---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gates/Delinquent Tax - Deny Building Permit."
description: "Gates/Delinquent Tax - Deny Building Permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 624"
citation: "North Carolina SB 624 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "GATES COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TAX COLLECTION", "SEN. JONES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2007-03-07"
last_action: "2007-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ca699b2-e7a6-4e65-9726-ca851dcda83d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S624&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5cee6fba79bc3a17622091b48dd55aabb6bf221d1fd040a37536e339ef597ef7"
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 624 (2007) — Gates/Delinquent Tax - Deny Building Permit.

## 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/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S624v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S624v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S624v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-58** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S624v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-05-30** Ch. SL 2007-58 `became-law`
- **2007-05-30** Ratified
- **2007-05-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/29/2007
- **2007-05-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-27** Ref to the Com on Local Government II and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ca699b2-e7a6-4e65-9726-ca851dcda83d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).