NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 1238

SENATE BILL 996

AN ACT TO DIVIDE THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, AND TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND DISTRICT COURT JUDGE AS REQUIRED THEREBY AND TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-41 is amended in the Table, effective January 1, 1979, by deleting the reference to the Nineteenth Judicial District therein, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

                                                                                           No. of                  No. of Full-Time

            "Judicial                                                                 Resident                    Asst. District

             District                 Counties                                     Judges                        Attorneys

               19A                   Cabarrus, Rowan                           2                                  4

               19B                   Montgomery, Randolph                  1                                  3"

Sec. 2.  G.S. 7A-60(b) is amended by adding the following paragraph at the end:

"Effective January 1, 1979, the Nineteenth Prosecutorial District is divided into two Prosecutorial Districts, to be known as Prosecutorial Districts 19A and 19B. District 19A shall consist of Cabarrus and Rowan Counties, and District 19B shall consist of Montgomery and Randolph Counties. The current District Attorney of the Nineteenth Prosecutorial District shall become the District Attorney for Prosecutorial District 19A, and the Governor shall appoint a District Attorney for Prosecutorial District 19B. The appointee shall serve until January 1, 1981, and his successor shall be chosen in the general election of November 1980, to serve a four-year term beginning January 1, 1981."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 7A-133 is amended in the Table, effective January 1, 1979, by deleting the references to the Nineteenth District under the columns headed "District", "Judges", and "County", and inserting in lieu thereof:

"District                              Judges                         County

                 19A                                  4                              Cabarrus

Rowan

                 19B                                   2                              Montgomery

Randolph"

Sec. 4.  The additional district court judge authorized by this act for District 19B shall be appointed by the Governor to serve until the first Monday in December 1980. The appointee's successor shall be chosen in the general election of November 1980 to serve a four‑year term beginning the first Monday in December 1980.

Sec. 4.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of eighty-three thousand four hundred ten dollars ($83,410) for the 1978‑79 fiscal year to provide additional judicial employees in Judicial District 19B.

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1978.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1978.