A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT allowing duplin county to garnish wages for debts owed to the county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  A county may garnish the disposable income of any person who owes the county any fee or debt that the county has authority to levy or collect. For the purposes of this act, the term "disposable income" means the part of the compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise which remains after the deduction of any amounts required by law to be withheld.
SECTION 2.  This act applies to Duplin County only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to debts to the County that accrue on or after that date.