GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 116
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE LENGTH OF CREDITABLE SERVICE REQUIRED OF EMERGENCY JUDGES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 7A-52(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Judges of the
district court and judges of the superior court who have not reached the
mandatory retirement age specified in G.S. 7A-4.20, but who have retired under
the provisions of G.S. 7A-51, or under the Uniform Judicial Retirement Act
after having completed eight five years of creditable service,
may apply as provided in G.S. 7A-53 to become emergency judges of the court
from which they retired. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may order any
emergency judge of the district or superior court who, in his opinion, is
competent to perform the duties of a judge of the court from which such judge
retired, to hold regular or special sessions of such court, as needed. Order of
assignment shall be in writing and entered upon the minutes of the court to
which such emergency judge is assigned."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of May, 1989.