A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT relating to the release of animal services records in guilford county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 132 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 132‑1.15.  Personally identifiable records relating to county animal services.
(a)	Personally identifiable information held by a county animal services agency that relates to any of the following persons is not a public record as defined in G.S. 132‑1:
(1)	An individual who has voluntarily surrendered ownership of an animal to an animal shelter.
(2)	An individual who has adopted a shelter animal or to whom a shelter animal has been placed through a foster program.
(b)	When a county animal control service places animals with an animal rescue organization, the identity of the animal rescue organization is a public record as defined in G.S. 132‑1.
(c)	Disclosure or nondisclosure of information that is not a public record may be made in the county's discretion."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to Guilford County only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.