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Short Title: LRC Animal Wdkiic Act Sliuly. (Public) 



Sponsors: Kcprcscntativcs Sl.inicv; Rctlwinc, DeVaiie. Barnes. Eastcrlmg. Foster. 



Rclcricil to: Appiojii laiioiiN. 



May 26, l')S7 



1 A BILLIO Bh ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO AU1 nORIZE THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION TO 



3 STUDY THE PROVISIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA ANIMAL 



4 WELFARE ACT . 



5 The General Assembly ol North Carolina enacts: 



6 Section \. The Legislative Research Commission may study the 



7 provisions and eltectiveness ol the North Carolina Animal Welfare Act of 1978, 

 K inckiiling whether the Act should ajiply to city and county animal shelters and 

 9 whether central records cont. lining information submitted to the Animal Welfare 



10 Section of the State f)epartmeni of Agriculture should be maintained. 



1 1 Sec. 2. The Commission shall make a final report of its findings and 



12 recommendaiions to the M^S<) General Assembly and may make an interim report to 



1.^ the 19.S7 General .Assembl>. Second Session 1988. 



1 4 Sec. .^. There is appropriated from the General Fund ten thousand 



l.S dollars ($1(),()()()) to the Legislative Research Commi.ssion to fund the study 



16 authorized by this act. 



17 Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification. 



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