A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to divide superior court district 13B into districts 13B and 13C.
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		1		(part of Brunswick,
		see subsection (b))
Fourth	13C	(part of Brunswick,	1
		see subsection (b))
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, Richmond,	2
		Stanley
Sixth	20B	Union	2
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.  G.S. 7A‑41(b) is amended by adding two new subdivisions to read:
"(29)	Superior Court District 13B consists of the Brunswick County precincts of Leland, Woodburn, Belville, Southport #1, Southport #2, Oak Island #1, Oak Island #2, Oak Island #3, Mosquito, Bolivia, Secession #1, and Boiling Springs Lakes. It has one judge.
"(30)	Superior Court District 13C consists of the Brunswick County precincts of Hood Creek, Town Creek, Supply, Secession #2, Shallotte, Frying Pan, Grissettown, Shingletree #1, Shingletree #2, Waccamaw, and Longwood. It has one judge."
SECTION 3.(a)  The superior court judgeship established by Section 1 of this act for District 13B shall be filled by the superior court judge from current District 13B who resides in that portion of Brunswick County established as the new District 13B under G.S. 7A‑41(b) as amended by Section 2 of this act. That judge's successor shall be elected in the 2018 general election.
SECTION 3.(b)  The superior court judgeship established by Section 1 of this act for District 13C shall be filled by appointment of the Governor to serve a term expiring December 31, 2012. That judge's successor shall be elected in the 2012 general election.
SECTION 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one hundred twenty‑four thousand four hundred twenty‑one dollars ($124,421) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act.
SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective January 15, 2011.