---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capacity Use Areas Enforcement."
description: "Capacity Use Areas Enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1399"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1399 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FINES & PENALTIES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER RESOURCES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BRAXTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-09"
last_action: "2009-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0909561-00d6-49f5-8584-e7cd2d48a15a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1399&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "06643ec1aff9d175f8225959832bdea372ca969c0290c3df9d93a98f5ebe088a"
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 1399 (2009) — Capacity Use Areas Enforcement.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1399v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1399v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1399v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1399v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1399v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1399v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1399v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **101–12** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Braxton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-19** Ch. SL 2009-134 `became-law`
- **2009-06-19** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-10** Ratified
- **2009-06-09** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2009
- **2009-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-08** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-29** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Reptd Com Sub w/o Prejud
- **2009-04-13** Ref to the Com on Water Resources and Infrastructure, if favorable, Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0909561-00d6-49f5-8584-e7cd2d48a15a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).