---
type: "Bill"
title: "New Hanover Beach Towns Tourism Act."
description: "New Hanover Beach Towns Tourism Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1707"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1707 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "CONTRACTS", "ELECTIONS", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "REP. MCCOMAS", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "KURE BEACH", "CAROLINA BEACH", "WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-12"
last_action: "2002-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2befb64-c487-4f01-ba54-14ee65dac880"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1707&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3c0697caa41da0d8aed2b88d1fcfddc3443d3ee8f80ccb52a8652842c43a9cde"
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 1707 (2001) — New Hanover Beach Towns Tourism Act.

## 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/H1707v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1707v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1707v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1707v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McComas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-03** Ch. SL 2002-138 `became-law`
- **2002-10-03** Ratified
- **2002-10-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-10-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-10-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-09-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-09-26** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-09-24** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2002-09-24** Rec From House
- **2002-09-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-09-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-09-19** Placed On Cal For 9/20/2002
- **2002-09-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-09-19** 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/a2befb64-c487-4f01-ba54-14ee65dac880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).