GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 999

Short Title:  Allow Police Dogs in Hotels.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Stam; Decker and G. Wilson.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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April 3, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT DOGS USED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES MAY BE ADMITTED TO BEDROOMS IN INNS AND HOTELS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 72-7 reads as rewritten:
"§ 72-7. Admittance of dogs to bedrooms.
Except as provided in Chapter 168 of the General Statutes, it is unlawful for any innkeeper or guest owning, keeping, or who has in his care a dog or dogs, to permit such a dog or dogs admittance to any bedroom or rooms used for sleeping purposes in any inn or hotel.  Dogs used for law enforcement purposes such as investigation or the detection of narcotics or explosives by any law enforcement agency are exempt from the provisions of this section.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall pay a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) or be imprisoned not more than 30 days."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.