A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE of the courts to develop a case management system for civil cases in superior court, As recommended by the Legislative Research Commission's Committee on Judicial Efficiency and Effective Administration of Justice.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Administrative Office of the Courts shall study and develop a case management system for civil cases in superior court designed to make more efficient use of superior court time and resources, including a more flexible designation of mixed sessions. The study shall consider a system that would allow exceptional cases to be assigned to a superior court judge to oversee the case, including scheduling of pretrial hearings, motions hearings, and trial of the case. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall report on the study and the system developed as a result of the study to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety by March 1, 2015.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2014.