---
type: "Bill"
title: "Delinquent Tax - Deny Building Permit."
description: "Delinquent Tax - Deny Building Permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 563"
citation: "North Carolina HB 563 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TYRRELL COUNTY", "CHOWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "EDENTON", "TAX COLLECTION", "REP. SPEAR", "COLUMBIA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2009-03-11"
last_action: "2009-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6451350-e4c0-4248-babb-8bf2f29e54a9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H563&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7bee3e8f9dccc594db32ae333f581b47e2f66f98de7454e191573adb7044e08b"
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 563 (2009) — Delinquent Tax - Deny Building Permit.

## 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/H563v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H563v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H563v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H563v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H563v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Spear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-08** Ch. SL 2009-68 `became-law`
- **2009-06-08** Ratified
- **2009-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-04** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-04** Rec From House
- **2009-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2009
- **2009-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6451350-e4c0-4248-babb-8bf2f29e54a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).