---
type: "Bill"
title: "Atlantic Beach/Beaufort/Parking."
description: "Atlantic Beach/Beaufort/Parking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "North Carolina SB 288 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "CARTERET COUNTY", "ATLANTIC BEACH", "CHAPTERED", "BEAUFORT", "SEN. PRESTON", "PARKING & PARKING STRUCTURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-09"
last_action: "2011-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecd6fc54-85ed-474b-b902-7563bd6478cd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S288&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9718dd4ef0b2ecefc939408265e683e7ad180c494a28f8a3d479cf18930149f7"
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 288 (2011) — Atlantic Beach/Beaufort/Parking.

## 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/S288v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S288v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S288v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S288v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S288v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-05-18** Ch. SL 2011-79 `became-law`
- **2011-05-18** Ratified
- **2011-05-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2011
- **2011-05-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2011
- **2011-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-28** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `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/ecd6fc54-85ed-474b-b902-7563bd6478cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).