GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 295

Short Title:  Greyhound Racing Prohibited.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators McDaniel; Allran, Carpenter, Carrington, Cochrane, Conder, Dalton, East, Forrester, Foxx, Garwood, Gulley, Hoyle, Kincaid, Lucas, Page, Phillips, Rand, Rucho, Shaw of Cumberland, and Weinstein.

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Referred to:  Commerce.

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March 3, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT GREYHOUND RACING IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 37 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Part to read:
"Part 3.  Greyhound Racing.
"§ 14-309.20.  Greyhound racing prohibited.
(a)	No person shall hold, conduct, or operate any greyhound races for public exhibition in this State for monetary remuneration.
(b)	No person shall transmit or receive interstate or intrastate simulcasting of greyhound races for commercial purposes in this State.
(c)	Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1997, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.