---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Systems."
description: "Municipal Systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 320"
citation: "North Carolina SB 320 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INFRASTRUCTURE", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JENKINS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-10"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faebc1d2-5c99-4f24-96b2-ade0458fd30c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S320&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "02b56387c2c848ed4f7f773a65d22c4c961ff9a7c86b56aa69f3041768784f31"
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 320 (2011) — Municipal Systems.

## 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/S320v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S320v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S320v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S320v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S320v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-212 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-15** Ratified
- **2011-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-24** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-14** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faebc1d2-5c99-4f24-96b2-ade0458fd30c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).