---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charlotte Transit Procurement."
description: "Charlotte Transit Procurement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 706"
citation: "North Carolina HB 706 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "CHARTERS", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MASS TRANSIT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. SAUNDERS", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHARLOTTE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7281043-3a09-454b-925f-fc8921bfad86"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H706&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "abe113fabd27854b67f8a5a187df5443f70920ea6cc296cb911d11b0fab2f3f7"
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 706 (2003) — Charlotte Transit Procurement.

## 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/H706v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H706v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H706v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H706v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H706v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H706v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- M6 Reconsider — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saunders — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-18** Ch. SL 2003-197 `became-law`
- **2003-06-18** Signed By Gov. 6/12/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-05** Ratified
- **2003-06-04** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-04** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2003-06-04** Recalled From Enrolling
- **2003-06-03** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-02** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2003
- **2003-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-02** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-05-28** Engrossed
- **2003-05-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-28** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-14** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-14** Rec From House
- **2003-04-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-09** Placed On Cal For 4/10/2003
- **2003-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7281043-3a09-454b-925f-fc8921bfad86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).