---
type: "Bill"
title: "Perquimans County Occupancy Tax."
description: "Perquimans County Occupancy Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 496"
citation: "North Carolina SB 496 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "PERQUIMANS COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "TAX DISTRIBUTION", "SEN. JONES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-05"
last_action: "2007-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51fcf057-5bd5-4af0-a07a-c3155db10ee9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S496&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d1b626b905d5fe6e74188a205ee8789880a13e783cd9dc45d2b195fb7ed5c4d6"
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 496 (2007) — Perquimans 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/Senate/PDF/S496v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S496v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S496v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S496v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **81–21** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **92–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-04-23** Ch. SL 2007-19 `became-law`
- **2007-04-23** Ratified
- **2007-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-04-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/18/2007
- **2007-04-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-21** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-03-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51fcf057-5bd5-4af0-a07a-c3155db10ee9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).