.
e.	A sum owed as a result of having obtained public assistance payments under any of the following programs through an intentional false statement, intentional misrepresentation, intentional failure to disclose a material fact, or inadvertent household error:
1.	The Work First Program provided in Article 2 of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes.
2.	The State‑County Special Assistance for Adults Program enabled by Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes.
3.	A successor program of one of these programs.
(3)	Debtor. – An individual who owes a debt.
(4)	Department. – The Department of Revenue.
(5)	Reserved.
(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.
(7)	Net proceeds collected. – Gross proceeds collected through setoff against a debtor's refund minus the collection assistance fees provided in G.S. 105A‑13.
(8)	Refund. – An individual's North Carolina income tax refund.
(9)	State agency. – Any of the following:
a.	A unit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of State government.
b.	A local agency, to the extent it administers a program supervised by the Department of Health and Human Services or it operates a Child Support Enforcement Program, enabled by Chapter 110, Article 9, and Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act."
SECTION 3.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2005, and applies to income tax refunds determined on or after that date. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.