A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the administrative office of the courts to study the appointment and supervision of magistrates, 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 the current law for the appointment and supervision of magistrates. The study shall consider whether supervision of magistrates should be the responsibility of some person other than the chief district court judge and shall address whether any other changes should be made to the process for appointing and supervising magistrates. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall report the results of this 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.