A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT relating to the release of animal services records IN pitt 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 under this section may be made in the county's discretion."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to Pitt County only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.