---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cary/Garner Condemnations."
description: "Cary/Garner Condemnations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 755"
citation: "North Carolina HB 755 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "UTILITIES", "REP. ELLIS", "REP. MINER", "REP. WEISS", "WAKE COUNTY", "GARNER", "CARY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis", "Miner", "Ross"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebe71dd2-2991-480f-905b-d2f1c872e17c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H755&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "09643f6bfc1bc86f8005e4e8e2570e6d4ad294c11c9e3f640e4baa92c6433b1d"
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 755 (2003) — Cary/Garner Condemnations.

## 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/H755v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H755v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H755v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H755v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H755v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)
- Miner — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-21** Ch. SL 2003-74 `became-law`
- **2003-05-21** Ratified
- **2003-05-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/20/2003
- **2003-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Held by Senate
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-05-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/ebe71dd2-2991-480f-905b-d2f1c872e17c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).