---
type: "Bill"
title: "Union Fire Fees."
description: "Union Fire Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 565"
citation: "North Carolina HB 565 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FEES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "REP. GIBSON", "UNION COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "FIRE DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-12"
last_action: "2010-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fd12b5a-1dd8-4ccf-9880-99386297e57b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H565&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e4e56576af87965650b0bec0292d5741c6a1c77cee26b77950944f8bd2e599f9"
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 565 (2009) — Union Fire Fees.

## 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/H565v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATD-63-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/415/0/H565-ATD-63-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H565v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H565v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H565v3.pdf)
6. **SL2010-84** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H565v4.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **99–7** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gibson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-09** Ch. SL 2010-84 `became-law`
- **2010-07-09** Ratified
- **2010-07-09** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-09** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-09** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-07-08** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-06-30** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-05-12** Failed Concur In S Amend
- **2009-08-10** Postponed To 5/12/2010
- **2009-08-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-08-10** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/10/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Amends Ruled Material
- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2009-08-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-08-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-08-04** Com Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-04** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-12** Rec From House
- **2009-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-06** Placed On Cal For 5/7/2009
- **2009-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Reptd Without Prejudice
- **2009-03-16** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fd12b5a-1dd8-4ccf-9880-99386297e57b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).