---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foothills and Mitchell County Local Acts."
description: "Foothills and Mitchell County Local Acts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 653"
citation: "North Carolina SB 653 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORTS", "AUTHORITIES", "AVIATION", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. MOORE", "BURKE COUNTY", "CALDWELL COUNTY", "MITCHELL COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-21"
last_action: "2001-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5edb88d-c8b6-4f54-8cd8-19c756fb88e7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S653&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "37636e9820ecb94a40b42740965f65132888d8542ab1c83c77974f451866671a"
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 653 (2001) — Foothills and Mitchell County Local Acts.

## 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/S653v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S653v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S653v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S653v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-26** Ch. SL 2001-306 `became-law`
- **2001-07-26** Ratified
- **2001-07-25** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-07-24** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/24/2001
- **2001-07-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2001
- **2001-07-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-05** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2001
- **2001-07-05** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-07-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2001
- **2001-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-22** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5edb88d-c8b6-4f54-8cd8-19c756fb88e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).