---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lee County Private Sale."
description: "Lee County Private Sale."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1661"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1661 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SALES", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. COX", "LEE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-12"
last_action: "2002-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f333341b-b35e-42d4-9952-f409f43cbee6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1661&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "169f6a2171781ab94d5f1f8a22df9ed80b0d701022f5ec84659f4a14b505a2fe"
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 1661 (2001) — Lee County Private Sale.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1661v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1661v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1661v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1661v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-08-19** Ch. SL 2002-81 `became-law`
- **2002-08-19** Ratified
- **2002-08-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-24** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-24** Rec From House
- **2002-07-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-22** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2002
- **2002-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-13** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f333341b-b35e-42d4-9952-f409f43cbee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).