---
type: "Bill"
title: "Asheville Force Account Limit."
description: "Asheville Force Account Limit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 559"
citation: "North Carolina SB 559 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "BLANK BILL", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SPORTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. CARTER", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "ASHEVILLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2001-03-20"
last_action: "2001-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e522fd8c-9243-484f-9ba9-035d582f0af2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S559&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8a7f7a88b1afc2cbf21950a0df4098fae76530ec336de27a0dfe60dfc1a25f27"
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 559 (2001) — Asheville Force Account Limit.

## 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/S559v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S559v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S559v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S559v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S559v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-10** Ch. SL 2001-274 `became-law`
- **2001-07-10** Ratified
- **2001-07-09** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-05** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2001
- **2001-07-05** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-07-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-03** Placed On Cal For 7/4/2001
- **2001-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-09** Re-ref Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-08** Postponed To 5/9/2001
- **2001-05-07** Postponed To 5/8/2001
- **2001-05-03** Placed On Cal For 5/7/2001
- **2001-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2001
- **2001-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-19** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `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/e522fd8c-9243-484f-9ba9-035d582f0af2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).