---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wilson County Occupancy Tax Modification."
description: "Wilson County Occupancy Tax Modification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 564"
citation: "North Carolina HB 564 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "FISCAL NOTES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "REP. TOLSON", "WILSON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tolson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-11"
last_action: "2009-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9584af82-ce5c-4bde-8ace-b6f2a2823943"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H564&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "58a2daa044d7bb57fe127d8a3adf9a1ce30f38699d5891c3f0c8d8ea296bf02e"
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 564 (2009) — Wilson County Occupancy Tax Modification.

## 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/H564v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASV-6-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/412/0/H564-ASV-6-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H564v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H564v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H564v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H564v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H564v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **41–4** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **38–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tolson — primary (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-16** Ch. SL 2009-297 `became-law`
- **2009-07-16** Ratified
- **2009-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Rec From House
- **2009-05-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2009
- **2009-05-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-21** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-20** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2009
- **2009-05-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-18** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Ref to the Com on Local Government I, 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/9584af82-ce5c-4bde-8ace-b6f2a2823943`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).