---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lake Santeetlah Occupancy Tax Authorization."
description: "Lake Santeetlah Occupancy Tax Authorization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "North Carolina SB 140 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "GRAHAM COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "LAKE SANTEETLAH (TOWN)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-03"
last_action: "2015-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b0885e2-d3e5-4816-9eaf-f83b46b6529a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S140&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9a560619e46c435d5a0853769e2e20c75d8df2bb9928d10b40e53cc427aa750d"
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 140 (2015) — Lake Santeetlah Occupancy Tax Authorization.

## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **97–15** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **98–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-22** Ch. SL 2015-102 `became-law`
- **2015-06-22** Ratified
- **2015-06-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-16** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2015
- **2015-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-31** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-30** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-03-30** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-03-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-24** Com Amend Adpt & Engross 1
- **2015-03-24** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b0885e2-d3e5-4816-9eaf-f83b46b6529a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).