---
type: "Bill"
title: "Use of Cisterns in Construction/Renovation."
description: "Use of Cisterns in Construction/Renovation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 749"
citation: "North Carolina HB 749 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CONSERVATION", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. K. ALEXANDER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-23"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32b42c8d-36eb-464b-9ef8-30cb4adec786"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H749&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3551adef4117d7f39c6374edb905b8183255f5e217e9d018d230a79984a2eb3f"
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 749 (2009) — Use of Cisterns in Construction/Renovation.

## 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/H749v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARU-7-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/560/0/H749-ARU-7-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H749v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H749v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H749v3.pdf)
6. **SL2009-243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H749v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Sen. Amend. #1\M11 Concur — **111–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Mackey — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-243 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-25** Ratified
- **2009-06-25** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2009
- **2009-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-24** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-23** Ref To Com On Water Resources and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-23** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2009-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-22** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2009
- **2009-06-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Rec From House
- **2009-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-06** Placed On Cal For 5/7/2009
- **2009-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-21** Re-ref Com On State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Ref to the Com on Water Resources and Infrastructure, if favorable, State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32b42c8d-36eb-464b-9ef8-30cb4adec786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).