57-38.3-02. Definitions

57-38.3-02. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

1. "Claimant agency" means the department of health and 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.

2. "Commissioner" means the North Dakota tax commissioner or the commissioner's

designee.

3. "Debt" means any liquidated sum due and owing, or required to be collected by, any

claimant agency which has accrued through contract, subrogation, tort, or operation of

law, regardless of whether there is an outstanding judgment for that sum.

4. "Debtor" means any individual owing money to or having a delinquent or defaulted

account or loan with any claimant agency, which obligation has not been adjudicated

satisfied by court order, set aside by court order, or discharged in bankruptcy, or

otherwise canceled under the Higher Education Act of 1965 [Pub. L. 89-329; 79 Stat.

1219; 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.].

5. "Refund" means the North Dakota income tax refund which the commissioner

determines to be due any individual taxpayer.