---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mecklenburg Local Tax/Coliseum Authority."
description: "Mecklenburg Local Tax/Coliseum Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 715"
citation: "North Carolina HB 715 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "FOOD SERVICES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SPORTS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "FOOD", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "REP. GULLEY", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHARLOTTE", "CORNELIUS", "DAVIDSON", "HUNTERSVILLE", "MATTHEWS", "PINEVILLE", "MINT HILL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gulley", "Saunders"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-20"
last_action: "2001-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cf6bbf1-8afc-470d-a3b6-cf7390d0028e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H715&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0097d437e32f453dbc99e9766264cef222d5918a148626f3de361abaf80ed49c"
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 715 (2001) — Mecklenburg Local Tax/Coliseum Authority.

## 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/H715v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H715v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H715v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H715v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H715v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **106–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gulley — primary (person)
- Saunders — primary (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-06** Ch. SL 2001-402 `became-law`
- **2001-09-06** Ratified
- **2001-09-04** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-03** Placed On Cal For 9/4/2001
- **2001-08-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-08-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-08-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-30** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2001
- **2001-07-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2001
- **2001-07-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-21** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-04-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** Rec From House
- **2001-04-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/18/2001
- **2001-04-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-21** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cf6bbf1-8afc-470d-a3b6-cf7390d0028e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).