GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 954

Short Title:  Add Special Judge/Dist. Court Judge.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Ballance.

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Referred to:  Judiciary II/Election Laws

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May 2, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW SPECIAL SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE AND TO AUTHORIZE A NEW DISTRICT COURT JUDGE AND A NEW ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR A DRUG COURT TO BE ESTABLISHED IN DISTRICT 9.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-45.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Effective November 1, 1993, the Governor may appoint two special superior court judges to serve terms expiring December 31, 1998.  Effective July 1, 1995, the Governor may appoint an additional special superior court judge to serve a term expiring December 31, 1998.  Successors to the special superior court judges appointed pursuant to this subsection shall be appointed to four-year terms.  A special judge takes the same oath of office and is subject to the same requirements and disabilities as are or may be prescribed by law for regular judges of the superior court, save the requirement of residence in a particular district."
Sec. 2.  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	3	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	5	Granville	3	7
Vance	3	5
Warren	3	4
Franklin	3	6
9A	2	Person	3	4
Caswell	2	5
10	12	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	3	Cabarrus	5	9	Kannapolis
19B	3	Montgomery	2	4
Randolph	5	8	Liberty
19C	3	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	7	Alexander	2	3
Davidson	7	10	Thomasville
Davie	2	3
Iredell	4	9	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	10	Hickory
26	14	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	5
Polk	3	4
Rutherford	6	8
Transylvania	2	4
30	4	Cherokee	3	4
Clay	1	2
Graham	2	3
Haywood	5	7	Canton
Jackson	3	4
Macon	3	4
Swain	2	3."
Sec. 3.  The governor shall appoint the additional district court judge authorized by Section 2 of this act.  The successor shall be elected in the 1996 general election for a four-year term commencing the first Monday in December 1996.
Sec. 4.  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,	8
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	23
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. 5.  Sections 2 and 3 of this act become effective October 1, 1995, or the date upon which those sections are approved under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, whichever is later.  Section 4 of this act becomes effective October 1, 1995.  The remainder of this act becomes effective July 1, 1995.