---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wilmington Contract Exemption."
description: "Wilmington Contract Exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 513"
citation: "North Carolina SB 513 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "WILMINGTON", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BOSEMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-05"
last_action: "2007-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/337aa3e9-5003-4916-b1c1-e9763209adbe"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S513&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d1f3898d1d88cbe68251e20ff931af90108307d4c4e966fe81ad033b3d9a648e"
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 513 (2007) — Wilmington Contract Exemption.

## 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/S513v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S513v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S513v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S513v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S513v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion 8\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boseman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-28** Ch. SL 2007-135 `became-law`
- **2007-06-28** Ratified
- **2007-06-27** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2007
- **2007-06-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2007
- **2007-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-06** Ref To Com On State & Local Government `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/337aa3e9-5003-4916-b1c1-e9763209adbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).