A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT providing that the cleveland county sheriff's Office may contract for the purchase of food and food serviceS supplies for the county's detention facility without being subject to the requirements of certain state purchase and contract laws and providing that cleveland county and the municipalities in cleveland county may donate retired service animals used by the sheriff's office or police department or any other county or municipal agency to the sheriff, deputy, police officer, or employee who had normal custody and control of the animal.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 2 of S.L. 2015‑158 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 2.  This act applies only to the following counties: Cherokee, Cleveland, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jones, Lincoln, Madison, Orange, Transylvania, and Yancey."
SECTION 2.  Section 2 of S.L. 2015‑174 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 2.(a)  The governing body of a county or municipality may donate any horse, dog, or other animal used by the county's sheriff office or the municipality's police department or any other county or municipal agency to the sheriff, deputy, police officer, or employee who had normal custody and control of the animal during its service to the county or municipality when the animal is deemed no longer fit for public service.
"SECTION 2.(b)  This section applies only to the following counties: Cleveland and to the following municipalities: municipalities in Cleveland and Mecklenburg Counties."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.