---
type: "Bill"
title: "Durham Auto Tax."
description: "Durham Auto Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 736"
citation: "North Carolina HB 736 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "REP. MILLER", "DURHAM COUNTY", "DURHAM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5ea3d5e-8223-4d2f-ac34-8cbcce826dd0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H736&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "abb7a77c43172866e30f99f96aa9d5c2021e5f83615c2cb51149e453877a93a2"
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 736 (2003) — Durham Auto Tax.

## 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/H736v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H736v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H736v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H736v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-329** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H736v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–7** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **38–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-19** Ch. SL 2003-329 `became-law`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-14** Rec From House
- **2003-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2003
- **2003-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Finance `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/a5ea3d5e-8223-4d2f-ac34-8cbcce826dd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).