GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
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HOUSE DRH40020-LLa-36 (01/22)
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Short Title: New Judge/ADA Wake County. |
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Representative Jackson. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for an additional district court judge for district court district 10 and to appropriate funds for an additional assistant district attorney for prosecutorial district 10.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 7A‑133(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Each district court district shall have the numbers of judges as set forth in the following table:
District Judges County
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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 9 New Hanover
Pender
6 4 Northampton
Bertie
Hertford
Halifax
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 1920 Wake
11 11 Harnett
Johnston
Lee
12 10 Cumberland
13 6 Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
14 7 Durham
15A 4 Alamance
15B 5 Orange
Chatham
16A 6 Scotland
Hoke
Anson
Richmond
16B 5 Robeson
17A 3 Rockingham
17B 4 Stokes
Surry
18 14 Guilford
19A 4 Cabarrus
19B 7 Montgomery
Moore
Randolph
19C 5 Rowan
20A 2 Stanly
20B 1 (part of Union
see subsection (b))
20C 2 (part of Union
see subsection (b))
20D 1 Union
21 11 Forsyth
22A 5 Alexander
Iredell
22B 6 Davidson
Davie
23 4 Alleghany
Ashe
Wilkes
Yadkin
24 4 Avery
Madison
Mitchell
Watauga
Yancey
25 9 Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
26 21 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. The Governor shall appoint the additional district court judge for District 10 authorized by this act, and that judge's successor shall be elected in the 2016 election for a four‑year term commencing January 1, 2017.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one hundred eighty‑five thousand nine hundred sixty‑two dollars ($185,962) for the 2015‑2016 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred seventy‑six thousand eight hundred twenty‑five dollars ($176,825) for the 2016‑2017 fiscal year to fund the additional district court judgeship authorized by this act.
SECTION 4. The Chief District Court Judge in District 10 should use the additional district court judge authorized by this act to address driving while impaired offenses in the District to the fullest extent possible.
SECTION 5. G.S. 7A‑60(a1) reads as rewritten:
"(a1) The counties of the State are organized into prosecutorial districts, and each district has the counties and the number of full‑time assistant district attorneys set forth in the following table:
No. of Full‑Time
Prosecutorial Asst. District
District Counties Attorneys
1 Camden, Chowan, Currituck, 11
Dare, Gates, Pasquotank,
Perquimans
2 Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, 8
Tyrrell, Washington
3A Pitt 11
3B Carteret, Craven, Pamlico 12
4 Duplin, Jones, Onslow, 18
Sampson
5 New Hanover, Pender 18
6 Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, 10
Northampton
7 Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson 18
8 Greene, Lenoir, Wayne 14
9 Franklin, Granville, 10
Vance, Warren
9A Person, Caswell 6
10 Wake 4142
11A Harnett, Lee 9
11B Johnston 10
12 Cumberland 23
13 Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus 13
14 Durham 18
15A Alamance 11
15B Orange, Chatham 10
16A Scotland, Hoke 7
16B Robeson 12
16C Anson, Richmond 6
17A Rockingham 7
17B Stokes, Surry 8
18 Guilford 32
19A Cabarrus 9
19B Montgomery, Randolph 9
19C Rowan 8
19D Moore 5
20A 5
Stanly
20B Union 10
21 Forsyth 25
22A Alexander, Iredell 11
22B Davidson, Davie 11
23 Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes, 8
Yadkin
24 Avery, Madison, Mitchell, 7
Watauga, Yancey
25 Burke, Caldwell, Catawba 18
26 Mecklenburg 58
27A Gaston 14
27B Cleveland, 11
Lincoln
28 Buncombe 14
29A McDowell, Rutherford 7
29B Henderson, Polk, Transylvania 8
30 Cherokee, Clay, Graham, 10
Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
Swain."
SECTION 6. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one hundred sixteen thousand eighty‑four dollars ($116,084) for the 2015‑2016 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred twelve thousand nine hundred sixty‑three dollars ($112,963) for the 2016‑2017 fiscal year to establish the additional assistant district attorney authorized by this act.
SECTION 7. The District Attorney in District 10 should use the additional assistant district attorney authorized by this act to address driving while impaired offenses in the District to the fullest extent possible.
SECTION 8. This act becomes effective July 1, 2015.