Bill Text: NC S247 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Raleigh/Donate Service Animals to Officers

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-06-03 - Re-ref Com On Local Government [S247 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-S247-Introduced.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

S                                                                                                                                                    D

SENATE DRS25084-LM-67*  (03/03)

 

 

 

Short Title:        Raleigh/Donate Service Animals to Officers.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Senators Stein, Alexander, and Blue (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend the charter of the city of raleigh to allow the city to donate retired animals used by the police department or any other city agency to the police officer or employee who had normal custody and control of the animal.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 33(c) of the Charter of the City of Raleigh, being Chapter 1184 of the 1949 Session Laws, as amended by S.L. 1991‑312, S.L. 1993‑649, S.L. 1995‑323, and S.L. 2005‑157, reads as rewritten:

"(c)       Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, nothingsection:

(1)        Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing any official or employee covered by this section from purchasing a utility service offered to the general public at uniform rates, sludge generated at a wastewater treatment plant, farm products grown on City‑owned or City‑leased farms, and mulch produced at the City's yard waste processing center.

(2)        In addition to the transactions authorized in this section, the City may sell items of personal uniforms and equipment, excluding weapons, to public safety employees upon their separation from the City's employment. The items may be sold by private sale at the prices and under the terms and conditions that the City Council may establish by resolution.

(3)        When any horse, dog, or other animal used by the Police Department or any other City agency is deemed no longer fit for public service, the City Council may donate the animal to the officer or employee who had normal custody and control of the animal during its service to the City."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.