A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to divide prosecutorial district 13 into districts 13A and 13B.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  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
6A	Halifax	5
6B	Bertie, Hertford,	6
	Northampton
7	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	19
8	Greene, Lenoir, Wayne	14
9	Franklin, Granville,	12
	Vance, Warren
9A	Person, Caswell	6
10	Wake	42
11A	Harnett, Lee	9
11B	Johnston	10
12	Cumberland	23
		13A	Bladen, Columbus	8
13B	Brunswick	6
14	Durham	18
15A	Alamance	11
15B	Orange, Chatham	10
16A	Scotland, Hoke	7
16B	Robeson	13
17A	Rockingham	7
17B	Stokes, Surry	8
18	Guilford	32
19A	Cabarrus	9
19B	Montgomery, Randolph	10
19C	Rowan	8
19D	Moore	5
20A	Anson, Richmond,	12
	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	19
26	Mecklenburg	58
27A	Gaston	15
27B	Cleveland,	11
	Lincoln
28	Buncombe	14
29A	McDowell, Rutherford	7
29B	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	8
30	Cherokee, Clay, Graham,	11
	Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
	Swain."
SECTION 2.  The district attorney position established for District 13A by Section 1 of this act shall be filled by the district attorney elected to serve District 13 in the November 2010 election, if that district attorney resides in Bladen or Columbus County. If the district attorney elected to serve District 13 in the November 2010 election does not reside in Bladen or Columbus County, the district attorney position established for District 13A shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the remainder of the term expiring January 1, 2012. The Governor is encouraged to appoint a person who is not a member of the same political party as that of the district attorney elected to serve District 13 in the November 2010 election.
SECTION 3.  The district attorney position established for District 13B by Section 1 of this act shall be filled by the district attorney elected to serve District 13 in the November 2010 election, if that district attorney resides in Brunswick County. If the district attorney elected to serve District 13 in the November 2010 election does not reside in Brunswick County, the district attorney position established for District 13B shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the remainder of the term expiring January 1, 2012. The Governor is encouraged to appoint a person who is not a member of the same political party as that of the district attorney elected to serve District 13 in the November 2010 election.
SECTION 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of two hundred forty‑eight thousand one hundred sixty‑four dollars ($248,164) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act.
SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective January 15, 2011, or the date of preclearance under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, whichever is later.