GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
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HOUSE DRH60023-LL-11 (12/19)
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Short Title: Divide District Court District 19B. |
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Representative Boylan. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to divide district court district 19b into districts 19B and 19D.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 7A-133(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-133. Numbers of judges by districts; numbers of magistrates and additional seats of court, by counties.
(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 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 5
Montgomery
Moore
Randolph
19C 5 Rowan
19D 3 Moore
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.(a) The five district court judgeships established for District Court District 19B by Section 1 of this act shall be filled by the five district court judges currently serving District Court District 19B who reside in Montgomery and Randolph Counties. The terms of two of those judges expire December 31, 2008. Those judges' successors shall be elected in the 2008 election. The terms of three of those judges expire December 31, 2010. Those judges' successors shall be elected in the 2010 election.
SECTION 2.(b) Two of the district court judgeships established for District Court District 19D by Section 1 of this act shall be filled by the district court judges currently serving District Court District 19B who reside in Moore County. The term of one of those judges expires December 31, 2008. That judge's successor shall be elected in the 2008 election. The term of the other judge expires December 31, 2010. That judge's successor shall be elected in the 2010 election.
SECTION 2.(c) The Governor shall appoint the additional district court judge for District Court District 19D authorized by Section 1 of this act. That judge's successor shall be elected in the 2008 general election for a four-year term commencing January 1, 2009.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of two hundred thirty-three thousand two hundred thirteen dollars ($233,213) for the 2007-2008 fiscal year and the sum of four hundred twenty-six thousand four hundred seventy-seven dollars ($426,477) for the 2008-2009 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act.
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective January 1, 2008.