---
type: "Bill"
title: "Halifax and Roanoke Rapids Occupancy Taxes."
description: "Halifax and Roanoke Rapids Occupancy Taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 540"
citation: "North Carolina HB 540 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "ROANOKE RAPIDS", "REP. L. ALLEN", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-08"
last_action: "2005-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a848971-9b85-4656-ab7f-10e8dee54d17"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H540&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e4027a40bdca6410512673dd0024e6171c1dc5596237fc1826b66b0844fa28bc"
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 HB 540 (2005) — Halifax and Roanoke Rapids Occupancy Taxes.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H540v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H540v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H540v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H540v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-46** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H540v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-05-17** Ch. SL 2005-46 `became-law`
- **2005-05-17** Ratified
- **2005-05-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-14** Rec From House
- **2005-04-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Placed On Cal For 4/12/2005
- **2005-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-09** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a848971-9b85-4656-ab7f-10e8dee54d17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).