NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 947

HOUSE BILL 155

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 7A-133 TO AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL MAGISTRATES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR AUTHORIZED MAGISTRATES IN OTHER COUNTIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-133, as it appears in the 1976 Interim Supplement to the General Statutes, is amended in the table with respect to the indicated counties by deleting the present minimum-maximum quota of magistrates, and inserting in lieu thereof the following new minimum-maximum quotas:

County                                                                         Magistrates

                                                                                                  Minimum                   Maximum

Martin                                                                     5                            7

Craven                                                                    7                            9

Pitt                                                                        10                          12

Carteret                                                                   5                            8

Sampson                                                                 6                            8

Halifax                                                                     9                          13

Greene                                                                    2                            4

Lee                                                                         4                            6

Hoke                                                                       4                            5

Durham                                                                   8                          10

Robeson                                                                  8                          14

Surry                                                                       4                            7

Guilford                                                                 20                          25

Cabarrus                                                                 5                            8

Randolph                                                                 5                            8

Rowan                                                                    5                            9

Davidson                                                                 7                          10

Watauga                                                                  5                            6

Polk                                                                        3                            4

Sec. 2.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one hundred fifty-three thousand nine hundred and seventy-four dollars ($153,974) for each fiscal year of the 1977-79 biennium for an additional magistrate within the currently authorized quotas for Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Greene, Northampton, Randolph, Rockingham, Sampson, and Surry Counties and for two additional magistrates for Hoke, Robeson and Watauga Counties.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.