GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2019

RATIFIED BILL

RESOLUTION 2019-4

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 255

A JOINT RESOLUTION confirming the appointments Louis A. Bledsoe, III, as a special superior court judge.

Whereas, under the provisions of G.S. 7A‑45.1(a10), as special superior court judgeships become vacant, the Governor shall submit the names of his nominees for those judgeships to the General Assembly for confirmation by ratified joint resolution; and

Whereas, the Governor wishes to reappoint Louis A. Bledsoe, III, to another term; and

Whereas, the Governor has submitted to the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives the name of his nominee, for a term as a special superior court judge; Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

SECTION 1.  The General Assembly confirms the appointment of Louis A. Bledsoe, III, of Mecklenburg County as a special superior court judge, whose term of office shall commence on the date of the appointment by the Governor and whose term of office shall end five years from the appointment.

SECTION 2.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18^th day of March, 2019.

                                                                    s/  Philip E. Berger

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives