A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for a minimum number of employees in each clerk of court's office, as recommended by the conference of clerks of superior court.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑102(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The numbers and salaries of assistant clerks, deputy clerks, and other employees in the office of each clerk of superior court shall be determined by the Administrative Officer of the Courts after consultation with the clerk concerned, but every clerk's office shall have a minimum of five employees in addition to the clerk. All personnel in the clerk's office are employees of the State. The clerk appoints the assistants, deputies, and other employees in the clerk's office to serve at his or her pleasure. Assistant and deputy clerks shall take the oath of office prescribed for clerks of superior court, conformed to the office of assistant or deputy clerk, as the case may be. Except as provided by subsection (c2) of this section, the job classifications and related salaries of each employee within the office of each superior court clerk shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Officer of the Courts after consultation with each clerk concerned and shall be subject to the availability of funds appropriated for that purpose by the General Assembly."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.