---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cherokee County Occupancy Tax."
description: "Cherokee County Occupancy Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2783"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2783 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "REP. WEST", "CHEROKEE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-28"
last_action: "2008-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/515514b8-626f-4dff-b916-44e60f698c91"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2783&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b60140e5a5c15accf9a1344e737f83db0737cdc215be41971e61302fc1c59d28"
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 2783 (2007) — Cherokee County Occupancy Tax.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2783v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2783v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2783v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2783v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-33** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2783v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–5** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-06-30** Ch. SL 2008-33 `became-law`
- **2008-06-30** Ratified
- **2008-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-16** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-16** Rec From House
- **2008-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2008
- **2008-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-29** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/515514b8-626f-4dff-b916-44e60f698c91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).