GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
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HOUSE DRH60108-LL-51 (2/11)
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Short Title: District 18 Judicial Personnel Funds. |
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Representative Jeffus. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to establish three new district court judges and supporting staff in district court district 18 and two new assistant district attorneys in prosecutorial district 18.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 7A-133(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Each district court district shall have the numbers of judges as set forth in the following table:
District Judges County
1 5 Camden
Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Gates
Pasquotank
Perquimans
2 4 Martin
Beaufort
Tyrrell
Hyde
Washington
3A 5 Pitt
3B 5 Craven
Pamlico
Carteret
4 8 Sampson
Duplin
Jones
Onslow
5 8 New Hanover
Pender
6A 2 Halifax
6B 3 Northampton
Bertie
Hertford
7 7 Nash
Edgecombe
Wilson
8 6 Wayne
Greene
Lenoir
9 4 Granville
(part of Vance
see subsection (b))
Franklin
9A 2 Person
Caswell
9B 2 Warren
(part of Vance
see subsection (b))
10 15 Wake
11 8 Harnett
Johnston
Lee
12 9 Cumberland
13 6 Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
14 6 Durham
15A 4 Alamance
15B 4 Orange
Chatham
16A 3 Scotland
Hoke
16B 5 Robeson
17A 2 Rockingham
17B 4 Stokes
Surry
18
12 15
Guilford
19A 4 Cabarrus
19B 6 Montgomery
Moore
Randolph
19C 4 Rowan
20 7 Stanly
Union
Anson
Richmond
21 9 Forsyth
22 9 Alexander
Davidson
Davie
Iredell
23 4 Alleghany
Ashe
Wilkes
Yadkin
24 4 Avery
Madison
Mitchell
Watauga
Yancey
25 8 Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
26 17 Mecklenburg
27A 6 Gaston
27B 4 Cleveland
Lincoln
28 6 Buncombe
29 7 Henderson
McDowell
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
30 5 Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Swain."
SECTION 2. The Governor shall appoint the additional district court judges for District 18 authorized by this act, and those judges' successors shall be elected in the 2006 general election for four-year terms commencing on the first Monday in December 2006.
SECTION 3. G.S. 7A-60(a1) reads as rewritten:
"(a1) The counties of the State are organized into prosecutorial districts, and each district has the counties and the number of full-time assistant district attorneys set forth in the following table:
No. of Full-Time
Prosecutorial Asst. District
District Counties Attorneys
1 Camden, Chowan, Currituck, 10
Dare, Gates, Pasquotank,
Perquimans
2 Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, 6
Tyrrell, Washington
3A Pitt 9
3B Carteret, Craven, Pamlico 10
4 Duplin, Jones, Onslow, 14
Sampson
5 New Hanover, Pender 14
6A Halifax 4
6B Bertie, Hertford, 4
Northampton
7 Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson 16
8 Greene, Lenoir, Wayne 11
9 Franklin, Granville, 11
Vance, Warren
9A Person, Caswell 4
10 Wake 31
11 Harnett, Johnston, Lee 14
12 Cumberland 18
13 Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus 11
14 Durham 13
15A Alamance 8
15B Orange, Chatham 7
16A Scotland, Hoke 5
16B Robeson 10
17A Rockingham 5
17B Stokes, Surry 5
18
Guilford
27 29
19A Cabarrus 6
19B Montgomery, Moore, Randolph 11
19C Rowan 5
20 Anson, Richmond, 15
Stanly, Union
21 Forsyth 17
22 Alexander, Davidson, Davie, 16
Iredell
23 Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes, 5
Yadkin
24 Avery, Madison, Mitchell, 4
Watauga, Yancey
25 Burke, Caldwell, Catawba 15
26 Mecklenburg 36
27A Gaston 12
27B Cleveland, 9
Lincoln
28 Buncombe 11
29 Henderson, McDowell, Polk, 11
Rutherford, Transylvania
30 Cherokee, Clay, Graham, 9
Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
Swain."
SECTION 4.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of three hundred twenty thousand three hundred sixty-four dollars ($320,364) for the 2005-2006 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred eighty-nine thousand five hundred twelve dollars ($289,512) for the 2006-2007 fiscal year to establish the three new district court judges authorized by this act.
SECTION 4.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one hundred twenty-six thousand thirty-six dollars ($126,036) for the 2005-2006 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred sixteen thousand seven hundred fourteen dollars ($116,714) for the 2006-2007 fiscal year to establish the two new assistant district attorneys authorized by this act.
SECTION 4.(c) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one hundred sixteen thousand four hundred nine dollars ($116,409) for the 2005-2006 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred four thousand eight hundred nine dollars ($104,809) for the 2006-2007 fiscal year to establish three deputy clerk positions and a judicial assistant position to provide the necessary staffing for the new judicial positions authorized by this act.
SECTION 5. This act becomes effective October 1, 2005, or the date upon which Section 1 of this act is approved under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, whichever is later.