---
type: "Bill"
title: "Development Tier Designation Exception."
description: "Development Tier Designation Exception."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1500"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1500 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMERCE", "COUNTIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FISHERIES PRODUCTS", "INDUSTRIAL LOCATION", "MANUFACTURING", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEAFOOD PARK AUTHORITY", "SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. SPEAR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-09"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f87e3719-625d-47c0-a488-964231e8291b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1500&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "188a9e1e20a488d4f6c6c398d0718abdb02c56b3126b789fa12ef4504be04f12"
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 1500 (2009) — Development Tier Designation Exception.

## 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/H1500v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1500v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1500v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1500v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1500v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1500v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **42–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Spear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-505 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-05** Ratified
- **2009-08-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-08-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-30** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-28** Rec From House
- **2009-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Ref to the Com on Marine Resources and Aquaculture, if favorable, Finance `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/f87e3719-625d-47c0-a488-964231e8291b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).