---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Obligation Bonds for Jails/Water/Sewer."
description: "Special Obligation Bonds for Jails/Water/Sewer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "North Carolina SB 123 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "JAILS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "SEN. CARPENTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-08"
last_action: "2001-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaf63aa4-74ff-4e5c-914f-0cd78851e16b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S123&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "148053537d412e941481a6941e3d452b92a177e95a6ab5b5ae1a40cf28fa4bae"
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 SB 123 (2001) — Special Obligation Bonds for Jails/Water/Sewer.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S123v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S123v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S123v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S123v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S123v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Moore, K — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-23** Ch. SL 2001-238 `became-law`
- **2001-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-13** Ratified
- **2001-06-12** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-06-11** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2001
- **2001-06-07** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2001
- **2001-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-29** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-29** Rec From Senate
- **2001-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-03-22** Placed On Cal For 3/27/2001
- **2001-03-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-03-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-03-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaf63aa4-74ff-4e5c-914f-0cd78851e16b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).