A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to provide an additional superior court judge for superior court district 20B sooner than currently authorized and to provide additional court personnel for district 20B.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  The introductory language to Section 14.2(e1) of S.L. 2005‑276 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 14.2.(e1)  Effective January 1,  2009, G.S. 7A‑41(a), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, reads as rewritten:".
SECTION 1.(b)  Section 14.2(e2) of S.L. 2005‑276 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 14.2.(e2)  The superior court judgeship established for District 20B by subsection (e1) of this section effective January 1,  2009, shall be filled by election in the  2008 general election. No election shall be held in 2006 for the seat of the judge currently serving District 20B and residing in Union County, and that judge shall serve until a successor is elected in the  2008 general election, in order to provide for unstaggered terms for multiple judgeships in the same district."
SECTION 1.(c)  Section 14.2(q) of S.L. 2005‑276 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 14.2.(q)  With respect to the realignment of Superior Court Districts 20A and 20B, subsections (a) through (e) of this section become effective December 1, 2005, or the date upon which subsection (a) of this section is approved under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, whichever is later. With respect to the addition of a judge in Superior Court District 20B, subsections (e1) and (e2) of this section become effective January 1,  2009, or the date upon which subsection (e1) of this section is approved under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, whichever is later. With respect to the division of Superior Court District 29, subsections (a) through (e) of this section become effective December 1, 2005. With respect to the division of District Court District 20, subsections (f) through (k) of this section become effective December 1, 2005, or the date upon which subsection (f) of this section is approved under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, whichever is later. With respect to the division of District Court District 29, subsections (f) through (k) of this section become effective December 1, 2005. With respect to the division of Prosecutorial District 20, subsections (l) through (p) of this section become effective January 1, 2007, or the date upon which subsection (l) of this section is approved under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, whichever is later, but the district attorneys for Prosecutorial Districts 20A and 20B shall be elected in the 2006 general election. With respect to the division of Prosecutorial District 29, subsections (l) through (p) of this section become effective January 1, 2007, but the district attorneys for Prosecutorial Districts 29A and 29B shall be elected in the 2006 general election."
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	13
	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	 11
	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 five hundred ninety thousand one hundred ninety-three dollars ($590,193) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of seven hundred fourteen thousand eighty‑four dollars ($714,084) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to fund (i) the additional superior court judge authorized for Superior Court District 20B effective January 1, 2009, by Section 1 of this act, (ii) one additional deputy clerk effective January 1, 2009, (iii) one additional court reporter effective January 1, 2009, (iv) the three additional assistant district attorney positions authorized for Prosecutorial District 20B by Section 2 of this act, (v) three additional victim witness legal assistants for District 20B, and (vi) three additional magistrates to serve Union County.
SECTION 4.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2009, but applies to the 2008 election as provided in the terms of that section. The remainder of this act becomes effective July 1, 2007.