---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water & Sewer Authority Setoff."
description: "Water & Sewer Authority Setoff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 529"
citation: "North Carolina SB 529 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-24"
last_action: "2003-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3ece0a3-c93f-4206-bf54-ca989102452e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S529&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e7344cb93c302debbe671d8f61863d498a0a9304158414ee5ac432313f317970"
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 529 (2003) — Water & Sewer Authority Setoff.

## 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/S529v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S529v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S529v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-333** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S529v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **90–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-20** Ch. SL 2003-333 `became-law`
- **2003-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-09** Ratified
- **2003-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2003
- **2003-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-16** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3ece0a3-c93f-4206-bf54-ca989102452e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).