A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for an additional Resident superior court judge for district 13B, an additional chief district court judge for district 13, five additional magistrates for brunswick county, and five additional probation officers to serve Brunswick county.
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
First	2	Beaufort, Hyde,	 1
Martin,
Tyrrell, Washington
First	3A	Pitt	 2
Second	3B	Carteret, Craven,	 3
Pamlico
Second	4A	Duplin, Jones,	 1
Sampson
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,	 1
		Lee
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	13A	Bladen, Columbus	 1
Fourth	13B	Brunswick	 2Third	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, Richmond,	 2
		Stanley
Sixth	20B	Union	 1
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	22A	Alexander, Iredell	 2
Sixth	22B	Davidson, Davie	 2
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	29A	McDowell,	 1
		Rutherford
Eighth	29B	Henderson, Polk,	 1
		Transylvania
Eighth	30A	Cherokee, Clay,	 1
		Graham, Macon,
		Swain
Eighth	30B	Haywood, Jackson	 1."
SECTION 2.  The Governor shall appoint the additional superior court judge authorized for District 13B by Section 1 of this act. That judge's successor shall be elected in the 2010 election for an eight‑year term expiring in 2018.
SECTION 3.  G.S. 7A‑133(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Each district court district shall have the numbers of judges as set forth in the following table:
	
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District 	Judges 	County
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1	5	Camden
		Chowan
		Currituck
		Dare
		Gates
		Pasquotank
		Perquimans
2	4	Martin
		Beaufort
		Tyrrell
		Hyde
		Washington
3A	5	Pitt
3B	6	Craven
		Pamlico
		Carteret
4	8	Sampson
		Duplin
		Jones
		Onslow
5	9	NewHanover
		Pender
6A	3	Halifax
6B	3	Northampton
		Bertie
		Hertford
7	7	Nash
		Edgecombe
		Wilson
8	6	Wayne
		Greene
		Lenoir
9	4	Granville
		(partofVance
		seesubsection(b))
		Franklin
9A	2	Person
		Caswell
9B	2	Warren
		(part of Vance see 
		subsection(b))
10	18	Wake
11	10	Harnett
		Johnston
		Lee
12	10	Cumberland
13	 7	Bladen
		Brunswick
		Columbus
14	7	Durham
15A	4	Alamance
15B	5	Orange
		Chatham
16A	3	Scotland
		Hoke
16B	5	Robeson
17A	3	Rockingham
17B	4	Stokes
		Surry
18	14	Guilford
19A	4	Cabarrus
19B	7	Montgomery
		Moore
		Randolph
19C	5	Rowan
20A	4	Stanly
		Anson
		Richmond
20B	1	(part of Union
		see subsection(b))
20C	2	(part of Union
		see subsection(b))
20D	1	Union
21	10	Forsyth
22A	5	Alexander
		Iredell
22B	6	Davidson
		Davie
23	4	Alleghany
		Ashe
		Wilkes
		Yadkin
24	4	Avery
		Madison
		Mitchell
		Watauga
		Yancey
25	9	Burke
		Caldwell
		Catawba
26	20	Mecklenburg
27A	7	Gaston
27B	5	Cleveland
		Lincoln
28	7	Buncombe
29A	3	McDowell
		Rutherford
29B	4	Henderson
		Polk
		Transylvania
30	6	Cherokee
		Clay
		Graham
		Haywood
		Jackson
		Macon
		Swain."
SECTION 4.  The Governor shall appoint the additional district court judge for District 13 authorized by this act, and that judge's successor shall be elected in the 2010 election for an four‑year term commencing January 1, 2011.
SECTION 5.  G.S. 7A‑133(b2) reads as rewritten:
"(b2)	The qualified voters of District Court District 13 shall elect all seven judges established for the District in subsection (a) of this section, but only persons who reside in Bladen County may be candidates for one of those judgeships, only persons who reside in Columbus County may be candidates for one of those judgeships, and only persons who reside in Brunswick County may be candidates for  three of those judgeships. The district court judgeship established for residents of Bladen County by this subsection shall be the judgeship currently held by Judge Phillips, who resides in Bladen County. The district court judgeship established for residents of Columbus County by this subsection shall be the judgeship currently held by Judge Jolly, who resides in Columbus County. The district court judgeships established for residents of Brunswick County by this subsection shall be the judgeships currently held by Judge Barefoot and Judge Warren, who reside in Brunswick  County, and the additional judgeship effective January 15, 2009. Those judges' successors shall be elected for four‑year terms in the 2008 general election. Candidates for the remaining judgeships in District 13 may be residents of any county within the district."
SECTION 6.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of six hundred forty‑seven thousand eight hundred ninety‑seven dollars ($647,897) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to establish the additional resident superior court judge established for District 13A in this act, the additional district court judge established for District 13B in this act, an additional judicial assistant position for Superior Court District 13B, and five new magistrate positions for Brunswick County.
SECTION 7.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of two hundred eighty‑one thousand seventy‑nine dollars ($281,079) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to establish five new probation officers to serve Bladen, Brunswick, and Columbus Counties. These funds shall be used to establish two new intake officer positions, two probation officer II positions, and one surveillance officer position.
SECTION 8.  Sections 1 through 4 become effective January 15, 2009. The remainder of this act becomes effective July 1, 2008.