A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the clerk of superior court and the senior resident superior court judge to consult on a timely basis with the chief district court judge before nominating and appointing magistrates, as recommended by the conference of chief district court judges.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑171(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Not earlier than the Tuesday after the first Monday nor later than the third Monday in December of each even‑numbered year, the clerk of the superior court shall submit to the senior regular resident superior court judge of the district or set of districts as defined in G.S. 7A‑41.1(a) in which the clerk's county is located the names of two (or more, if requested by the judge) nominees for each magisterial office for the county for which the term of office of the magistrate holding that position shall expire on December 31 of that year. Not later than the fourth Monday in December, the senior regular resident superior court judge shall, from the nominations submitted by the clerk of the superior court, appoint magistrates to fill the positions for each county of the judge's district or set of districts. The clerk of superior court and the senior regular resident superior court judge shall consult on a timely basis with the chief district court judge for the district before making the nominations and appointments provided for in this section."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to appointments of magistrates on or after that date.