A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing a housing authority to collect unpaid rent by setting off the debt against a state income tax refund due a tenant or former tenant of the housing authority.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 105A‑2(6) reads as rewritten:
"(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.
e.	A public health authority created under Part 1B of Article 2 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes or other authorizing legislation.
f.	A metropolitan sewerage district created under Article 5 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes.
g.	A sanitary district created under Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes.
h.	A housing authority created under Chapter 157 of the General Statutes."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2011.