---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interlocal Economic Development Cooperation."
description: "Interlocal Economic Development Cooperation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1301"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1301 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION", "NC", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "REP. G. ALLEN", "REP. FOX", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fox"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-05-14"
last_action: "2003-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec8387f3-cae0-4cdc-91ff-359d3f9685e3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1301&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dea37a9e30f032e23cb45207d95b03db620d77f4f30aa924253b04751d8cf5e8"
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 HB 1301 (2003) — Interlocal Economic Development Cooperation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1301v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1301v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1301v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1301v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-417** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1301v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fox — primary (person)
- G. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-14** Ch. SL 2003-417 `became-law`
- **2003-08-14** Signed By Gov. 8/14/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-17** Ratified
- **2003-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-08** Rec From House
- **2003-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2003
- **2003-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-15** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec8387f3-cae0-4cdc-91ff-359d3f9685e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).