Bill Text: NC H1398 | 2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Determining Senior Resident Sup Ct Judge
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-20 - Ch. SL 2010-105 [H1398 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2010-H1398-Chaptered.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2010-105
HOUSE BILL 1398
AN ACT to change the method for determining the senior resident superior court judge for a district.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 7A‑41.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) There shall be one and only one senior resident superior court judge for each district or set of districts as defined in subsection (a) of this section, who shall be:
(1) Where there is only one regular resident superior court judge for the district, that judge; and
(2) Where there are two or
more regular resident superior court judges for the district or set of
districts, the judge who, from among all the regular resident superior court
judges of the district or set of districts, has the most continuous service as
a regular resident superior court judge; provided if two or more judges are of
equal seniority, the oldest of those judges shall be the senior regular
resident superior court judge.the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall designate one of the judges as senior resident superior court judge to
serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the Chief Justice. In exercising the authority
to appoint senior resident superior court judges pursuant to this subdivision,
the Chief Judge shall consider the seniority, experience, and management
competence of the regular resident superior court judges. In addition, the Chief
Justice shall consult with the regular resident superior court judges, the chief
district court judges, the members of the district bar, the clerks of court,
district attorneys, and public defenders within the district."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2010, but each senior resident superior court judge seated on that date in a multi‑judge district shall continue to serve as senior resident superior court judge until that judge vacates the seat.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of July, 2010.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 3:15 p.m. this 20th day of July, 2010
