North Carolina SB 275: Official Herring Festival.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 275

Short Title: Deregulate Small Boarding Kennels. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Grafstein (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 13, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO DEREGULATE SMALL BOARDING KENNELS BY LIMITING PERMITTING 2
REQUIREMENTS TO BOARDING KENNELS PROVIDING SERVICES TO SIX OR 3
MORE ANIMALS. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 19A-23 reads as rewritten: 6
"§ 19A-23. Definitions. 7
For the purposes of this Article, the following terms, when used in the Article or the rules or 8
orders made pursuant thereto, shall be construed respectively to mean: 9
... 10
(5c) "Boarding kennel" means a facility or establishment which regularly offers to 11
the public the service of boarding six or more of any combination of dogs or 12
cats or both for a fee. Such a facility or establishment may, in addition to 13
providing shelter, food and water, offer grooming or other services for dogs 14
and/or cats.or cats or both. 15
...." 16
SECTION 2. The Board of Agriculture shall amend its rules for boarding kennels 17
consistent with the provisions of this act. In doing so, the Board may adopt temporary rules 18
following the procedures set forth in G.S. 150B-21.1. 19
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective October 1, 2025. 20