GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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SENATE BILL 1405

Short Title:  District Judge App't. 9th Dist.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Ballance.
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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May 31, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT RELATING TO THE MANNER OF APPOINTMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE IN THE NINTH DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 23(i) of Chapter 795, Session Laws of 1989, reads as rewritten:
"(i)	Except for district court district 9, the additional judges authorized by subsection (h) of this section shall be nominated and elected in the 1990 primary and general elections in accordance with Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.  The additional district court judge authorized for District Court District 9 by subsection (h) of this section shall be appointed by the Governor not later than August 1, 1990 from not less than seven nor more than nine nominations submitted by the bar of Judicial District 9 as defined in G.S. 84-19.  If the district bar fails to submit the nominations as requested by June 15, 1990, the Governor shall make the appointment without the nominations.  This additional district court judge shall begin service September 1, 1990, and serve the term expiring on the first Monday in December of 1992.  A successor shall be elected in 1992 in accordance with general law."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.