---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax Certification Procedure."
description: "Property Tax Certification Procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 972"
citation: "North Carolina HB 972 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TELESERVICES", "REP. CULPEPPER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-08"
last_action: "2003-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8e108c5-3930-43b9-a4b3-8b5615808f45"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H972&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "16533878cb59882e088be0c5970deca89345e2fac4487abbde1b091fbe74c2f6"
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 972 (2003) — Property Tax Certification Procedure.

## 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/H972v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H972v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H972v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H972v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H972v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H972v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-07** Ch. SL 2003-399 `became-law`
- **2003-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-19** Ratified
- **2003-07-19** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-17** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-28** Placed On Cal For 4/29/2003
- **2003-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-09** Ref To Com On Science and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8e108c5-3930-43b9-a4b3-8b5615808f45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).