A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish a stanly county residency requirement for Two district court seats in judicial district 20a.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑133(b6) reads as rewritten:
"(b6)	(Effective January 1, 2021, with elections in 2020 to be held accordingly) The qualified voters of District 20A shall elect all judges established for District 20A in subsection (a) of this section, but only persons who reside in Montgomery County may be candidates for one of the judgeships, and only persons who reside in Stanly County may be candidates for the remaining judgeships."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2023, and elections held in 2022 shall be held accordingly.