A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT allowing duplin and Greene counties to garnish wages for debts owed to the county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  A county may treat the amount due for any fee or debt that the county has authority to levy or collect as if it were a tax due to the county and may proceed to collect the amount due through the use of attachment and garnishment proceedings as set out in G.S. 105‑368 to garnish the disposable income of any person who owes the county. 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 and Greene County only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to debts accruing on or after that date.