---
type: "Bill"
title: "Butner Water/Sewer System Transf/Pub Safety."
description: "Butner Water/Sewer System Transf/Pub Safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 491"
citation: "North Carolina SB 491 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "AUTHORITIES", "CEMETERIES", "COUNTIES", "DHHS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "VETERANS", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "SEN. D. BERGER", "GRANVILLE COUNTY", "BUTNER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-10"
last_action: "2006-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bb568c4-cf0c-4e62-b25e-7a744668a927"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S491&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6cf8ea9f76cf052ca20b4d6bcab741aa75dc200f8679c25dde76a8c8cccf1ab8"
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 491 (2005) — Butner Water/Sewer System Transf/Pub Safety.

## 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/S491v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S491v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S491v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S491v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S491v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S491v5.pdf)
7. **SL2006-159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S491v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-25** Ch. SL 2006-159 `became-law`
- **2006-07-25** Signed By Gov. 7/23/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/13/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-13** Ratified
- **2006-07-12** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2006
- **2006-07-11** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2006-07-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2006
- **2006-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-06** Re-ref Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-06** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-05-26** Ref To Com On Military, Veterans and Indian Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-26** Rec From Senate
- **2005-05-23** Engrossed
- **2005-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-23** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-02** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-02** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-03-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bb568c4-cf0c-4e62-b25e-7a744668a927`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).