---
type: "Bill"
title: "Delinquent Tax Deny Permits/Set Tax Discount."
description: "Delinquent Tax Deny Permits/Set Tax Discount."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1953"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1953 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "REP. OWENS", "PASQUOTANK COUNTY", "CURRITUCK COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TAX COLLECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-24"
last_action: "2010-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d185a4e3-b92e-4c97-b37d-cbb7066a04b9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1953&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8f8d655be7b0b47eb05f34566b27a4880f2fa2bd4c54ba0ada86e5967bad7bbe"
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 1953 (2009) — Delinquent Tax Deny Permits/Set Tax Discount.

## 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/H1953v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-173-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1380/0/H1953-ALB-173-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1953v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1953v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1953v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1953v4.pdf)
7. **SL2010-30** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1953v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-06-30** Ch. SL 2010-30 `became-law`
- **2010-06-30** Ratified
- **2010-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2010
- **2010-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-23** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** Rec From House
- **2010-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-06-22** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2010
- **2010-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-25** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d185a4e3-b92e-4c97-b37d-cbb7066a04b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).