---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landis Aldermen/Mayorial Terms."
description: "Landis Aldermen/Mayorial Terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 499"
citation: "North Carolina HB 499 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. COATES", "ROWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "LANDIS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2003-03-13"
last_action: "2003-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a2bf30c-1f5a-4a6a-b6e8-fba5e074966b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H499&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c6fcda6401130c92ab9279988d0316230109125cdaa288b6f27c408d3c752359"
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 499 (2003) — Landis Aldermen/Mayorial Terms.

## 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/H499v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H499v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H499v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H499v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H499v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Coates — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-03** Ch. SL 2003-126 `became-law`
- **2003-06-02** Ratified
- **2003-05-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Held by Senate
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Placed On Cal For 5/1/2003
- **2003-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-28** Re-ref Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-17** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a2bf30c-1f5a-4a6a-b6e8-fba5e074966b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).