GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1523

Short Title:  District 26 Assist. DAs.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives C. Wilson; Gulley, and McMahan.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 15, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO REPLACE EXISTING TEMPORARY POSITIONS WITH PERMANENT ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY POSITIONS IN PROSECUTORIAL DISTRICT 26.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  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,	9
Dare, Gates, Pasquotank,
Perquimans
2	Beaufort, Hyde, Martin,	5
Tyrrell, Washington
3A	Pitt	9
3B	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	10
4	Duplin, Jones, Onslow,	14
Sampson
5	New Hanover, Pender	14
6A	Halifax	4
6B	Bertie, Hertford,	4
	Northampton
	7	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	15
8	Greene, Lenoir, Wayne	11
9	Franklin, Granville,	10
Vance, Warren
9A	Person, Caswell	4
	10	Wake	30
11	Harnett, Johnston, Lee	14
12	Cumberland	18
13	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	10
14	Durham	13
15A	Alamance	8
15B	Orange, Chatham	7
16A	Scotland, Hoke	5
16B	Robeson	9
17A	Rockingham	5
17B	Stokes, Surry	5
18	Guilford	26
19A	Cabarrus	 	6
19B	Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	11
19C	Rowan	5
20	Anson, Richmond,	15
Stanly, Union
21	Forsyth	17
22	Alexander, Davidson, Davie,	16
Iredell
23	Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes,	5
Yadkin
24	Avery, Madison, Mitchell,	4
Watauga, Yancey
25	Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	14
26	Mecklenburg	45
	27A	Gaston	12
27B	Cleveland,	8
Lincoln
28	Buncombe	10
29	Henderson, McDowell, Polk,	11
Rutherford, Transylvania
30	Cherokee, Clay, Graham,	8
Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
Swain."
Section 2.  G.S. 7A-69 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-69. Investigatorial assistants.
The district attorney in prosecutorial districts 1, 3B, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15A, 15B, 18, 19B, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27A, 27B, 28, 29, and 30 is entitled to one investigatorial assistant, and the district attorney in prosecutorial district 10 is entitled to two investigatorial assistants, to be appointed by the district attorney and to serve at his pleasure.
It shall be the duty of the investigatorial assistant to investigate cases preparatory to trial and to perform such other Duties as may be assigned by the district attorney. The investigatorial assistant is entitled to reimbursement for his subsistence and travel expenses to the same extent as State employees generally."
Section 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one million one hundred forty-seven thousand nine hundred forty-eight dollars ($1,147,948) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to replace existing temporary positions with 11 permanent assistant district attorney positions, to upgrade an investigatorial assistant position to a permanent assistant district attorney position, and to provide 11 assistants for administrative and victim and witness services.
Section 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.