Bill Text: NC S809 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Honor Our Service Animals/Sheriff Contracts
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-04 - Ref To Com On State and Local Government [S809 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2015-S809-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
S 1
SENATE BILL 809*
Short Title: Honor Our Service Animals/Sheriff Contracts. |
(Local) |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Daniel (Primary Sponsor) and Pate. |
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Referred to: |
State and Local Government |
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May 4, 2016
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: Jones, 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 officer 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 County.Counties."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.