NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 529

SENATE BILL 814

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 7A-41 TO PROVIDE FOR TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT OF AN INCAPACITATED SENIOR RESIDENT JUDGE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-41 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows:

"In the event the senior regular resident judge of a multi-judge district is unable, due to mental or physical incapacity, to exercise the authority vested in him by the statute, and the Chief Justice, in his discretion, has determined that such incapacity exists, the Chief Justice shall appoint an acting senior regular resident judge from the other regular resident judges of the district, to exercise, temporarily, the authority of the senior regular resident judge. Such appointee shall serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice and until his temporary appointment is vacated by appropriate order."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of June, 1975.