GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL DRH50117-LR-112A

Short Title:      Guilford Co. Animal Control Records.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Representatives Hardister, Blust, Brockman, and Quick (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT relating to the release of animal services records in guilford county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 132 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 132‑1.15.  Personally identifiable records relating to county animal services.

(a) Personally identifiable information held by a county animal services agency that relates to any of the following persons is not a public record as defined in G.S. 132‑1:

(1) An individual who has voluntarily surrendered ownership of an animal to an animal shelter.

(2) An individual who has adopted a shelter animal or to whom a shelter animal has been placed through a foster program.

(b) When a county animal control service places animals with an animal rescue organization, the identity of the animal rescue organization is a public record as defined in G.S. 132‑1.

(c) Disclosure or nondisclosure of information that is not a public record may be made in the county's discretion."

SECTION 2.  This act applies to Guilford County only.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.