---
type: "Bill"
title: "Millers Creek Incorporated."
description: "Millers Creek Incorporated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 557"
citation: "North Carolina SB 557 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SEN. GARWOOD", "WILKES COUNTY", "MILLERS CREEK", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-19"
last_action: "2001-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e851abb1-c476-4dc0-a01a-da2a33bd4d37"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S557&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d6c53e180c61aeadb9f9d71c027a69d8422dd304cbdb03e9c5222e272352245d"
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 557 (2001) — Millers Creek Incorporated.

## 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/S557v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S557v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S557v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S557v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Moore, K — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-07** Ch. SL 2001-45 `became-law`
- **2001-05-07** Ratified
- **2001-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-01** Placed On Cal For 5/2/2001
- **2001-05-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-04** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-03-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-03-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-03-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-20** Ref To Com On Finance `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/e851abb1-c476-4dc0-a01a-da2a33bd4d37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).