---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Service Districts."
description: "County Service Districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "North Carolina SB 396 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "UTILITIES", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-03"
last_action: "2005-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0972e942-dc7a-4638-9f12-7b4ef27035b7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S396&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b93d86a5c111d63dea3658b873c3915e97d2567cbe2e527f6af49b8e6ccdae11"
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 396 (2005) — County Service Districts.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S396v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S396v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S396v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S396v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S396v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-29** Ch. SL 2005-136 `became-law`
- **2005-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-22** Ratified
- **2005-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2005
- **2005-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-12** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-31** Placed On Cal For 4/6/2005
- **2005-03-31** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-03-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-07** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0972e942-dc7a-4638-9f12-7b4ef27035b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).