                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 2.2-4801)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Administrative offset&#8221; includes, but is not limited to,
offsetting any monies, except those specifically exempted by state or federal
law, paid by agency or institution for a debt owed to any other state agency or
institution.
		&#8220;Accounts receivable&#8221; refers to the classification of debts due
the Commonwealth, including judgments, fines, costs, and penalties imposed upon
conviction for criminal and traffic offenses, and as defined in the guidelines
adopted by the State Comptroller.
		&#8220;Discharge&#8221; means the compromise and settlement of disputes,
claims, and controversies of the Commonwealth by the Office of the Attorney
General as authorized by § 2.2-514.
		&#8220;Division&#8221; means the Division of Debt Collection of the Office of
the Attorney General created pursuant to § 2.2-518.
		&#8220;Past-due&#8221; means any account receivable for which payment has not
been received by the payment due date.
		&#8220;State agency and institution&#8221; means any authority, board,
department, instrumentality, agency or other unit in any branch of state
government. The term shall not include any county, city or town, or any local or
regional governmental authority or any &#8220;nonstate agency&#8221; as defined
in the appropriation act.
		&#8220;Write-off&#8221; means a transaction to remove from an agency&#8217;s
financial accounting records an account receivable that management has
determined to be uncollectible.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 544, § 2.1-726; 1994, c. 565; 2001, c. 844; 2009, c. 797.