GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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HOUSE BILL 1107

Short Title:  Innkeeper Prerog. on Dogs.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Payne (By Request).
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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April 24, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW DOGS IN HOTEL ROOMS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
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, and except as set out herein, 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.
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 is effective upon ratification.