GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
S 1
SENATE BILL 669*
Short Title: Public Defender District 29B. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senator Apodaca. |
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Referred to: |
Appropriations/Base Budget. |
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March 13, 2007
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the establishment of a public defender's office in district 29B.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 7A-498.7(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) The following counties of the State are organized into the defender districts listed below, and in each of those defender districts an office of public defender is established:
Defender District Counties
1 Camden, Chowan,
Currituck, Dare, Gates,
Pasquotank, Perquimans
3A Pitt
3B Carteret
10 Wake
12 Cumberland
14 Durham
15B Orange, Chatham
16A Scotland, Hoke
16B Robeson
18 Guilford
21 Forsyth
26 Mecklenburg
27A Gaston
28 Buncombe
29B Henderson, Polk, Transylvania
After notice to, and consultation with, the affected district bar, senior resident superior court judge, and chief district court judge, the Commission on Indigent Defense Services may recommend to the General Assembly that a district or regional public defender office be established. A legislative act is required in order to establish a new office or to abolish an existing office."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.