A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to modify superior court district 4.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑41 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A‑41.  Superior court divisions and districts; judges.
(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
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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	4	Duplin, Jones, Onslow,	1
	Sampson
			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
	Person, Vance, Warren
Third	10A	(part of Wake,	1
	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	Brunswick	1
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	Anson, Richmond,	2
	Scotland, Hoke
Fourth	16B	Robeson	2
Fifth	17A	Caswell, Rockingham	3
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
Fourth	19D	Moore	1
Sixth	20A	Stanly	1
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.
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(b1)	The qualified voters of District 4 shall elect all judges established for District 4 in subsection (a) of this section, but only persons who reside in Onslow County may be candidates for one of the judgeships and only persons who reside in Duplin, Jones, or Sampson County may be candidates for the remaining judgeship.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law, and elections in 2018 and thereafter shall be held accordingly.