Bill Text: NC S1340 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Divide Prosecutorial District 13

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-24 - Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget [S1340 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2010-S1340-Amended.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

S                                                                                                                                                     1

SENATE BILL 1340

 

 

Short Title:        Divide Prosecutorial District 13.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Senator Soles.

Referred to:

Appropriations/Base Budget.

May 24, 2010

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to appropriate funds to divide prosecutorial district 13 into districts 13A and 13B.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  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                                                                                       11

3B                             Carteret, Craven, Pamlico                                                     12

4                               Duplin, Jones, Onslow,                                                         18

                                 Sampson

5                               New Hanover, Pender                                                          18

6A                            Halifax                                                                                    5

6B                             Bertie, Hertford,                                                                     6

                                 Northampton

7                               Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson                                                    19

8                               Greene, Lenoir, Wayne                                                         14

9                               Franklin, Granville,                                                                12

                                 Vance, Warren

9A                            Person, Caswell                                                                      6

10                             Wake                                                                                   42

11A                          Harnett, Lee                                                                           9

11B                           Johnston                                                                               10

12                             Cumberland                                                                          23

13                             Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus                                              13

13A                          Bladen, Columbus                                                                  8

13B                           Brunswick                                                                              6

14                             Durham                                                                                18

15A                          Alamance                                                                             11

15B                           Orange, Chatham                                                                 10

16A                          Scotland, Hoke                                                                      7

16B                           Robeson                                                                               13

17A                          Rockingham                                                                           7

17B                           Stokes, Surry                                                                         8

18                             Guilford                                                                                32

19A                          Cabarrus                                                                                9

19B                           Montgomery, Randolph                                                        10

19C                          Rowan                                                                                   8

19D                          Moore                                                                                    5

20A                          Anson, Richmond,                                                                12

                                 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                                                    19

26                             Mecklenburg                                                                        58

27A                          Gaston                                                                                 15

27B                           Cleveland,                                                                            11

                                 Lincoln

28                             Buncombe                                                                            14

29A                          McDowell, Rutherford                                                            7

29B                           Henderson, Polk, Transylvania                                                8

30                             Cherokee, Clay, Graham,                                                     11

                                 Haywood, Jackson, Macon,

                                 Swain."

SECTION 2.  The district attorney position established for District 13A by Section 1 of this act shall be filled by the district attorney elected to serve District 13 in the November 2010 election, if that district attorney resides in Bladen or Columbus County. If the district attorney elected to serve District 13 in the November 2010 election does not reside in Bladen or Columbus County, the district attorney position established for District 13A shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the remainder of the term expiring January 1, 2012. The Governor is encouraged to appoint a person who is not a member of the same political party as that of the district attorney elected to serve District 13 in the November 2010 election.

SECTION 3.  The district attorney position established for District 13B by Section 1 of this act shall be filled by the district attorney elected to serve District 13 in the November 2010 election, if that district attorney resides in Brunswick County. If the district attorney elected to serve District 13 in the November 2010 election does not reside in Brunswick County, the district attorney position established for District 13B shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the remainder of the term expiring January 1, 2012. The Governor is encouraged to appoint a person who is not a member of the same political party as that of the district attorney elected to serve District 13 in the November 2010 election.

SECTION 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of two hundred forty‑eight thousand one hundred sixty‑four dollars ($248,164) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act.

SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective January 15, 2011, or the date of preclearance under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, whichever is later.

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