GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 810

Short Title:  Caswell/Person Ct. Dist. 9A.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Daniel.
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Referred to:  Rules Suspended; Referred to Appropriations.
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April 8, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO TRANSFER CASWELL AND PERSON COUNTIES TO NEWLY CREATED JUDICIAL AND PROSECUTORIAL DISTRICTS 9A AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a) Effective July 1, 1993, G.S. 7A-41(a) reads as rewritten:
"(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
2	Beaufort, Hyde,	1
Martin,
Tyrrell, Washington
3A	Pitt	2
3B	Carteret, Craven,	1
Pamlico
4A	Duplin, Jones, 	1
Sampson
	4B	Onslow	1
5	New Hanover, 	3
Pender
6A	Halifax	1
6B	Bertie, Hertford,	1
Northampton
	7A	Nash	1
	7B	(part of Wilson,	1
part of Edgecombe,
see subsection (b))
7C	(part of Wilson,	1
part of Edgecombe,
see subsection (b))
8A	Lenoir and Greene	1
8B	Wayne	1
Second	9	Franklin, Granville, 	2
  	Vance, Warren
9A	Person, Caswell	1
10A	(part of Wake,	1
see subsection (b))
10B	(part of Wake,	2
see subsection (b))
10C	(part of Wake,	1
see subsection (b))
10D	(part of Wake,	1
see subsection (b))
11	Harnett, Johnston, 	2
Lee
12A	(part of Cumberland, 	1
see subsection (b))
12B	(part of Cumberland,	1
see subsection (b))
12C	(part of Cumberland,	2
see subsection (b))
13	Bladen, Brunswick,	2
Columbus
14A	(part of Durham,	1
see subsection (b))
14B	(part of Durham,	3
see subsection (b))
15A	Alamance	1
15B	Orange, Chatham	1
	16A	Scotland, Hoke	1
16B	Robeson	2
Third	17A	Rockingham	2
17B	Stokes, Surry	1
18A	(part of Guilford,	1
see subsection (b))
18B	(part of Guilford,	1
see subsection (b))
18C	(part of Guilford,	1
see subsection (b))
18D	(part of Guilford,	1
see subsection (b))
18E	(part of Guilford,	1
see subsection (b))
19A	Cabarrus	1
19B	Montgomery, 	1
Randolph
19C	Rowan	1
20A	Anson, Moore, 	2
Richmond
	20B	Stanly, Union	1
	21A	(part of Forsyth,	1
see subsection (b))
21B	(part of Forsyth,	1
see subsection (b))
21C	(part of Forsyth,	1
see subsection (b))
21D	(part of Forsyth,	1
see subsection (b))
22	Alexander, Davidson,	2
Davie, Iredell
23	Alleghany, Ashe, 	1
Wilkes, Yadkin
Fourth	24	Avery, Madison,	1
Mitchell, 
Watauga, Yancey
25A	Burke, Caldwell 	2
	25B	Catawba	1
26A	(part of Mecklenburg,	2
see subsection (b))
26B	(part of Mecklenburg,	2
see subsection (b))
26C	(part of Mecklenburg,	2
see subsection (b))
27A	Gaston	2
27B	Cleveland, Lincoln	1
28	Buncombe	2
29	Henderson,	2
McDowell, Polk,
Rutherford,
Transylvania
	30A	Cherokee, Clay,	1
Graham, Macon,
Swain
30B	Haywood, Jackson	1."
(b) The Governor shall appoint the superior court judge for the position created by subsection (a) of this section, whose term shall expire December 31, 1994.  This appointed judge's successor shall be chosen in the 1994 general election.
(c) One superior court reporter position shall be transferred from current District 17A to newly created District 9A.
Sec. 2.  (a) Effective July 1, 1993, G.S. 7A-133 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-133.  Numbers of judges by districts; numbers of magistrates and additional seats of court, by counties.
