A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the posting of signs when an invisible fence pet containment system is installed on property IN GASTON COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-362.4.  Invisible fence pet containment system signage required.
(a)	A person who owns or rents property and restrains a dog on that property by means of an invisible fence pet containment system shall post signage on the property indicating that the system has been installed there.
(b)	Any person who fails to post and maintain the signage required by subsection (a) of this section shall be responsible for an infraction and shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00)."
SECTION 2.  This act shall apply only to Gaston County.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2003, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.