Bill Text: NC S1340 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
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-Introduced.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
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SENATE DRS55574-LL-292A (05/12)
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Short Title: Divide Prosecutorial District 13. |
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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.
