MS HB30

Expands the definition of "claimant agency" to include all state agencies, boards, committees, commissions, state institutions of higher learning, political subdivisions, and other governmental or quasi-governmental entities

Previously, only educational lending institutions (Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, Mississippi Guarantee Student Loan Agency, Mississippi Post-Secondary Education Assistance Board) could use income tax refund setoffs to collect debts

Authorizes the Department of Revenue to collect debts owed to these expanded governmental entities by withholding amounts from state income tax refunds owed to debtors

Effective date of July 1, 2015