GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 530

 
 
Short Title:	Add'l Superior Court Judge/District 24/Funds.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Thompson; and Buchanan.	
Referred to:	Appropriations.	
March 8, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to establish an ADDITIONAL superior court judge in district 24.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A-41(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A‑41.  Superior court divisions and districts; judges.
(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
First	2	Beaufort, Hyde,	1
Martin,
Tyrrell, Washington
First	3A	Pitt	2
Second	3B	Carteret, Craven,	2
Pamlico
Second	4A	Duplin, Jones,	1
Sampson
Second	4B	Onslow	2
Second	5	New Hanover,	3
Pender
First	6A	Halifax	1
First	6B	Bertie, Hertford,	1
Northampton
First	7A	Nash	1
First	7B	(part of Wilson,	1
	part of Edgecombe,
	see subsection (b))
First	7C	(part of Wilson,	1
	part of Edgecombe,
	see subsection (b))
Second	8A	Lenoir and Greene	1
Second	8B	Wayne	1
Third	9	Franklin, Granville,	2
	Vance, Warren
Third	9A	Person, Caswell	1
Third	10A	(part of Wake,	2
	see subsection (b))
Third	10B	(part of Wake,	2
	see subsection (b))
Third	10C	(part of Wake,	1
	see subsection (b))
Third	10D	(part of Wake,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	11A	Harnett,	1
	Lee
Fourth	11B	Johnston	1
Fourth	12A	(part of Cumberland,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	12B	(part of Cumberland,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	12C	(part of Cumberland,	2
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	13	Bladen, Brunswick,	2
	Columbus
Third	14A	(part of Durham,	1
	see subsection (b))
Third	14B	(part of Durham,	3
	see subsection (b))
Third	15A	Alamance	2
Third	15B	Orange, Chatham	1
Fourth	16A	Scotland, Hoke	1
Fourth	16B	Robeson	2
Fifth	17A	Rockingham	2
Fifth	17B	Stokes, Surry	2
Fifth	18A	(part of Guilford,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fifth	18B	(part of Guilford,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fifth	18C	(part of Guilford,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fifth	18D	(part of Guilford,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fifth	18E	(part of Guilford,	1
	see subsection (b))
Sixth	19A	Cabarrus	1
Fifth	19B1	(part of Montgomery,	1
	part of Moore,
	part of Randolph
	see subsection (b))
Fifth	19B2	(part of Montgomery,	1
	part of Moore,
	part of Randolph
	see subsection (b))
Sixth	19C	Rowan	1
Sixth	20A	Anson,	1
	Richmond
Sixth	20B	Stanly, Union	2
Fifth	21A	(part of Forsyth,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fifth	21B	(part of Forsyth,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fifth	21C	(part of Forsyth,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fifth	21D	(part of Forsyth,	1
	see subsection (b))
Sixth	22	Alexander, Davidson,	3
	Davie, Iredell
Fifth	23	Alleghany, Ashe,	1
	Wilkes, Yadkin
Eighth	24	Avery, Madison,	 2
	Mitchell,
	Watauga, Yancey
Seventh	25A	Burke, Caldwell	2
Seventh	25B	Catawba	2
Seventh	26A	(part of Mecklenburg,	2
	see subsection (b))
Seventh	26B	(part of Mecklenburg,	2
	see subsection (b))
Seventh	26C	(part of Mecklenburg,	2
	see subsection (b))
Seventh	27A	Gaston	2
Seventh	27B	Cleveland, Lincoln	2
Eighth	28	Buncombe	2
Eighth	29	Henderson,	2
	McDowell, Polk,
	Rutherford,
	Transylvania
Eighth	30A	Cherokee, Clay,	1
	Graham, Macon,
	Swain
Eighth	30B	Haywood, Jackson	1.
SECTION 2.  The Governor shall appoint a superior court judge for the additional judgeship in Superior Court District 24 as authorized by Section 1 of this act. The successor to that judge shall be elected in the 2002 general election to serve an eight-year term.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one hundred sixty-one thousand nine hundred forty-seven dollars ($161,947) for the 2001-2002 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred forty-seven thousand seven hundred one dollars ($147,701) for the 2002-2003 fiscal year to establish the additional superior court judge provided for in this act.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.