GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1995 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 51

HOUSE BILL 527

 

AN ACT TO DIVIDE SUPERIOR COURT DISTRICT 11 INTO DISTRICTS 11A AND 11B.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-41(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)      The counties of the State are organized into judicial divisions and superior court districts, and each superior court district has the counties, and the number of regular resident superior court judges set forth in the following table, and for districts of less than a whole county, as set out in subsection (b) of this section:

                          Superior

Judicial             Court                                                                        No. of Resident

Division            District             Counties                                              Judges

 

First                   1                        Camden, Chowan,                                2

Currituck,

Dare, Gates,

Pasquotank,

Perquimans

2                        Beaufort, Hyde,                                   1

Martin,

Tyrrell, Washington

3A                     Pitt                                                        2

3B                     Carteret, Craven,                                 2

Pamlico

4A                     Duplin, Jones,                                      1

Sampson

4B                     Onslow                                                 1

5                        New Hanover,                                      3

                          Pender

6A                     Halifax                                                  1

6B                     Bertie, Hertford,                                 1

                          Northampton

7A                     Nash                                                      1

7B                     (part of Wilson,                                   1

part of Edgecombe,

see subsection (b))

7C                     (part of Wilson,                                   1

part of Edgecombe,

see subsection (b))

8A                     Lenoir and Greene                              1

8B                     Wayne                                                  1

Second              9                        Franklin, Granville,                             2

                          Vance, Warren

9A                     Person, Caswell                                   1

10A                   (part of Wake,                                      2

see subsection (b))

10B                   (part of Wake,                                      2

                          see subsection (b))

10C                   (part of Wake,                                      1

                          see subsection (b))

10D                   (part of Wake,                                      1

                          see subsection (b))

1111A               Harnett, Johnston,                               2 1

                          Lee

11B                   Johnston                                               1

12A                   (part of Cumberland,                           1

                          see subsection (b))

12B                   (part of Cumberland,                           1

                          see subsection (b))

12C                   (part of Cumberland,                           2

                          see subsection (b))

13                      Bladen, Brunswick,                             2

                          Columbus

14A                   (part of Durham,                                  1

                          see subsection (b))

14B                   (part of Durham,                                  3

                          see subsection (b))

15A                   Alamance                                             2

15B                   Orange, Chatham                                 1

16A                   Scotland, Hoke                                    1

16B                   Robeson                                               2

Third                  17A                   Rockingham                                         2

17B                   Stokes, Surry                                       2

18A                   (part of Guilford,                                 1

                          see subsection (b))

18B                   (part of Guilford,                                 1

                          see subsection (b))

18C                   (part of Guilford,                                 1

                          see subsection (b))

18D                   (part of Guilford,                                 1

                          see subsection (b))

18E                   (part of Guilford,                                 1

                          see subsection (b))

19A                   Cabarrus                                               1

19B                   Montgomery,                                       1

                          Randolph

19C                   Rowan                                                   1

20A                   Anson, Moore,                                     2

                          Richmond

20B                   Stanly, Union                                       2

21A                   (part of Forsyth,                                  1

see subsection (b))

21B                   (part of Forsyth,                                  1

                          see subsection (b))

21C                   (part of Forsyth,                                  1

                          see subsection (b))

21D                   (part of Forsyth,                                  1

                          see subsection (b))

22                      Alexander, Davidson,                          2

                          Davie, Iredell

23                      Alleghany, Ashe,                                  1

Wilkes, Yadkin

Fourth               24                      Avery, Madison,                                  1

Mitchell,

Watauga, Yancey

25A                   Burke, Caldwell                                   2

25B                   Catawba                                                2

26A                   (part of Mecklenburg,                         2

                          see subsection (b))

26B                   (part of Mecklenburg,                         2

see subsection (b))

26C                   (part of Mecklenburg,                         2

see subsection (b))

27A                   Gaston                                                  2

27B                   Cleveland, Lincoln                              2

28                      Buncombe                                            2

29                      Henderson,                                           2

McDowell, Polk,

Rutherford,

Transylvania

30A                   Cherokee, Clay,                                   1

Graham, Macon,

Swain

30B                   Haywood, Jackson                               1."

Sec. 2.(a)  The superior court judgeship allocated to new District 11A in Section 1 of this act shall be filled by the superior court judge from current District 11 who resides in Harnett County.  The term of that judge expires December 31, 1998.  That judge's successor shall be elected in the 1998 general election.

(b)       The superior court judgeship allocated to new District 11B in Section 1 of this act shall be filled by the superior court judge from current District 11 who resides in Johnston County.  The term of that judge expires December 31, 1998.  That judge's successor shall be elected in the 1998 general election.

Sec. 3.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective October 1, 1995, or the date upon which those sections are approved under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, whichever is later.  The remainder of this act becomes effective October 1, 1995.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of April, 1995.

 

 

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Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

 

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Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives