PERSON/CASWELL SUP/DST/DA CHANGES.

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 439 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 22, 2017
AN ACT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE PROSECUTORIAL DISTRICT IN PERSON AND CASWELL COUNTIES.
Intro. by Lewis, Stevens.

Status: Ref To Com On Judiciary III (House Action) (Mar 23 2017)

Bill History:

H 439

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 22 2017 - View Summary

    Amends GS 7A-41 (regarding superior courts) and GS 7A-133 (regarding district courts) to eliminate Superior Court District 9A and District Court District 9A, and to bring their territory into Superior Court District 17A and District Court District 17A, respectively, and to allocate the judges serving Superior Court District 9A and District Court District 9A to Superior Court District 17A, and District Court District 17A, respectively, raising the number of judges for Superior Court District 17A from 2 to 3, and for District Court District 17A from 3 to 5, effective January 1, 2019. Authorizes the term of the district court judge serving a term from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2018, in District Court District 9A, to continue until that time. Holds official acts by any district court judge serving District 9A to be valid, notwithstanding the fact that the judge may be beyond the mandatory retirement age, so long as they are performed on or before December 31, 2018.

    Amends the territory of District Court District 9B to include specified portions of Vance County, described in 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles.

    Amends GS 7A-60(a1) to decrease the number of full-time assistant district attorneys for prosecutorial district 9A from 6 to 5, and for prosecutorial district 17A from 7 to 6, and to increase the number of full-time assistant district attorneys for prosecutorial district 11A from 9 to 11, effective July 1, 2017. Further amends GS 7A-60 to eliminate prosecutorial district 9A, and to incorporate its territory into prosecutorial district 17A, and to raise the number of full-time assistant district attorneys for prosecutorial district 17A from 6 to 10, and for prosecutorial district 11A from 11 to 12, and to allocate the office and term of the district attorney for prosecutorial district 9A to prosecutorial district 17A, effective January 1, 2019.