---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Service District/Streets."
description: "Municipal Service District/Streets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 281"
citation: "North Carolina SB 281 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. STEIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-09"
last_action: "2011-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe836f87-cb75-4327-92dc-4d5d442bf855"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S281&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "44fac532cf5ef07b3f409395c74eafc7a24dcac82df0ca24a45dc0433d349512"
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 281 (2011) — Municipal Service District/Streets.

## 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/S281v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S281v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S281v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S281v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-72** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S281v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–6** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **112–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-05-12** Ch. SL 2011-72 `became-law`
- **2011-05-12** Signed By Gov. 5/12/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-05-04** Pres. To Gov. 5/4/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-05-03** Ratified
- **2011-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2011
- **2011-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-05** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-03-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-03-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe836f87-cb75-4327-92dc-4d5d442bf855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).