GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 674

HOUSE BILL 806

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR MAY ALLOW THE CONFINEMENT OF A LEGALLY VACCINATED AND RESTRAINED DOG OR CAT THAT BITES A PERSON ON THE OWNER'S PROPERTY FOR TEN DAYS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 130A-196 is amended by inserting after the second sentence a new sentence to read:

"After reviewing the circumstances of the particular case, the local health director may allow the owner to confine the animal on the owner's property. An owner who fails to confine his animal in accordance with the instructions of the local health director shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment for six months, or both."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of July, 1985.