GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
S 1
SENATE BILL 415
Short Title: Clarify Def'n. of Collection Agency. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Bishop, Newton, and Woodard (Primary Sponsors). |
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Referred to: |
Rules and Operations of the Senate |
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March 29, 2017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify the definition of collection agency to exclude persons engaged in routine billing services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 58‑70‑15(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 58‑70‑15. Definition of collection agency and collection agency business.
(a) "Collection
agency" means a person directly or indirectly engaged in soliciting, from
more than one person delinquent claims of any kind owed or due or
asserted to be owed or due the solicited person that are delinquent at the
time of solicitation, and all persons directly or indirectly engaged in the
asserting, enforcing or prosecuting of those claims.claims that were
delinquent at the time of solicitation."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.