GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 699
SENATE BILL 1362

AN ACT TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO REMOVE OR DESTROY ELECTRONIC COLLARS ON DOGS IN HAYWOOD, JACKSON, SWAIN, MACON, HENDERSON, AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  It is unlawful to intentionally remove or destroy an electronic collar or other electronic device placed on a dog by its owner to maintain control of the dog.
Sec. 2.  A first conviction for a violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Sec. 3.  This act is enforceable by officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.
Sec. 4.  This act applies only to Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Macon, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties.
Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1994, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of July, 1994.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives