Title: S.L. 2010-105
Subject: Session Law 2010-105
Category: Proposed Conference Committee Substitute

General Assembly Of North Carolina	Session 2009

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009

SESSION LAW 2010-105
HOUSE BILL 1398

AN ACT to change the method for determining the senior resident superior court judge for a district.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑41.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	There shall be one and only one senior resident superior court judge for each district or set of districts as defined in subsection (a) of this section, who shall be:
(1)	Where there is only one regular resident superior court judge for the district, that judge; and
(2)	Where there are two or more regular resident superior court judges for the district or set of districts, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall designate one of the judges as senior resident superior court judge to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the Chief Justice. In exercising the authority to appoint senior resident superior court judges pursuant to this subdivision, the Chief Judge shall consider the seniority, experience, and management competence of the regular resident superior court judges. In addition, the Chief  Justice shall consult with the regular resident superior court judges, the chief district court judges, the members of the district bar, the clerks of court, district attorneys, and public defenders within the district."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2010, but each senior resident superior court judge seated on that date in a multi‑judge district shall continue to serve as senior resident superior court judge until that judge vacates the seat. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10^th day of July, 2010.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 3:15 p.m. this 20^th day of July, 2010

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