A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to add an additional assistant district attorney to prosecutorial district NINE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑60 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A‑60.  District attorneys and prosecutorial districts.
(a)	The State shall be divided into prosecutorial districts, as shown in subsection (a1) of this section. There shall be a district attorney for each prosecutorial district, as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section who shall be a resident of the prosecutorial district for which elected. A vacancy in the office of district attorney shall be filled as provided in Article IV, Sec. 19 of the Constitution.
(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
6	Bertie, Halifax, Hertford,	10
Northampton
7	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	18
8	Greene, Lenoir, Wayne	14
9	Franklin, Granville,	11
	Vance, Warren	
9A	Person, Caswell	6
10	Wake	41
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
16C	Anson, Richmond	6
17A	Rockingham	7
17B	Stokes, Surry	8
18	Guilford	32
19A	Cabarrus	9
19B	Montgomery, Randolph	9
19C	Rowan	8
19D	Moore	5
20A		5
	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 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2017.