A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ADD ONE superior COURT JUDGE TO DISTRICT 18B and to appropriate funds.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑41(a) reads as rewritten:
"(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,	2
	Onslow, Sampson
Second	5A	(part of New Hanover,	1
	Pender
	see subsection (b))	5
	5B	(part of New Hanover,	1
	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
First	9	Franklin, Granville,	2
	Person, Vance, Warren
Third	10A	(part of Wake,	1
	see subsection (b))
Third	10B	(part of Wake,	1
	see subsection (b))
Third	10C	(part of Wake,	1
	see subsection (b))
Third	10D	(part of Wake,	1
	see subsection (b))
Third	10E	(part of Wake,	1
	see subsection (b))
Third	10F	(part of Wake,	1
	see subsection (b))
Third	11A	Harnett,	1
	Lee
Third	11B	Johnston	1
Third	12A	(part of Cumberland,	1
	see subsection (b))
Third	12B	(part of Cumberland,	1
	see subsection (b))
Third	12C	(part of Cumberland,	2
	see subsection (b))
Second	 13A	Bladen, Columbus	1
Second	13B	Brunswick	1
First	 14A	(part of Durham,	1
	see subsection (b))
First	 14B	(part of Durham,	3
	see subsection (b))
Third	 15A	Alamance	2
Fourth	 15B	Orange, Chatham	2
Third	 16A	Anson, Richmond,	2
	Scotland
Second	 16B	Robeson	2
Fourth	 17A	Caswell, Rockingham	2
Fourth	 17B	Stokes, Surry	1
Fourth	 18A	(part of Guilford,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	 18B	(part of Guilford,	2
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	 18C	(part of Guilford,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	 18D	(part of Guilford,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	 18E	(part of Guilford,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	 19A	Cabarrus	1
Third	 19B	Randolph	2
Fourth	 19C	Rowan	1
Third	 19D	Hoke, Moore	2
Third	 20A	Montgomery, Stanly	2
Third	 20B	Union	2
Fourth	 21A	(part of Forsyth,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	 21B	(part of Forsyth,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	 21C	(part of Forsyth,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	21D	(part of Forsyth,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fourth	22A	Alexander, Iredell	2
Fourth	22B	Davidson, Davie	2
Fourth	23	Alleghany, Ashe,	1
	Wilkes, Yadkin
Fifth	24	Avery, Madison,	2
	Mitchell,
	Watauga, Yancey
Fifth	25A	Burke, Caldwell	2
Fifth	25B	Catawba	2
Fifth	26A	(part of Mecklenburg,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fifth	26B	(part of Mecklenburg,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fifth	26C	(part of Mecklenburg,	1
	see subsection (b))
	26D	(part of Mecklenburg,	1
	see subsection (b))
	26E	(part of Mecklenburg,	1
	see subsection (b))
	26F	(part of Mecklenburg,	1
	see subsection (b))
	26G	(part of Mecklenburg,	1
	see subsection (b))
	26H	(part of Mecklenburg,	1
	see subsection (b))
Fifth	27A	Gaston	2
Fifth	27B	Cleveland, Lincoln	2
Fifth	28	Buncombe	2
Fifth	29A	McDowell,	1
	Rutherford
Fifth	29B	Henderson, Polk,	1
	Transylvania
Fifth	30A	Cherokee, Clay,	1
	Graham, Macon,
	Swain
Fifth	30B	Haywood, Jackson	 1."
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Administrative Office of the Courts the sum of one hundred twenty thousand one hundred twenty‑seven dollars ($120,127) in fiscal year 2020‑2021 and two hundred twenty‑six thousand six hundred ninety‑five dollars ($226,695) in fiscal year 2021‑2022.
SECTION 3.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2021, and elections conducted in 2020 shall be conducted in accordance with the judgeship created in Section 1. The remainder of this act is effective July 1, 2020.