GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 192

Short Title:  Courts Commission Membership.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives R. Hunter, Culpepper, Hensley, McCrary, and Neely.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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February 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COURTS COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-506 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-506.  Creation; members; terms; qualifications; vacancies.
(a)	The North Carolina Courts Commission is created.  Effective July 1, 1993, it shall consist of 28 members, seven to be appointed by the Governor, seven to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, seven to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and seven to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
(b)	Of the appointees of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, one shall be a Justice of the Supreme Court, one shall be a Judge of the Court of Appeals, two shall be judges of superior court, two shall be district court judges, and one shall be a public member who is not an attorney and who is not an officer or employee of the Judicial Department.
(c)	Of the seven appointees of the Governor, one shall be a district attorney, one shall be a practicing attorney, one shall be a clerk of superior court, at least three shall be members of the General Assembly, at least two shall not be attorneys, and of the nonattorneys, one shall be a public member who is not an officer or employee of the Judicial Department.
(d)	Of the seven appointees of the Speaker of the House, at least three shall be practicing attorneys, at least three shall be members of the General Assembly, at least two shall not be attorneys, and of the non-attorneys, one shall be a public member who is not an officer or employee of the Judicial Department.