---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Homeowners Recovery Fund Fee."
description: "Increase Homeowners Recovery Fund Fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 324"
citation: "North Carolina SB 324 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HOUSING", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/502e7ce2-1382-4ef2-a660-d40d2690a015"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S324&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7d590e7c296067239dea95ee55d02b92bd58a8a0de9a7600412800092359ec44"
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 324 (2003) — Increase Homeowners Recovery Fund Fee.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S324v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S324v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S324v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S324v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-372** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S324v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **104–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **105–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-372 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-12** Rec From Senate
- **2003-06-10** Engrossed
- **2003-06-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-10** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
- **2003-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/502e7ce2-1382-4ef2-a660-d40d2690a015`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).