GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 603

Short Title:  Renew Bad Check Pilot Program.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Hill; Nye, Redwine, and Wright.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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March 25, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE SUNSET ON BAD CHECK PILOT PROGRAMS AND TO ADD BRUNSWICK AND BLADEN COUNTIES TO THE BAD CHECK PILOT PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Subsection (e) of Section 18.22 of S.L. 1997-443, as amended by Section 16.3 of S.L. 1998-212, reads as rewritten:
"(e)	This section becomes effective October 1, 1997, and expires June 30, 2000."
Section 2.  Subsection (d) of Section 18.22 of S.L. 1997-443, as amended by Section 16.3 of S.L. 1998-212 and Section 21 of S.L. 1998-217, reads as rewritten:
"(d)	This section apples only to Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Durham, Rockingham, and Wake Counties."
Section 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of two hundred sixty-seven thousand seven hundred ninety-four dollars ($267,794) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year to continue the bad check collection pilot programs in Columbus, Durham, Rockingham, and Wake Counties as established in Section 18.22 of S.L. 1997-443, as amended by Section 16.3 of S.L. 1998-212, and to establish bad check collection pilot programs in Bladen and Brunswick Counties.
Section 4.  The Administrative Office of the Courts shall report by May 1, 2000, to the Chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the Chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety on the implementation of the programs authorized by this act, including their effectiveness in assisting the recipients of worthless checks in obtaining restitution and the amount of time saved in prosecuting worthless check cases.
Section 5.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective June 30, 1999.  The remainder of this act becomes effective July 1, 1999.