A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for three additional assistant district attorneys for prosecutorial district 20a and a forensic scientist position for prosecutorial district 20/20A.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Effective January 1, 2007, 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,	10
		Dare, Gates, Pasquotank,
		Perquimans
	2	Beaufort, Hyde, Martin,	6
		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	16
	8	Greene, Lenoir, Wayne	11
	9	Franklin, Granville,	11
		Vance, Warren
	9A	Person, Caswell	4
	10	Wake	31
	11	Harnett, Johnston, Lee	14
	12	Cumberland	18
	13	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	11
	14	Durham	13
	15A	Alamance	8
	15B	Orange, Chatham	7
	16A	Scotland, Hoke	5
	16B	Robeson	10
	17A	Rockingham	5
	17B	Stokes, Surry	5
	18	Guilford	27
	19A	Cabarrus	6
	19B	Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	11
	19C	Rowan	5
	20A	Anson, Richmond,	 11
		Stanly
	20B	Union	7
	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	15
	26	Mecklenburg	36
	27A	Gaston	12
	27B	Cleveland,	9
		Lincoln
	28	Buncombe	11
	29A	McDowell, Rutherford	5
	29B	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	6
	30	Cherokee, Clay, Graham,	9
		Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
		Swain."
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one hundred thirty‑four thousand four hundred twelve dollars ($134,412) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to establish the three additional assistant district attorneys authorized by this act.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of sixty‑one thousand eighty‑nine dollars ($61,089) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to establish a new forensic scientist position for District 20 until December 31, 2006, and to serve District 20A effective January 1, 2007.
SECTION 4.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective January 1, 2007. The remainder of this act becomes effective July 1, 2006.