---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Area from County Service District."
description: "Remove Area from County Service District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 552"
citation: "North Carolina HB 552 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "CHAPTERED", "TAX DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-03"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34e38d03-a17f-4c15-a2ff-88a59625a178"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H552&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c1f2db23c777a786ef85982260c94e1384139a8f6ae5ccadc67fa6b27b9f7cd2"
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 HB 552 (2013) — Remove Area from County Service District.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H552v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATM-46-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/7274/0/H552-ATM-46-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H552v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H552v2.pdf)
5. **SL2013-402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H552v3.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McElraft — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-23** Ch. SL 2013-402 `became-law`
- **2013-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-29** Pres. To Gov. 7/29/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-26** Ratified
- **2013-07-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-25** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-25** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-25** Rec To Concur In S Amend 1
- **2013-07-25** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-24** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-14** Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-14** Rec From House
- **2013-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-08** Placed On Cal For 05/09/2013
- **2013-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-04** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34e38d03-a17f-4c15-a2ff-88a59625a178`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).