---
type: "Bill"
title: "Publish Revenue-Neutral Property Tax Rate."
description: "Publish Revenue-Neutral Property Tax Rate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 511"
citation: "North Carolina SB 511 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPRAISALS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "SEN. RUCHO", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-20"
last_action: "2003-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04d14bdb-aa8a-4049-b425-5fcffa0630f9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S511&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "499c1d6af11a5e4f1a7d58cc7fb53c46cb56b9b1fef3f0e5bad53de387ea73c6"
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 511 (2003) — Publish Revenue-Neutral Property Tax Rate.

## 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/S511v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S511v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S511v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-264** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S511v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **104–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carrington — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Shubert — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-27** Ch. SL 2003-264 `became-law`
- **2003-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-19** Ratified
- **2003-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2003
- **2003-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From Senate
- **2003-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-24** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04d14bdb-aa8a-4049-b425-5fcffa0630f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).