---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Stormwater Utility Fees."
description: "Local Stormwater Utility Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 155"
citation: "North Carolina SB 155 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "DURHAM COUNTY", "WAKE COUNTY", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "DURHAM", "KNIGHTDALE", "GARNER", "WINSTON-SALEM", "MORRISVILLE", "CHAPTERED", "WENDELL", "ZEBULON", "TAX COLLECTION", "SEN. STEIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2011-03-01"
last_action: "2011-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e4172e-386c-4f08-abb8-5bc4e58a5ec9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S155&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "77b8d3027f51f49888011f6b12d53994d015bc82d16770fa78f9712d14e533b6"
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 155 (2011) — Local Stormwater Utility 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/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S155v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S155v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S155v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S155v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S155v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-08** Ch. SL 2011-109 `became-law`
- **2011-06-08** Ratified
- **2011-06-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2011
- **2011-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-31** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-21** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-02** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6e4172e-386c-4f08-abb8-5bc4e58a5ec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).