A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for an additional district court judge for district court district 10 and to appropriate funds for an additional assistant district attorney for prosecutorial district 10.
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
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1	5	Camden
		Chowan
		Currituck
		Dare
		Gates
		Pasquotank
		Perquimans
2	4	Martin
		Beaufort
		Tyrrell
		Hyde
		Washington
3A	5	Pitt
3B	6	Craven
		Pamlico
		Carteret
4	8	Sampson
		Duplin
		Jones
		Onslow
5	9	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	20	Wake
11	11	Harnett
		Johnston
		Lee
12	10	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	14	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))
20D	1	Union
21	10	Forsyth
22A	5	Alexander
		Iredell
22B	6	Davidson
		Davie
23	4	Alleghany
		Ashe
		Wilkes
		Yadkin
24	4	Avery
		Madison
		Mitchell
		Watauga
		Yancey
25	9	Burke
		Caldwell
		Catawba
26	21	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.  The Governor shall appoint the additional district court judge for District 10 authorized by this act, and that judge's successor shall be elected in the 2014 election for a four‑year term commencing January 1, 2015.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one hundred fifty‑nine thousand three hundred ninety‑four dollars ($159,394) for the 2013‑2014 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred fifty‑nine thousand three hundred ninety‑four dollars ($159,394) for the 2014‑2015 fiscal year to fund the additional district court judgeship authorized by this act.
SECTION 4.  The Chief District Court Judge in District 10 should use the additional district court judge authorized by this act to address driving while impaired offenses in the District to the fullest extent possible.
SECTION 5.  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,	8
Tyrrell, Washington
3A	Pitt	11
3B	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	12
4	Duplin, Jones, Onslow,	18
Sampson
5	New Hanover, Pender	18
6A	Halifax	5
6B	Bertie, Hertford,	5
Northampton
7	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	18
8	Greene, Lenoir, Wayne	14
9	Franklin, Granville,	10
	Vance, Warren	
9A	Person, Caswell	6
10	Wake	42
11A	Harnett, Lee	9
11B	Johnston	10
12	Cumberland	23
13	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	13
14	Durham	18
15A	Alamance	11
15B	Orange, Chatham	10
16A	Scotland, Hoke	7
16B	Robeson	12
17A	Rockingham	7
17B	Stokes, Surry	8
18	Guilford	32
19A	Cabarrus	9
19B	Montgomery, Randolph	9
19C	Rowan	8
19D	Moore	5
20A	Anson, Richmond,	11
	Stanly
20B	Union	10
21	Forsyth	25
22A	Alexander, Iredell	11
22B	Davidson, Davie	11
23	Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes,	8
	Yadkin
24	Avery, Madison, Mitchell,	7
	Watauga, Yancey
25	Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	18
26	Mecklenburg	58
27A	Gaston	14
27B	Cleveland,	11
	Lincoln
28	Buncombe	14
29A	McDowell, Rutherford	7
29B	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	8
30	Cherokee, Clay, Graham,	10
	Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
	Swain."
SECTION 6.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of fifty‑seven thousand thirty dollars ($57,030) for the 2013‑2014 fiscal year and the sum of fifty‑seven thousand thirty dollars ($57,030) for the 2014‑2015 fiscal year to establish the additional assistant district attorney authorized by this act.
SECTION 7.  The District Attorney in District 10 should use the additional assistant district attorney authorized by this act to address driving while impaired offenses in the District to the fullest extent possible.
SECTION 8.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2013.