---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certain Local Governments Condemnation."
description: "Certain Local Governments Condemnation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 542"
citation: "North Carolina HB 542 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COASTAL RESOURCES", "COUNTIES", "EMINENT DOMAIN", "ENVIRONMENT", "EROSION", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "RATIFIED", "SOILS", "TITLE CHANGE", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "OCEAN ISLE BEACH", "OAK ISLAND", "CHAPTERED", "BALD HEAD ISLAND", "REP. STILLER", "SUNSET BEACH", "CASWELL BEACH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-17"
last_action: "2003-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66d3efad-4199-41b3-9b93-45cd9c368c15"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H542&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d84ff1eb5e856f239803ac0592806ced54af85f2e0ed15a8b89fbf303f9afcd7"
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 542 (2003) — Certain Local Governments Condemnation.

## 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/H542v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H542v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H542v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H542v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H542v4.pdf)

## Votes

- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stiller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-30** Ch. SL 2003-282 `became-law`
- **2003-06-30** Ratified
- **2003-06-29** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2003-06-26** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2003-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2003
- **2003-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-19** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2003-06-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From House
- **2003-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-21** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
- **2003-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-18** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66d3efad-4199-41b3-9b93-45cd9c368c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).