---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gaston Temporary Sales Tax Referendum."
description: "Gaston Temporary Sales Tax Referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1520"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1520 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COUNTIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ELECTIONS", "FISCAL NOTES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "RETAILING", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "REP. CLARY", "REP. RAYFIELD", "GASTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-18"
last_action: "2004-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ce7c1f7-a9a1-4605-a707-27a8f40eacfb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1520&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b76c104ca189a2bc22e3a25ca2865bd85758f7853a011520bbdcdaccc000cc04"
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 1520 (2003) — Gaston Temporary Sales Tax Referendum.

## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1520v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1520v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1520v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2004-122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1520v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **32–4** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **33–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clary — primary (person)
- Rayfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-18** Ch. SL 2004-122 `became-law`
- **2004-07-18** Ratified
- **2004-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-07-16** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-16** Rec From House
- **2004-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2004
- **2004-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-15** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2004-05-31** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-31** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-05-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-19** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ce7c1f7-a9a1-4605-a707-27a8f40eacfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).