GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
S 1
SENATE BILL 782
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Short Title: District 14 Court Personnel/Funds. |
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Sponsors: |
Senator Atwater. |
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Referred to: |
Appropriations/Base Budget. |
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March 15, 2007
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for an additional district court judge, three additional assistant district attorneys, six additional magistrates, and five additional Deputy Clerks.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a) 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 6 Craven
Pamlico
Carteret
4 8 Sampson
Duplin
Jones
Onslow
5 8 New Hanover
Pender
6A 3 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 16 Wake
11 9 Harnett
Johnston
Lee
12 9 Cumberland
13 6 Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
14
7 8
Durham
15A 4 Alamance
15B 5 Orange
Chatham
16A 3 Scotland
Hoke
16B 5 Robeson
17A 3 Rockingham
17B 4 Stokes
Surry
18 13 Guilford
19A 4 Cabarrus
19B 7 Montgomery
Moore
Randolph
19C 5 Rowan
20A 4 Stanly
Anson
Richmond
20B 1 (part of Union
see subsection (b))
20C 2 (part of Union
see subsection (b))
21 9 Forsyth
22 9 Alexander
Davidson
Davie
Iredell
23 4 Alleghany
Ashe
Wilkes
Yadkin
24 4 Avery
Madison
Mitchell
Watauga
Yancey
25 9 Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
26 18 Mecklenburg
27A 7 Gaston
27B 5 Cleveland
Lincoln
28 7 Buncombe
29A 3 McDowell
Rutherford
29B 4 Henderson
Polk
Transylvania
30 6 Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Swain."
SECTION 2. The Governor shall appoint the additional district court judge for District 14 authorized by this act, and that judge's successor shall be elected in the 2008 election for a four-year term commencing January 1, 2009.
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, 11
Dare, Gates, Pasquotank,
Perquimans
2 Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, 7
Tyrrell, Washington
3A Pitt 11
3B Carteret, Craven, Pamlico 11
4 Duplin, Jones, Onslow, 16
Sampson
5 New Hanover, Pender 16
6A Halifax 5
6B Bertie, Hertford, 5
Northampton
7 Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson 18
8 Greene, Lenoir, Wayne 13
9 Franklin, Granville, 12
Vance, Warren
9A Person, Caswell 5
10 Wake 38
11 Harnett, Johnston, Lee 16
12 Cumberland 21
13 Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus 12
14
Durham
15 18
15A Alamance 10
15B Orange, Chatham 9
16A Scotland, Hoke 6
16B Robeson 13
17A Rockingham 6
17B Stokes, Surry 7
18 Guilford 30
19A Cabarrus 8
19B Montgomery, Randolph 8
19C Rowan 7
19D Moore 4
20A Anson, Richmond, 10
Stanly
20B Union 8
21 Forsyth 20
22 Alexander, Davidson, Davie, 20
Iredell
23 Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes, 7
Yadkin
24 Avery, Madison, Mitchell, 6
Watauga, Yancey
25 Burke, Caldwell, Catawba 18
26 Mecklenburg 49
27A Gaston 14
27B Cleveland, 10
Lincoln
28 Buncombe 13
29A McDowell, Rutherford 6
29B Henderson, Polk, Transylvania 7
30 Cherokee, Clay, Graham, 11
Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
Swain."
SECTION 4. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of seven hundred seventy-nine thousand nine hundred three dollars ($779,903) for the 2007-2008 fiscal year and the sum of seven hundred twenty-seven thousand one hundred forty-nine dollars ($727,149) for the 2008-2009 fiscal year to fund the additional district court judge authorized for District Court District 14 by this act, the three additional assistant district attorneys authorized for Prosecutorial District 14 by this act, and five additional deputy clerks and six additional magistrates for Durham County.
SECTION 5. This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.