---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carteret Occupancy Tax Changes."
description: "Carteret Occupancy Tax Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 698"
citation: "North Carolina HB 698 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COUNTIES", "EROSION", "FISCAL NOTES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. SMITH", "CARTERET COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-19"
last_action: "2001-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7138a5c1-191b-494b-a603-c27645b01ad8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H698&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "663af3d853def585dd41f65c3ef437962ac88f84d8d19f955dc9ea761b69c16f"
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 698 (2001) — Carteret Occupancy Tax Changes.

## 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/H698v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H698v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H698v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H698v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-381** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H698v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **87–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-20** Ch. SL 2001-381 `became-law`
- **2001-08-20** Ratified
- **2001-08-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-15** Placed On Cal For 8/16/2001
- **2001-08-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-08-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-08-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-08-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-25** Rec From House
- **2001-07-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2001
- **2001-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-20** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7138a5c1-191b-494b-a603-c27645b01ad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).