GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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HOUSE BILL 153*

Short Title:  Special Superior Court Judges.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Holt; Flaherty, Wainwright, and Bowman.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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February 14, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR TO APPOINT ADDITIONAL SPECIAL SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-45.1 is amended by adding two new subsections to read:
"( a1)	The Governor may appoint six special superior court judges to serve terms expiring June 30, 1995.  No successors shall be appointed to the special superior court judges appointed pursuant to this subsection, and the sitting judges shall not hold over after June 30, 1995.
(a2)	The Governor may appoint one special superior court judge to serve a term beginning January 1, 1995, and expiring December 31, 1996.  No successor shall be appointed to the special superior court judge appointed pursuant to this subsection, and the sitting judge shall not hold over after December 31, 1996."
Sec. 2.  Subsections (a) through (f) of Section 200.5 of Chapter 321 of the 1993 Session Laws are repealed.
Sec. 3.  Effective July 1, 1995, 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,	2
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
  	Person,
	Vance, Warren
10A	(part of Wake,	2
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	2
15B	Orange, Chatham	1
	16A	Scotland, Hoke	1
16B	Robeson	2
Third	17A	Caswell, Rockingham	2
17B	Stokes, Surry	2
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	2
	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	2
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	2
28	Buncombe	2
29	Henderson,	2
McDowell, Polk,
Rutherford,
Transylvania
	30A	Cherokee, Clay,	1
Graham, Macon,
Swain
30B	Haywood, Jackson	1."
Sec. 4. (a)	The Governor shall appoint superior court judges for the additional judgeships in Superior Court Districts 3B, 10A, 15A, 17B, 20B, and 25B.  For Superior Court Districts 3B, 15A, 17B, and 27B, successors shall be elected in the 1996 general election for six-year terms.  For Superior Court District 10A, the successor shall be elected in the 1996 general election to serve an eight-year term.  For Superior Court Districts 20B and 25B, successors shall be elected in the 1996 general election to serve the remainder of the unexpired terms expiring December 31, 1998.  This is to provide unstaggered terms for multiple judgeships in the same district.
(b)	For Superior Court District 27B, the additional superior court judge added by this act shall be elected in the 1996 general election to serve a term expiring December 31, 2002.  This is to provide unstaggered terms for multiple judgeships in the same district.
Sec. 5.  Sections 3 and 4 of this act become effective July 1, 1995.  The remainder of this act is effective upon ratification.