Each district court district shall have the numbers of judges and each county within the district shall have the numbers of magistrates and additional seats of court, as set forth in the following table:
	Additional
	Magistrates	Seats of
District	Judges	County	 Min.-Max.	Court

	1	3	Camden	1	2
Chowan	2	3
Currituck	1	2
Dare	3	8
Gates	2	3
Pasquotank	3	4
Perquimans	2	3
2	3	Martin	5	8
Beaufort	4	8
Tyrrell	1	3
Hyde	2	4
Washington	3	4
3A	3	Pitt	10	12	Farmville
Ayden
3B	4	Craven	7	10	Havelock
Pamlico	2	3
Carteret	5	8
4	6	Sampson	6	8
Duplin	9	11
Jones	2	3
Onslow	8	14
5	6	New Hanover	6 	11
Pender	4	6
6A	2	Halifax	9	14   	Roanoke
Rapids,
Scotland Neck
6B	2	Northampton	5	6
Bertie	4	5
Hertford	5	6
7	6	Nash	7	10	Rocky Mount
Edgecombe	4	6	Rocky Mount
Wilson	4	6
8	5	Wayne	5	11	Mount Olive
Greene	2	4
Lenoir	4	10	La Grange
9	4			 
Granville	3	7
Vance	3	5
Warren	3	4
Franklin	3	6
9A	2	Person	3	4
Caswell	2	5
10	11	Wake	12	20	Apex,
Wendell,
      	Fuquay-
Varina,
Wake Forest
11	6	Harnett	7	11	Dunn
Johnston	10	12    	Benson,
	Clayton
and Selma
Lee	4	6
12	6	Cumberland	10	17
13	4	Bladen	4	6
Brunswick	4	7
Columbus	6	8	Tabor City
14	5	Durham	8	12
15A	3	Alamance	7	10	Burlington
15B	3	Orange	4	11	Chapel Hill
Chatham	3	8	Siler City
16A	2	Scotland	3	5
Hoke	4	5
16B	5	Robeson	8	16	Fairmont,
Maxton,
Pembroke,
Red Springs,
Rowland,
St. Pauls
17A	2			 
Rockingham	4	9	Reidsville,
Eden,
Madison
17B	3	Stokes	2	5
Surry	5	8	Mt. Airy
18	10	Guilford	20	26	High Point
19A	2	Cabarrus	5	9	Kannapolis
19B	3	Montgomery	2	4
Randolph	5	8	Liberty
19C	2	Rowan	5	10
20	6	Stanly	5	6
Union	4	6
Anson	4	5
Richmond	5	6	Hamlet
Moore	5	8	Southern
Pines
21	7	Forsyth	3	15	Kernersville
22	6	Alexander	2	3
Davidson	7	10	Thomasville
Davie	2	3
Iredell	4	8	Mooresville
23	3	Alleghany	1	2
Ashe	3	4
Wilkes	4	6
Yadkin	3	5
24	3	Avery	3	4
Madison	4	5
Mitchell	3	4
Watauga	4	6
Yancey	2	4
25	7	Burke	4	7
Caldwell	4	7
Catawba	6	9	Hickory
26	13	Mecklenburg	15	26
27A	5	Gaston	11	20
27B	4	Cleveland	5	8
Lincoln	4	6
28	5	Buncombe	6	15
29	4	Henderson	4	6
McDowell	3	4
Polk	3	4
Rutherford	6	8
Transylvania	2	4
30	3	Cherokee	3	4
Clay	1	2
Graham	2	3
Haywood	5	7	Canton
Jackson	3	4
Macon	3	4
Swain	2	3."
(b) The two district court judgeships created by subsection (a) of this section shall be filled by the district court judge from current District 9 who resides in Person County and by the district court judge from current District 17A who resides in Caswell County.  The term of the judge residing in Caswell County expires December 31, 1994.  This judge's successor shall be elected in the 1994 general election.  The term of the judge residing in Person County expires December 31, 1996.  This judge's successor shall be elected in the 1996 general election.
(c) Secretarial services for the chief district court judge in newly created District 9A shall be provided by the secretary of the superior court judge in newly created Superior Court District 9A, created by Section 1 of this act.
(d) The magistrates' positions created by subsection (a) of this section for Person County in newly created District 9A shall be filled by the magistrates currently serving Person County in District 9.  The magistrates' positions created by subsection (a) of this section for Caswell County in newly created District 9A shall be filled by the magistrates currently serving Caswell County in District 17A.
(e) Juvenile intake, probation, and aftercare services for newly created District 9A shall be provided by the chief court counselor's office in District 17A.  One such position serving the chief court counselor's office in current District 9 shall be transferred to District 17A to facilitate the provision of juvenile intake, probation, and aftercare services to newly created District 9A. 
(f) Notwithstanding G.S. 7A-198, district court reporting services for newly created District 9A shall be provided by electronic recording equipment, freelance court reporters, or reports assigned from outside the District.  The chief district court judge shall not appoint a court reporter to serve the District.
Sec. 3.  (a)	Effective July 1, 1993, 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,	6
Dare, Gates, Pasquotank,
Perquimans
2	Beaufort, Hyde, Martin,	4
Tyrrell, Washington
3A	Pitt	6
3B	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	6
4	Duplin, Jones, Onslow,	10
Sampson
5	New Hanover, Pender	9
6A	Halifax	3
6B	Bertie, Hertford,	3
	Northampton
	7	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	10
8	Greene, Lenoir, Wayne	8
9	Franklin, Granville,	7
Vance, Warren
9A	Person, Caswell	2
	10	Wake	18
11	Harnett, Johnston, Lee	8
12	Cumberland	12
13	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	6
14	Durham	9
15A	Alamance	6
15B	Orange, Chatham	4
16A	Scotland, Hoke	3
16B	Robeson	7
17A		4
Rockingham
17B	Stokes, Surry	4
18	Guilford	16
19A	Cabarrus, Rowan	8
19B	Montgomery, Randolph	4
20	Anson, Moore, Richmond,	10
Stanly, Union
21	Forsyth	12
22	Alexander, Davidson, Davie,	10
Iredell
23	Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes,	4
Yadkin
24	Avery, Madison, Mitchell,	3
Watauga, Yancey
25	Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	10
26	Mecklenburg	22
27A	Gaston	8
27B	Cleveland,	5
Lincoln
28	Buncombe	7
29	Henderson, McDowell, Polk,	8
Rutherford, Transylvania
30	Cherokee, Clay, Graham,	6
Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
Swain."
(b) The district attorney position created by subsection (a) of this section shall be filled by appointment by the Governor.  This district attorney's term expires on December 31, 1994.  The successor shall be elected in the 1994 general election.
(c) The two assistant district attorney positions for newly created District 9A shall be filled by an assistant district attorney currently serving Person County in District 9 and by an assistant district attorney currently serving Caswell County in District 17A.
Sec. 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Administrative Office of the Courts the sum of three hundred one thousand four hundred five dollars ($301,405) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred eighty-one thousand eight hundred fifty-six dollars ($281,856) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to implement this act.
Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.