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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Gatesville - No Staggered Terms."
+description: "Gatesville - No Staggered Terms."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2009"
+identifier: "SB 79"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 79 (2009)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "TITLE CHANGE", "GATES COUNTY", "CHOWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TAX COLLECTION", "SEN. JONES", "GATESVILLE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-02-04"
+last_action: "2009-08-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d87f5b4c-fc89-4f65-aeb2-3f5c40b1affc"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S79&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "4740b71a5452887c3fb6f389a3d667cac454567860a61b226fc35f33efd0f466"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
+---
+
+# North Carolina SB 79 (2009) — Gatesville - No Staggered Terms.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S79v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S79v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S79v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S79v3.pdf)
+5. **SL2009-465** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S79v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- Second Reading — **106–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jones — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-08-11** Ch. SL 2009-465 `became-law`
+- **2009-08-11** Ratified
+- **2009-08-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
+- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
+- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2009-08-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-05-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2009-05-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-03-18** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2009-03-12** Placed On Cal For 3/16/2009
+- **2009-03-12** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2009-03-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2009-02-05** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-04** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d87f5b4c-fc89-4f65-aeb2-3f5c40b1affc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+