---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority."
description: "Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1564"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1564 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "REP. EARLE", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHARLOTTE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2004-05-19"
last_action: "2004-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca09cff8-1a12-4327-bbe5-cdac8ab1c3c3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1564&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dc9779866e727c5a1f60f4bcad9b7770d60e929e44235b9dfa9d7ac558d6c353"
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 1564 (2003) — Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority.

## 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/H1564v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1564v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1564v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2004-14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1564v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-21** Ch. SL 2004-14 `became-law`
- **2004-06-21** Ratified
- **2004-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-08** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-08** Rec From House
- **2004-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-02** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2004
- **2004-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-26** Re-ref Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2004-05-20** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca09cff8-1a12-4327-bbe5-cdac8ab1c3c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).