GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-175
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF APPOINTING THE PUBLIC DEFENDER IN DISTRICT 16B.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 7A-466(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e) In Defender District
16B, for each new term beginning on or after January 1, 1989, and to fill any
vacancy, the public defender for a defender district shall be appointed from a
list of not less than three names nominated by written ballot of the attorneys
resident in the defender district who are licensed to practice law in North
Carolina. The balloting shall be conducted pursuant to regulations promulgated
by the Administrative Office of the Courts. The appointment shall be made by
the senior resident superior court judge of Superior Court District 16B
other than the senior resident superior court judge. 16B."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 1997.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 3:34 p.m. this 12th day of June, 1997