GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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HOUSE BILL 1031

Short Title:  No Breed-Specific Ordinances.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Payne (By Request).
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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April 19, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES SHALL NOT ADOPT ORDINANCES FOR THE CONTROL OF DANGEROUS DOGS THAT ARE SPECIFIC AS TO BREED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 67-4.5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 67-4.5. Local ordinances.
Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prevent a city or county from adopting or enforcing its own program for control of dangerous dogs, provided that no program shall regulate these dogs in a manner that is specific as to breed."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.