---
type: "Bill"
title: "Delinquent Tax - Deny Building Permit."
description: "Delinquent Tax - Deny Building Permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 103"
citation: "North Carolina HB 103 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TITLE CHANGE", "ANSON COUNTY", "CATAWBA COUNTY", "SURRY COUNTY", "ALEXANDER COUNTY", "TYRRELL COUNTY", "BERTIE COUNTY", "STOKES COUNTY", "ALLEGHANY COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TAX COLLECTION", "REP. SPEAR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-10"
last_action: "2009-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39467470-8970-4322-a907-ec497c5c5ce7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H103&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6c8c5cb5be2d403825bdf5da6f652d40dfafd715d7ae0981de9b2c97c5ca01ec"
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 103 (2009) — 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H103v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H103v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H103v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H103v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H103v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H103v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H103v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-18** Ch. SL 2009-117 `became-law`
- **2009-06-18** Ratified
- **2009-06-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2009
- **2009-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-31** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-31** Rec From House
- **2009-03-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-26** Placed On Cal For 3/30/2009
- **2009-03-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-11** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39467470-8970-4322-a907-ec497c5c5ce7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).