{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-159-32.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-32.1","heading":"Electronic payment.","body":"A unit of local government, public hospital, or public authority may, in lieu of payment by cash or check, accept payment by electronic payment as defined in G.S. 147-86.20 for any tax, assessment, rate, fee, charge, rent, interest, penalty, or other receivable owed to it. A unit of local government, public hospital, or public authority may pay any negotiated discount, processing fee, transaction fee, or other charge imposed by a credit card, charge card, or debit card company, or by a third-party merchant bank, as a condition of contracting for the unit's or the authority's acceptance of electronic payment. A unit of local government, public hospital, or public authority may impose the fee or charge as a surcharge on the amount paid by the person using electronic payment. (1999-434, s. 5.)","path":["Chapter 159. Local Government Finance.","Subchapter III. Budgets and Fiscal Control.","Article 3. The Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act.","Part 3. Fiscal Control."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_159/GS_159-32.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:24:52Z","sha256":"1fc3e9ba2de3b4b2f218f2a5e8a2459efa0bcb89b91b268562a9e2bc373a0e6b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-159-32","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-159-33"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}