AN ACT to make the law prohibiting the removal of electronic collars from dogs apply statewide.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑401.17(d) is repealed.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2005, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15^th day of June, 2005.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2005