NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 847
HOUSE BILL 1188

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 7A‑506 TO ADD EIGHT ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COURTS COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 7A‑506 is amended by adding the following paragraph thereto:
"Effective July 1, 1981, the membership of the Commission is increased to 23 voting members. The Governor shall appoint two additional voting members, one of whom shall be a District Attorney, and one of whom shall be a member of the General Assembly. The President of the Senate shall appoint three additional voting members, one of whom shall be a regular superior court judge, and two of whom shall be members of the General Assembly. The Speaker of the House shall appoint three additional voting members, one of whom shall be a district court judge, and two of whom shall be members of the General Assembly. The legislators shall each serve a term of four years, or until they cease to be members of the General Assembly, whichever is earlier. The district attorney and trial judges shall serve an initial term of two years, or until they cease to occupy their respective offices, whichever is later. Their successors appointed on July 1, 1983, and quadrennially thereafter, shall serve for terms of four years, or until they cease to occupy their respective offices, whichever is later. A vacancy in an additional voting membership shall be filled for the unexpired term by the appointing authority who made the original appointment. An additional voting member whose term expires may be reappointed."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of July, 1981.