---
type: "Bill"
title: "M & M Fire District Contracts."
description: "M & M Fire District Contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1279"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1279 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SEN. BERGER", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "MAYODAN", "CHAPTERED", "FIRE DISTRICTS", "MADISON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2004-05-20"
last_action: "2004-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9629231-8074-4ce6-9232-fa78dd16d835"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1279&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b2e12a1f9ab83afdbc03bedf85f67414dc1ef98a888240408f4d9345b04e32d3"
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 SB 1279 (2003) — M & M Fire District Contracts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1279v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1279v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2004-55** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1279v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-07** Ch. SL 2004-55 `became-law`
- **2004-07-06** Ratified
- **2004-07-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2004
- **2004-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-15** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-15** Rec From Senate
- **2004-06-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-24** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9629231-8074-4ce6-9232-fa78dd16d835`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).