---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mt. Airy Revisions/Blowing Rock Occup. Tax."
description: "Mt. Airy Revisions/Blowing Rock Occup. Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 497"
citation: "North Carolina SB 497 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. GARWOOD", "CALDWELL COUNTY", "MOUNT AIRY", "SURRY COUNTY", "WATAUGA COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "BLOWING ROCK"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-19"
last_action: "2003-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84f49207-1344-4ef3-93aa-22a5ee165963"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S497&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0edf73727780d32363a214905d3b952083fd8e1e74c7131695a4d3e432366ce1"
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 497 (2003) — Mt. Airy Revisions/Blowing Rock Occup. 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/Senate/PDF/S497v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S497v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S497v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S497v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S497v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S497v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **43–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garwood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-30** Ch. SL 2003-281 `became-law`
- **2003-06-30** Ratified
- **2003-06-30** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2003-06-29** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2003-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2003
- **2003-06-28** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-06-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2003
- **2003-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-15** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** Rec From Senate
- **2003-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-05-08** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2003
- **2003-05-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-07** Com Amend Adpt & Engross # 1
- **2003-05-07** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-20** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84f49207-1344-4ef3-93aa-22a5ee165963`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).