A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for an additional district court judge for district court district 3A, an additional assistant district attorney and two additional victim witness assistants for prosecutorial district 8, and to establish a family court pilot program in district court district 3A.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  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:

	District	Judges	County
	1	5	Camden
		Chowan
		Currituck
		Dare
		Gates
		Pasquotank
		Perquimans
	2	4	Martin
		Beaufort
		Tyrrell
		Hyde
		Washington
	3A	 6	Pitt
	3B	6	Craven
		Pamlico
		Carteret
	4	8	Sampson
		Duplin
		Jones
		Onslow
	5	8	New Hanover
		Pender
	6A	3	Halifax
	6B	3	Northampton
		Bertie
		Hertford
	7	7	Nash
		Edgecombe
		Wilson
	8	6	Wayne
		Greene
		Lenoir
	9	4	Granville
		(part of Vance
		see subsection (b))
		Franklin
	9A	2	Person
		Caswell
	9B	2	Warren
		(part of Vance
		see subsection (b))
	10	16	Wake
	11	9	Harnett
		Johnston
		Lee
	12	9	Cumberland
	13	6	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	13	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))
	21	9	Forsyth
	22	9	Alexander
		Davidson
		Davie
		Iredell
	23	4	Alleghany
		Ashe
		Wilkes
		Yadkin
	24	4	Avery
		Madison
		Mitchell
		Watauga
		Yancey
	25	9	Burke
		Caldwell
		Catawba
	26	18	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 2.  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,	11
		Dare, Gates, Pasquotank,
		Perquimans
	2	Beaufort, Hyde, Martin,	7
		Tyrrell, Washington
	3A	Pitt	11
	3B	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	11
	4	Duplin, Jones, Onslow,	16
		Sampson
	5	New Hanover, Pender	16
	6A	Halifax	5
	6B	Bertie, Hertford,	5
		Northampton
	7	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	18
	8	Greene, Lenoir, Wayne	 14	9	Franklin, Granville,	12
		Vance, Warren	
	9A	Person, Caswell	5
	10	Wake	38
	11	Harnett, Johnston, Lee	16
	12	Cumberland	21
	13	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	12
	14	Durham	15
	15A	Alamance	10
	15B	Orange, Chatham	9
	16A	Scotland, Hoke	6
	16B	Robeson	13
	17A	Rockingham	6
	17B	Stokes, Surry	7
	18	Guilford	30
	19A	Cabarrus	8
	19B	Montgomery, Randolph	8
	19C	Rowan	7
	19D	Moore	4
	20A	Anson, Richmond,	10
		Stanly
	20B	Union	8
	21	Forsyth	20
	22	Alexander, Davidson, Davie,	20
		Iredell 
	23	Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes,	7
		Yadkin 
	24	Avery, Madison, Mitchell,	6
		Watauga, Yancey
	25	Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	18
	26	Mecklenburg	49
	27A	Gaston	14
	27B	Cleveland,	10
		Lincoln
	28	Buncombe	13
	29A	McDowell, Rutherford	6
	29B	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	7
	30	Cherokee, Clay, Graham,	11
		Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
		Swain."
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of three hundred sixty‑two thousand two hundred thirty‑three dollars ($362,233) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of three hundred twenty‑eight thousand nine hundred seventy‑two dollars ($328,972) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to fund the additional district court judge authorized for District Court District 3A by this act, the additional assistant district attorney authorized for Prosecutorial District 8 by this act, and two victim witness legal assistants for Prosecutorial District 8.
SECTION 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of two hundred eighty‑four thousand one hundred twenty‑eight dollars ($284,128) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred sixty‑one thousand five hundred sixty‑eight dollars ($261,568) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to expand the family court pilot program established by Section 25 of S.L. 1998‑202 by establishing a program in District Court District 3A.
SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.