---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reallocate Clean Water Bonds/Defer Bond Issue."
description: "Reallocate Clean Water Bonds/Defer Bond Issue."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "North Carolina SB 247 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "EDUCATION", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDING", "GRANTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "RURAL ECONOMIC DEV. CENTER", "SCHOOL BUILDINGS", "SESSION LAWS", "DEBT/STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE TREASURER", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "SEN. KERR", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/107fc6dd-ca75-4a21-b6af-33eb065b385c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S247&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "24222fdd12d75957686cd19bd969920b86694f7d015087dbcea80d79ee4bb5ae"
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 247 (2001) — Reallocate Clean Water Bonds/Defer Bond Issue.

## 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/S247v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S247v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S247v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S247v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S247v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **98–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kerr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-22** Ch. SL 2001-416 `became-law`
- **2001-09-22** Signed By Gov. 9/22/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-12** Pres. To Gov. 9/12/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-09-11** Ratified
- **2001-09-10** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-06** Placed On Cal For 9/10/2001
- **2001-09-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-09-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-08-29** Placed On Cal For 8/30/2001
- **2001-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-02** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-30** Postponed To 8/2/2001
- **2001-07-25** Placed On Cal For 7/26/2001
- **2001-07-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-10** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-10** Rec From Senate
- **2001-07-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2001
- **2001-06-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-11** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-11** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-02-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/107fc6dd-ca75-4a21-b6af-33eb065b385c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).