A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to exempt certain accredited boarding kennels from routine annual inspections under the animal welfare act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 19A‑24 reads as rewritten:
"§ 19A‑24.  Powers of Board of Agriculture.
The Board of Agriculture shall:
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(6)	Adopt rules that incorporate by reference the voluntary accreditation standards of the American Boarding Kennel Association. A boarding kennel that is voluntarily accredited by the American Boarding Kennel Association may be exempted from routine annual inspections conducted under this Article, but shall be subject to inspection for initial licensing and at any time that the Director has reason to believe that the kennel is in violation of this Article or the rules adopted under it. A boarding kennel is not required to be accredited by or to comply with the accreditation standards of the American Boarding Kennel Association in order to be licensed under this Article."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.