Legislation: batch C — MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/nc/2015/hb-538.md

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Water and Sewer Service Related Changes."
+description: "Water and Sewer Service Related Changes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2015"
+identifier: "HB 538"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 538 (2015)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOANS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMN.", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RURAL DEVELOPMENT", "TAXATION", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED", "TAX DISTRICTS", "VANDALISM"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2015-04-01"
+last_action: "2015-08-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/785ea2c1-b0c9-4886-bcb3-5c241c5616de"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H538&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "7ba06cd49a892eeb942358b90a9c66a5a8bb6186c59320c7e53b94ec25196116"
+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 HB 538 (2015) — Water and Sewer Service Related Changes.
+
+## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5883/0/H538-A-NBC-1009)
+3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v1.pdf)
+4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v2.pdf)
+5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v3.pdf)
+6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v4.pdf)
+7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v5.pdf)
+8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v6.pdf)
+9. **SL2015-207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v7.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- M11 Concur R3 Ruled Mat'l — **108–0** (pass) · lower
+- M11 Concur R2 Ruled Mat'l — **107–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Millis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-08-11** Ch. SL 2015-207 `became-law`
+- **2015-08-11** Signed by Gov. 8/11/2015 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-08-07** Pres. To Gov. 8/7/2015 `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-08-06** Ratified
+- **2015-08-05** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2015-08-05** Concurred On 3rd Reading
+- **2015-08-04** Concurred On 2nd Reading
+- **2015-08-03** Placed On Cal For 08/04/2015
+- **2015-07-30** Ruled Material
+- **2015-07-30** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
+- **2015-07-29** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
+- **2015-07-29** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2015-07-28** Engrossed
+- **2015-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-07-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2015-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-07-23** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2015-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-07-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2015-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2015-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-07-21** Sequential Referral To Finance Added
+- **2015-07-21** Sequential Referral To Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Stricken
+- **2015-07-13** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2015-07-13** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2015-04-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Received From House
+- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2015-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-04-21** Added to Calendar
+- **2015-04-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-04-16** Re-ref Com On Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-04-06** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-01** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/785ea2c1-b0c9-4886-bcb3-5c241c5616de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+