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8047.01000
     Sixty-sixth
     Legislative Assembly                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1083
     of North Dakota
     Introduced by
       Finance and Taxation Committee
       (At the request of the North Dakota University System)
  A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 57-38.3-02 of the North Dakota
  Century Code, relating to setoff of income tax refund for debts owed to the state; and to provide
  an effective date.
  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
      SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 1 of section 57-38.3-02 of the North Dakota
  Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
      1.   "Claimant agency" means the department of human services, job service North
           Dakota, workforce safety and insurance, state institutions of higher education, the
           North Dakota student loan service center, the insurance commissioner, the North
          Dakota guaranteed student loan program, the industrial commission acting as the
          state housing finance agency under chapter 54-17, a housing authority created under
          section 23-11-02, or the state court administrator on behalf of the state courts for
          purposes of court-ordered fines, fees, or costs due the state. On or before September
          first of each year, the state housing finance agency shall conduct an election by mail
          among housing authorities of the state and certify to the tax commissioner which
          housing authority received the greatest number of votes and is capable of compliance
          with the duties of a claimant agency under section 57-38.3-05. During the ensuing
          calendar year, the housing authority certified as selected under this subsection shall
          act as the claimant agency for all housing authorities for the purposes of submitting
          debtor information to the tax commissioner for fund transfers and for providing notice
          to the debtor as required by section 57-38.3-05.
     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act is effective for taxable years beginning after
 December 31, 2018.
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Statutes affected: 
INTRODUCED: 57-38.3-02
Enrollment: 57-38.3-02