GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION
CHAPTER 51
AN ACT TO DIVIDE SUPERIOR COURT DISTRICT 11 INTO DISTRICTS 11A AND 11B.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 7A-41(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) The counties of the State are organized into judicial divisions and superior court districts, and each superior court district has the counties, and the number of regular resident superior court judges set forth in the following table, and for districts of less than a whole county, as set out in subsection (b) of this section:
Superior
Judicial Court No. of Resident
Division District Counties Judges
First 1 Camden, Chowan, 2
Currituck,
Dare, Gates,
Pasquotank,
Perquimans
2 Beaufort, Hyde, 1
Martin,
Tyrrell, Washington
3A Pitt 2
3B Carteret, Craven, 2
Pamlico
4A Duplin, Jones, 1
Sampson
4B Onslow 1
5 New Hanover, 3
Pender
6A Halifax 1
6B Bertie, Hertford, 1
Northampton
7A Nash 1
7B (part of Wilson, 1
part of Edgecombe,
see subsection (b))
7C (part of Wilson, 1
part of Edgecombe,
see subsection (b))
8A Lenoir and Greene 1
8B Wayne 1
Second 9 Franklin, Granville, 2
Vance, Warren
9A Person, Caswell 1
10A (part of Wake, 2
see subsection (b))
10B (part of Wake, 2
see subsection (b))
10C (part of Wake, 1
see subsection (b))
10D (part of Wake, 1
see subsection (b))
1111A
Harnett, Johnston,
2 1
Lee
11B Johnston 1
12A (part of Cumberland, 1
see subsection (b))
12B (part of Cumberland, 1
see subsection (b))
12C (part of Cumberland, 2
see subsection (b))
13 Bladen, Brunswick, 2
Columbus
14A (part of Durham, 1
see subsection (b))
14B (part of Durham, 3
see subsection (b))
15A Alamance 2
15B Orange, Chatham 1
16A Scotland, Hoke 1
16B Robeson 2
Third 17A Rockingham 2
17B Stokes, Surry 2
18A (part of Guilford, 1
see subsection (b))
18B (part of Guilford, 1
see subsection (b))
18C (part of Guilford, 1
see subsection (b))
18D (part of Guilford, 1
see subsection (b))
18E (part of Guilford, 1
see subsection (b))
19A Cabarrus 1
19B Montgomery, 1
Randolph
19C Rowan 1
20A Anson, Moore, 2
Richmond
20B Stanly, Union 2
21A (part of Forsyth, 1
see subsection (b))
21B (part of Forsyth, 1
see subsection (b))
21C (part of Forsyth, 1
see subsection (b))
21D (part of Forsyth, 1
see subsection (b))
22 Alexander, Davidson, 2
Davie, Iredell
23 Alleghany, Ashe, 1
Wilkes, Yadkin
Fourth 24 Avery, Madison, 1
Mitchell,
Watauga, Yancey
25A Burke, Caldwell 2
25B Catawba 2
26A (part of Mecklenburg, 2
see subsection (b))
26B (part of Mecklenburg, 2
see subsection (b))
26C (part of Mecklenburg, 2
see subsection (b))
27A Gaston 2
27B Cleveland, Lincoln 2
28 Buncombe 2
29 Henderson, 2
McDowell, Polk,
Rutherford,
Transylvania
30A Cherokee, Clay, 1
Graham, Macon,
Swain
30B Haywood, Jackson 1."
Sec. 2.(a) The superior court judgeship allocated to new District 11A in Section 1 of this act shall be filled by the superior court judge from current District 11 who resides in Harnett County. The term of that judge expires December 31, 1998. That judge's successor shall be elected in the 1998 general election.
(b) The superior court judgeship allocated to new District 11B in Section 1 of this act shall be filled by the superior court judge from current District 11 who resides in Johnston County. The term of that judge expires December 31, 1998. That judge's successor shall be elected in the 1998 general election.
Sec. 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective October 1, 1995, or the date upon which those sections are approved under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, whichever is later. The remainder of this act becomes effective October 1, 1995.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of April, 1995.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives