GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 268

Short Title:  Divide District 22.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Brawley; Holmes, Mitchell, and Brown.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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February 18, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIVIDE JUDICIAL AND PROSECUTORIAL DISTRICTS 22.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a) G.S. 7A-41(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The counties of the State are organized into judicial divisions and superior court districts, and each superior court district has the counties, and the number of regular resident superior court judges set forth in the following table, and for districts of less than a whole county, as set out in subsection (b) of this section:
	Superior
Judicial	Court 	No. of Resident
Division	District	Counties		Judges

First	1	Camden, Chowan,	2
Currituck,
Dare, Gates,
Pasquotank, 
Perquimans
2	Beaufort, Hyde,	1
Martin,
Tyrrell, Washington
3A	Pitt	2
3B	Carteret, Craven,	2
Pamlico
4A	Duplin, Jones, 	1
Sampson
	4B	Onslow	1
5	New Hanover, 	3
Pender
6A	Halifax	1
6B	Bertie, Hertford,	1
Northampton
	7A	Nash	1
	7B	(part of Wilson,	1
part of Edgecombe,
see subsection (b))
7C	(part of Wilson,	1
part of Edgecombe,
see subsection (b))
8A	Lenoir and Greene	1
8B	Wayne	1
Second	9	Franklin, Granville, 	2
  	Vance, Warren
9A	Person, Caswell	1
10A	(part of Wake,	2
see subsection (b))
10B	(part of Wake,	2
see subsection (b))
10C	(part of Wake,	1
see subsection (b))
10D	(part of Wake,	1
see subsection (b))
11A	Harnett, 	1
Lee
11B	Johnston	1
12A	(part of Cumberland, 	1
see subsection (b))
12B	(part of Cumberland,	1
see subsection (b))
12C	(part of Cumberland,	2
see subsection (b))
13	Bladen, Brunswick,	2
Columbus
14A	(part of Durham,	1
see subsection (b))
14B	(part of Durham,	3
see subsection (b))
15A	Alamance	2
15B	Orange, Chatham	1
	16A	Scotland, Hoke	1
16B	Robeson	2
Third	17A	Rockingham	2
17B	Stokes, Surry	2
18A	(part of Guilford,	1
see subsection (b))
18B	(part of Guilford,	1
see subsection (b))
18C	(part of Guilford,	1
see subsection (b))
18D	(part of Guilford,	1
see subsection (b))
18E	(part of Guilford,	1
see subsection (b))
19A	Cabarrus	1
19B	Montgomery, Moore,	2
Randolph
19C	Rowan	1
20A	Anson,  	1
Richmond
	20B	Stanly, Union	2
	21A	(part of Forsyth,	1
see subsection (b))
21B	(part of Forsyth,	1
see subsection (b))
21C	(part of Forsyth,	1
see subsection (b))
21D	(part of Forsyth,	1
see subsection (b))
22A	Alexander,	1
Iredell
22B	Davidson, Davie	1
23	Alleghany, Ashe, 	1
Wilkes, Yadkin
Fourth	24	Avery, Madison,	1
Mitchell, 
Watauga, Yancey
25A	Burke, Caldwell 	2
	25B	Catawba	2
26A	(part of Mecklenburg,	2
see subsection (b))
26B	(part of Mecklenburg,	2
see subsection (b))
26C	(part of Mecklenburg,	2
see subsection (b))
27A	Gaston	2
27B	Cleveland, Lincoln	2
28	Buncombe	2
29	Henderson,	2
McDowell, Polk,
Rutherford,
Transylvania
	30A	Cherokee, Clay,	1
Graham, Macon,
Swain
30B	Haywood, Jackson	1."
(b)	The superior court judgeship created for District 22A by subsection (a) of this section shall be filled by the superior court judge from current District 22 who resides in Iredell County.  The term of the judge expires in 2002, and a successor shall be elected in the 2002 general election.
(c)	The superior court judgeship created for District 22B by subsection (a) of this section shall be filled by the superior court judge from current District 22 who resides in Davidson County.  The term of the judge expires in 2002, and a successor shall be elected in the 2002 general election.
Section 2.  (a) 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 

