---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Carteret Co. Occupancy Tax."
description: "Amend Carteret Co. Occupancy Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 553"
citation: "North Carolina HB 553 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "COUNTIES", "EROSION", "FUNDING", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "RELIGION", "SESSION LAWS", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "CARTERET COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TAX DISTRIBUTION", "BEACH EROSION", "BEACH NOURISHMENT & REPLENISHMENT", "NGOS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-03"
last_action: "2013-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd1fca4d-7f00-4455-9620-3f1104386e54"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H553&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1935b7c5946c753e6bfa1b877baa6029de916f8842601d018cacda0bf09b1b1d"
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 553 (2013) — Amend Carteret Co. Occupancy Tax.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H553v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H553v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H553v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H553v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H553v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **40–6** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McElraft — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-27** Ch. SL 2013-223 `became-law`
- **2013-06-27** Ratified
- **2013-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2013
- **2013-06-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-04** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-06-04** Rec From House
- **2013-06-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-29** Postponed To 06/03/2013
- **2013-05-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-28** Placed On Cal For 05/29/2013
- **2013-05-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-04** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd1fca4d-7f00-4455-9620-3f1104386e54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).