GENERAL ASSEMBLY OH NOR III CAROLINA SESSION 1989 



1 (10) 'Housing facility' means any room, building, or area used to contain a primary 



2 enclosure or enclosures. 



3 (II) 'Person' means any individual, pailnership. firm, joint- stock company, 



4 corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity. 



5 (12) 'Pet shop" means a person o\ eslahlishmeni that acquires for the purposes of 



6 resale animals bred by others whether as owner, agent, or on consignment, and that 



7 sells, trades or offers to sell or trade such animals to the general public at retail or 



8 wholesale. 



9 (1.^) 'Primary enclosure' means any structure used to immediately restrict an animal 



10 or animals to a limited amotinl of space, such as a room. pen. cage compartment or 



11 hutch. 



12 (14) 'Public auction' means any place or location where dogs or cats are sold at 



13 auction to the highest bidder regardless of whether such dogs or cats are offered as 



14 individuals, as a group, or by weiglit. 



15 (15) 'Research facility" means any place, laboratory, or institution at which .scientific 



16 tests, experiments, or investigations involving the use of living animals are carried out, 



17 conducted, or attempted. 



18 (16) 'Sanitize' means to make physically clean and to remove and destroy to a 



19 practical minimum, agents injurious to iieallh." 



20 Sec. 2. G.S. I9A 24 reads as rewritten: 



21 "§ 19A-24. Powers of Board of Agriculture. The Board of Agriculture may: 



22 (I) Establish standards for the care of animals at animal shelters, boarding 

 2 3 kennels, pet shops, anil public auctions. 



24 (2) Prescribe the manner in which animals may be transported to and 



2 5 from registered or licen.sed premises. 



26 (.1) Require licensees and holders of certificates to keep records of the 



27 identit y, confinement, and disposition of purch a se and sale of anim als 



28 and t o identif y animals at their cUalUi^sbwcaU^ establishments on such 



2 9 forms as the Board may establish in order to standardize such 



30 recordkee ping. 



31 (3a) Require licensees and holders of cerlificates to submit submit records 



32 maintained pursuant to this Article to the Board on a periodic basis. 



3 3 (4) Adopt rules to implement this Article, including federal regulations 

 3 4 promulgated under Title 7. Chapter 54. of the United States Code." 



35 Sec. .3. G.S. 1 9A3f> reads as rewritten: 



36 "§ I9A-36. Penalty for violation of Article by animal control officer or clog 



37 warden. Violation ol any provision of (his Article which relates to the seizing. 

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