Bill Text: NC S953 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Restore Method of Determining Sr. Res. Judge
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-31 - Held As Filed [S953 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2011-S953-Introduced.html
FILED SENATE May 30, 2012 S.B. 953 PRINCIPAL CLERK
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
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SENATE DRS85281-LL-42 (02/09)
Short Title: Restore Method of Determining Sr. Res. Judge. |
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Senator Meredith (Primary Sponsor). |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to restore the method for determining the senior resident superior court judge for a district so that the senior resident judge is the judge who has the most continuous service as a superior court judge.
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 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. 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."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law, but any senior resident superior court judge seated on that date who would not qualify to be senior resident under G.S. 7A‑41.1(b), as amended by this act, shall continue to serve as senior resident superior court judge until that judge vacates the seat.