GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 444*

Short Title:  Mecklenburg Drug Court Program.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives McMahan; Alexander, Black, Cunningham, Dickson, Earle, Easterling, Kiser, Lemmond, McComas, McLaughlin, Rayfield, Thompson, and C. Wilson.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I, re-refer to Appropriations.

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March 9, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN ADDITIONAL SUPERIOR COURT JUDGESHIP AND FIVE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY POSITIONS FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY DRUG COURT PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  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
  	Vance, Warren
9A	Person, Caswell	1
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	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,	3
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. 2.  Effective July 1, 1995, the Governor shall appoint the superior court judge for District 26A authorized by Section 1 of this act, whose term shall expire December 31, 1996.  The judge's successor shall be elected in the 1996 general election.
Sec. 3.  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,	7
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	19
11	Harnett, Johnston, Lee	9
12	Cumberland	12
13	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	6
14	Durham	9
15A	Alamance	6
15B	Orange, Chatham	5
16A	Scotland, Hoke	3
16B	Robeson	7
17A	Rockingham	4
17B	Stokes, Surry	4
18	Guilford	17
19A	Cabarrus	 	4
19B	Montgomery, Randolph	5
19C	Rowan	4
20	Anson, Moore, Richmond,	11
Stanly, Union
21	Forsyth	12
22	Alexander, Davidson, Davie,	11
Iredell
23	Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes,	4
Yadkin
24	Avery, Madison, Mitchell,	3
Watauga, Yancey
25	Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	11
26	Mecklenburg	28
27A	Gaston	8
27B	Cleveland,	5
Lincoln
28	Buncombe	8
29	Henderson, McDowell, Polk,	8
Rutherford, Transylvania
30	Cherokee, Clay, Graham,	6
Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
Swain."
Sec.  4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of eight hundred sixty-five thousand five hundred ninety-six dollars ($865,596) for the 1995-96 fiscal year and the sum of eight hundred thirty-seven thousand six hundred thirty-seven dollars ($837,637) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to fund a superior court judgeship, five assistant district attorney positions, three assistant public defender positions, a court reporter, a deputy clerk, and a legal assistant for the Mecklenburg County Drug Court program.
Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.