	1	4	Camden
	Chowan
Currituck
Dare
Gates
Pasquotank
Perquimans
2	3	Martin
Beaufort
Tyrrell 
Hyde
Washington
3A	3	Pitt
3B	4	Craven
Pamlico
Carteret
4	6	Sampson
Duplin
Jones
Onslow
5	6	New Hanover
Pender
6A	2	Halifax
6B	3	Northampton
Bertie
Hertford
7	6 	Nash
	Edgecombe
Wilson
8	5	Wayne
Greene
Lenoir
9	4	Granville
(part of Vance
see subsection (b))
Franklin
9A	2	Person
Caswell
9B	1	Warren
(part of Vance
see subsection (b))
10	12 	Wake
11	6	Harnett
Johnston
Lee
12	8	Cumberland
13	4	Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
14	5	Durham
15A	3	Alamance
15B	3	Orange
Chatham
16A	3	Scotland
Hoke
16B	5	Robeson
17A	2	Rockingham
17B	3	Stokes
Surry
18	10	Guilford
19A	3	Cabarrus
19B	5	Montgomery
Moore
Randolph
19C	3	Rowan
20	6	Stanly
Union
Anson
Richmond
Moore
21	7	Forsyth
22A	3	Alexander
Iredell
22B	4	Davidson
Davie
23	4	Alleghany
Ashe
Wilkes
Yadkin
24	3	Avery
Madison
Mitchell
Watauga
Yancey
25	7	Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
26	14 	Mecklenburg
27A	5	Gaston
27B	4	Cleveland
Lincoln
28	5	Buncombe
29	5	Henderson
McDowell
Polk
Rutherford
Transylvania
30	4	Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Swain."
(b)	The district court judgeships established for District 22A by subsection (a) of this section shall be filled by the district court judges from current District 22 who reside in Alexander and Iredell Counties.  The terms of those judges expire the first Monday in December of 1998, and successors shall be elected in the 1998 general election.
(c)	The district court judgeships established for District 22B by subsection (a) of this section shall be filled by the district court judges from current District 22 who reside in Davidson and Davie Counties.  The terms of those judges expire the first Monday in December of 1998, and successors shall be elected in the 1998 general election. 
Section 3.  (a) 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,	9
Dare, Gates, Pasquotank,
Perquimans
2	Beaufort, Hyde, Martin,	5
Tyrrell, Washington
3A	Pitt	8
3B	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	8
4	Duplin, Jones, Onslow,	12
Sampson
5	New Hanover, Pender	11
6A	Halifax	4
6B	Bertie, Hertford,	4
	Northampton
7	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	12
8	Greene, Lenoir, Wayne	10
9	Franklin, Granville,	9
Vance, Warren
9A	Person, Caswell	3
10	Wake	23
11	Harnett, Johnston, Lee	11
12	Cumberland	14
13	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	8
14	Durham	10
15A	Alamance	7
15B	Orange, Chatham	6
16A	Scotland, Hoke	4
16B	Robeson	8
17A	Rockingham	5
17B	Stokes, Surry	5
18	Guilford	22
19A	Cabarrus	 5
19B	Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	9
19C	Rowan	5
20	Anson, Richmond,	12
Stanly, Union
21	Forsyth	13
22A	Alexander,	6
Iredell
22B	Davidson, Davie	7
23	Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes,	5
Yadkin
24	Avery, Madison, Mitchell,	4
Watauga, Yancey
25	Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	12
26	Mecklenburg	29
27A	Gaston	10
27B	Cleveland,	6
Lincoln
28	Buncombe	9
29	Henderson, McDowell, Polk,	10
Rutherford, Transylvania
30	Cherokee, Clay, Graham,	7
Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
Swain."
(b)	The district attorney position established for District 22B by subsection (a) of this section shall be filled by the district attorney who resides in Davidson County.  The district attorney position established for District 22A by subsection (a) of this section shall be filled by appointment by the Governor.  That district attorney's term expires on December 31, 1998.  A successor shall be elected in the 1998 general election.
(c)	The 13 assistant district attorney positions currently serving District 22 shall be allotted between Districts 22A and 22B as follows: six assistant district attorney positions to District 22A and seven assistant district attorney positions to District 22B.
Section 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of two hundred forty-five thousand six hundred seventy-four dollars ($245,674) for the 1997-98 fiscal year and the sum of three hundred twenty-three thousand four hundred thirty-seven dollars ($323,437) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act.
Section 5.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1998.