GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

SESSION LAW 2016-37

SENATE BILL 831

AN ACT to allow the duplin and sampson county sheriff's offices to contract for the purchase of food and food services supplies for their county's detention facility without being subject to the requirements of certain state purchase and contract laws and authorizing duplin, Rowan, and sampson counties and the municipalities in those counties TO transfer retired service animals owned by the local government.

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, Duplin, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jones, Lincoln, Madison, Orange, Sampson, Transylvania, and Yancey."

SECTION 2.  Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 160A‑279.5.  Disposition of animals.

(a) Upon the governing body determining any horse, dog, or other animal owned by the local government is no longer fit or needed for public service, the governing body may transfer ownership of the animal at a price determined by the governing body and upon any other terms and conditions as the governing body deems appropriate to any of the following individuals, if that individual agrees to accept ownership, care, and custody of the animal:

(1) The officer or employee who had normal custody and control of the animal during the animal's public service to the local government.

(2) A surviving spouse, or in the event such officer or employee dies unsurvived by a spouse, surviving children of the officer or employee killed in the line of duty who had normal custody and control of the animal during the animal's public service to the local government.

(3) An organization or program dedicated to the assistance or support of animals retired from public service.

(b) This section applies only to the counties of Duplin, Rowan, and Sampson and all of the municipalities that lie in whole, or in part, in those counties."

SECTION 2.5.  If House Bill 550, 2016 Regular Session, becomes law, Section 2 of this act is repealed.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27^th day of June, 2016.

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives