---
type: "Bill"
title: "Murfreesboro/Salisbury/Rockingham OT."
description: "Murfreesboro/Salisbury/Rockingham OT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "North Carolina SB 40 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "BANNER ELK", "HERTFORD COUNTY", "ROWAN COUNTY", "SALISBURY", "CHAPTERED", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "SEN. JONES", "MURFREESBORO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-03"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71b2a52d-7d64-4fcd-9810-46ada89d4feb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S40&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bc2d03e7b65fc4f0b4c09fc93461d3e393cb948d482cdf751a18af719fc19941"
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 SB 40 (2009) — Murfreesboro/Salisbury/Rockingham OT.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S40v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S40v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S40v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S40v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S40v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S40v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-428** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S40v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **27–20** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **34–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-06** Ch. SL 2009-428 `became-law`
- **2009-08-06** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2009-08-05** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2009-08-04** Placed On Cal For 8/5/2009
- **2009-08-03** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-29** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2009
- **2009-07-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-29** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-23** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Ref to the Com on Local Government I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-04-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-04-02** Placed On Cal For 4/7/2009
- **2009-04-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-04** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71b2a52d-7d64-4fcd-9810-46ada89d4feb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).