A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to numerically realign prosecutorial districts with superior and district court districts.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  Effective October 1, 2019, 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	12
	3B	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	13
	4	Duplin, Jones, Onslow,	19
Sampson
	5	New Hanover, Pender	19
	6	Bertie, Halifax, Hertford,	11
Northampton
	7	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	19
	8	Greene, Lenoir, Wayne	14
	10	Wake	42
	9	Franklin, Granville, Person	15
Vance, Warren
	11A	Harnett, Lee	11
	11B	Johnston	10
	12	Cumberland	25
	13	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	14
	14	Durham	18
	15A	Alamance	12
	15B	Orange, Chatham	10
	31	Scotland, Hoke	10
	16B	Robeson	12
	16A	Anson, Richmond	6
	17A	Caswell, Rockingham	8
	17B	Stokes, Surry	8
	18	Guilford	34
	19A	Cabarrus	9
	26	Mecklenburg	58
	19C	Rowan	9
	20A	Montgomery, Stanly	6
	19D	Moore	5
	20B	Union	11
	21	Forsyth	27
	22A	Alexander, Iredell	12
	22B	Davidson, Davie	12
	23	Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes,	9
Yadkin
	24	Avery, Madison, Mitchell,	8
Watauga, Yancey
	25	Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	19
	19B	Randolph	10
	27A	Gaston	15
	27B	Cleveland,	12
Lincoln
	28	Buncombe	14
	29A	McDowell, Rutherford	8
	29B	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	9
	30	Cherokee, Clay, Graham,	12
Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
Swain."
SECTION 1.(b)  The Revisor of Statutes is authorized to reorder this list in numerical order according to the prosecutorial district numbers.
SECTION 2.  Effective January 1, 2023, G.S. 7A‑60(a1), as amended by Section 1 of this act, 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	12
	3B	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	13
	4	Duplin, Jones, Onslow,	19
Sampson
	5	New Hanover, Pender	19
	6	Bertie, Halifax, Hertford,	11
Northampton
	7	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	19
	8	Greene, Lenoir, Wayne	14
	9	Franklin, Granville, Person	15
Vance, Warren
	10	Wake	42
	11A	Harnett, Lee	11
	11B	Johnston	10
	12	Cumberland	25
	13	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	14
	14	Durham	18
	15A	Alamance	12
	15B	Orange, Chatham	10
	16A	Anson, Richmond, Scotland	9
	16B	Robeson	12
	17A	Caswell, Rockingham	8
	17B	Stokes, Surry	8
	18	Guilford	34
	19A	Cabarrus	9
	19B	Randolph	10
	19C	Rowan	9
	19D	Hoke, Moore	9
	20A	Montgomery, Stanly	6
	20B	Union	11
	21	Forsyth	27
	22A	Alexander, Iredell	12
	22B	Davidson, Davie	12
	23	Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes,	9
Yadkin
	24	Avery, Madison, Mitchell,	8
Watauga, Yancey
	25A	Burke, Caldwell	9
	25B	Catawba	10
	26	Mecklenburg	58
	27A	Gaston	15
	27B	Cleveland,	12
Lincoln
	28	Buncombe	14
	29A	McDowell, Rutherford	8
	29B	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	9
	30	Cherokee, Clay, Graham,	12
		Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain.
			"
SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided this act is effective when it becomes law.