A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to establish an additional superior court judge in superior court district 20B.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑41(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A‑41.  Superior court divisions and districts; judges.
(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
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First 		1 			Camden, Chowan, 			2 
Currituck, Dare, Gates, 
Pasquotank, Perquimans 
First		2 			Beaufort, Hyde, 			1 
Martin, Tyrrell, Washington 
First 		3A 			Pitt 					2 
Second 	3B 			Carteret, Craven, 			3 
Pamlico 
Second 	4A 			Duplin, Jones,			1 
Sampson 				1 
Second 	4B 			Onslow 				1 
Second 	5A 			(part of New Hanover, 		1 
part of Pender see subsection (b)) 
5B 			(part of New Hanover, 		1 
part of Pender see subsection (b)) 
5C 			(part of New Hanover, 		1 
see subsection (b))
First 		6A 			Halifax 				1 
First 		6B 			Bertie, Hertford, 			1 
Northampton 	
First 		7A			Nash 					1 
First 		7B 			(part of Wilson, 			1 
part of Edgecombe, 
see subsection (b)) 
First 		7C 			(part of Wilson, 			1
part of Edgecombe, see 
subsection (b)) 
Second 	8A 			Lenoir and Greene 			1 
Second 	8B 			Wayne 				1
Third 		9 			Franklin, Granville,			2 
Vance, Warren 
Third  		9A 			Person, Caswell 			1 
Third  		10A 			(part of Wake, 			2 
see subsection (b)) 
Third  		10B 			(part of Wake, 			2 
see subsection (b)) 
Third 		10C 			(part of Wake, 			1 
see subsection (b)) 
Third 		10D 			(part of Wake, 			1 
see subsection (b)) 
Fourth 	11A 			Harnett, Lee				1 
Fourth 	11B 			Johnston 				1 
Fourth		12A 			(part of Cumberland, 		1 
see subsection (b)) 
Fourth 	12B 			(part of Cumberland, 		1 
see subsection (b)) 
Fourth 	12C			(part of Cumberland, 		2 
see subsection (b)) 
Fourth 	13			Bladen, Brunswick, 			2
Columbus 
Third 		14A 			(part of Durham, 			1 
see subsection (b)) 
Third 		14B 			(part of Durham, 			3 
see subsection (b)) 
Third 		15A 			Alamance 				2 
Third 		15B 			Orange, Chatham 			2 
Fourth 	16A 			Scotland, Hoke 			1 
Fourth		16B 			Robeson 				2 
Fifth 		17A 			Rockingham 				2 
Fifth 		17B 			Stokes, Surry 			2 
Fifth 		18A 			(part of Guilford, 			1
see subsection (b))
Fifth 		18B 			(part of Guilford, 			1 
see subsection (b)) 
Fifth 		18C 			(part of Guilford,			1 
see subsection (b)) 
Fifth		18D 			(part of Guilford, 			1 
see subsection (b)) 
Fifth 		18E			(part of Guilford, 			1 
see subsection (b)) 
Sixth 		19A 			Cabarrus 				1 
Fifth 		19B 			Montgomery, Randolph 		1 
Sixth 		19C 			Rowan 				1 
Fifth 		19D 			Moore 				1 
Sixth 		20A 			Anson, 				1 
Richmond 
Sixth 		20B 			Stanly, Union 			 3 
Fifth		21A 			(part of Forsyth, 			1 
see subsection (b)) 
Fifth 		21B			(part of Forsyth, 			1 
see subsection (b)) 
Fifth 		21C 			(part of Forsyth, 			1 
see subsection (b)) 
Fifth 		21D 			(part of Forsyth, 			1 
see subsection (b)) 
Sixth 		22 			Alexander, Davidson, 		3 
Davie, Iredell 
Fifth 		23 			Alleghany, Ashe, 			1
Wilkes, Yadkin 
Eighth 	24 			Avery, Madison, 			2 
Mitchell, Watauga, Yancey 
Seventh 	25A 			Burke, Caldwell 			2 
Seventh	25B 			Catawba 				2 
Seventh 	26A 			(part of Mecklenburg,		2
see subsection (b)) 
Seventh 	26B 			(part of Mecklenburg, 		3 
see subsection (b)) 
Seventh 	26C 			(part of Mecklenburg, 		2 
see subsection (b)) 
Seventh 	27A 			Gaston 				2
Seventh 	27B 			Cleveland, Lincoln 			2 
Eighth 	28 			Buncombe 				2 
Eighth 	29			Henderson, 				2 
McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, 
Transylvania 
Eighth 	30A 			Cherokee, Clay, 			1 
Graham, Macon, Swain 
Eighth 	30B 			Haywood, Jackson 			1."
SECTION 2.  The Governor shall appoint a superior court judge for the additional judgeship established in Superior Court District 20B as authorized by Section 1 of this act. The successor to that judge shall be elected in the 2006 general election to serve an eight‑year term.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one hundred twenty‑six thousand two hundred thirty‑four dollars ($126,234) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred forty‑nine thousand five hundred sixty‑seven dollars ($149,567) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to establish the additional superior court judge provided for in this act.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2005, or 15 days after the date upon which Section 1 of this act is approved under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, whichever is later.