GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE DRH11093-LL-109  (03/08)

Short Title:        Minimum Clerk of Court Staff.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Spear, West, Mobley, and Stevens (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to ensure a minimum number of clerk of superior court staff positions in each clerk's office.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A-102(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)       The numbers and salaries of assistant clerks, deputy clerks, and other employees in the office of each clerk of superior court shall be determined by the Administrative Officer of the Courts after consultation with the clerk concerned. However, no office of clerk of superior court shall have fewer than five total staff positions in addition to the elected clerk of superior court. All personnel in the clerk's office are employees of the State. The clerk appoints the assistants, deputies, and other employees in the clerk's office to serve at his or her pleasure. Assistant and deputy clerks shall take the oath of office prescribed for clerks of superior court, conformed to the office of assistant or deputy clerk, as the case may be. Except as provided by subsection (c2) of this section, the job classifications and related salaries of each employee within the office of each superior court clerk shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Officer of the Courts after consultation with each clerk concerned and shall be subject to the availability of funds appropriated for that purpose by the General Assembly."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.