| 13 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE DANG EROUS DOG LAWS TO PERMIT A CASE -BY-CASE 2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A DOG TRAINED FOR DOG FIGHTING IS 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | DANGEROUS. 4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 67-4.1 reads as rewritten: 6 |
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| 19 | 19 | | "§ 67-4.1. Definitions and procedures. 7 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise and except as 8 |
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| 21 | 21 | | modified in subsection (b) of this section, the term: 9 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) "Dangerous dog" means 10 |
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| 23 | 23 | | a. A a dog that: 11 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1.a. Without provocation has killed or inflicted severe injury on a 12 |
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| 25 | 25 | | person; or 13 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2.b. Is determined by the person or Board designated by the county 14 |
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| 27 | 27 | | or municipal authority responsible for animal control to be 15 |
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| 28 | 28 | | potentially dangerous because the dog has engaged in one or 16 |
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| 29 | 29 | | more of the behaviors listed in subdivision (2) of this 17 |
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| 30 | 30 | | subsection. 18 |
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| 31 | 31 | | b. Any dog owned or harbored primarily or in part for the purpose of dog 19 |
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| 32 | 32 | | fighting, or any dog trained for dog fighting. 20 |
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| 33 | 33 | | …." 21 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 67-4.5 reads as rewritten: 22 |
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| 35 | 35 | | "§ 67-4.5. Local ordinances. 23 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prevent a city or county from adopting or 24 |
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| 37 | 37 | | enforcing its own program for control of dangerous dogs.dogs consistent with this Article." 25 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2025. 26 |
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