House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition:

Amends the long title.

Enacts new GS 7A-45.6. Directs the Chief Justice, after consultation with the Chief Judge of the NC Business Court, to nominate an attorney who meets four listed experience and education qualifications to serve as an emergency special superior court judge to direct International Judicial Programs for jurists, arbitrators, mediators, and judicial system professionals from around the world. Directs the Governor to appoint the nominee to be an emergency special superior court judge if the Governor is satisfied that the nominee meets the qualifications and is physically and mentally able to perform the duties of a superior court judge, within 14 days of nomination. Authorizes the appointed judge to practice law, except that the appointed judge may not appear as an attorney of record before the superior court division of the General Court of Justice. The appointed judge holds office until the retirement age for judges, but the judge is not a state employee solely by virtue of this appointment, nor is the judge eligible for retirement under the Consolidated Judicial Retirement Fund. Authorizes the judge to concurrently hold one other appointed office, place of trust or profit, in state, local, or federal government. Provides for the judge's expenses and travel.

Directs the Chief Justice to submit the nomination within 30 days of the act becoming law.