---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County Debt Collection/Water."
description: "Montgomery County Debt Collection/Water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 991"
citation: "North Carolina HB 991 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "FEES", "GARNISHMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LIENS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "RECORDS", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOODWIN", "TAX COLLECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-01"
last_action: "2009-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40e6c070-36fa-413a-afa3-e4045e167416"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H991&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cc79ea5d3960b616e73dc0b909fc7c9e60cb3aa40b6032141d5d0c852306aa98"
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 991 (2009) — Montgomery County Debt Collection/Water.

## 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/H991v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H991v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H991v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H991v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H991v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **108–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-04** Ch. SL 2009-402 `became-law`
- **2009-08-04** Ratified
- **2009-08-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-07-30** Placed On Cal For 8/3/2009
- **2009-07-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-07-30** Placed On Cal For 8/3/2009
- **2009-07-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-07-30** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-30** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-30** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2009-07-29** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2009
- **2009-07-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-29** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-20** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-05** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Rec From House
- **2009-05-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-30** Placed On Cal For 5/4/2009
- **2009-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-02** Ref to the Com on Local Government I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40e6c070-36fa-413a-afa3-e4045e167416`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).