GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

S                                                                                                                                                    D

SENATE BILL DRS45224-MS-78A   (03/01)

 

 

 

Short Title:      Subdivide Mecklenburg County District Courts.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Senators Tarte and Bishop (Primary Sponsors).

Referred to:

 

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to subdivide mecklenburg county district courts to mirror the superior court districts.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑133 reads as rewritten:

"§ 7A‑133.  Numbers of judges by districts; numbers of magistrates and additional seats of court, by counties.

(a)        Each district court district shall have the numbers of judges as set forth in the following table:

District                              Judges                                                 County

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1                                      5                                                      Camden

                                                                                                Chowan

                                                                                                Currituck

                                                                                                Dare

                                                                                                Gates

                                                                                                Pasquotank

                                                                                                Perquimans

2                                      4                                                      Martin

                                                                                                Beaufort

                                                                                                Tyrrell

                                                                                                Hyde

                                                                                                Washington

3A                                   5                                                      Pitt

3B                                   6                                                      Craven

                                                                                                Pamlico

                                                                                                Carteret

4                                      8                                                      Sampson

                                                                                                Duplin

                                                                                                Jones

                                                                                                Onslow

5                                      9                                                      New Hanover

                                                                                                Pender

6                                      4                                                      Northampton

                                                                                                Bertie

                                                                                                Hertford

                                                                                                Halifax

7                                      7                                                      Nash

                                                                                                Edgecombe

                                                                                                Wilson

8                                      6                                                      Wayne

                                                                                                Greene

                                                                                                Lenoir

9                                      4                                                      Granville

                                                                                                (part of Vance

                                                                                                see subsection (b))

                                                                                                Franklin

9A                                   2                                                      Person

                                                                                                Caswell

9B                                   2                                                      Warren

                                                                                                (part of Vance

                                                                                                see subsection (b))

10                                  19                                                      Wake

11                                  11                                                      Harnett

                                                                                                Johnston

                                                                                                Lee

12                                  10                                                      Cumberland

13                                    6                                                      Bladen

                                                                                                Brunswick

                                                                                                Columbus

14                                    7                                                      Durham

15A                                 4                                                      Alamance

15B                                 5                                                      Orange

                                                                                                Chatham

16A                                 6                                                      Scotland

                                                                                                Hoke

                                                                                                Anson

                                                                                                Richmond

16B                                 5                                                      Robeson

17A                                 3                                                      Rockingham

17B                                 4                                                      Stokes

                                                                                                Surry

18                                  14                                                      Guilford

19A                                 5                                                      Cabarrus

19B                                 7                                                      Montgomery

                                                                                                Moore

                                                                                                Randolph

19C                                 5                                                      Rowan

20A                                 2                                                      Stanly

20B                                 1                                                      (part of Union

                                                                                                see subsection (b))

20C                                 2                                                      (part of Union

                                                                                                see subsection (b))

20D                                 1                                                      Union

21                                  11                                                      Forsyth

22A                                 5                                                      Alexander

                                                                                                Iredell

22B                                 6                                                      Davidson

                                                                                                Davie

23                                    4                                                      Alleghany

                                                                                                Ashe

                                                                                                Wilkes

                                                                                                Yadkin

24                                    4                                                      Avery

                                                                                                Madison

                                                                                                Mitchell

                                                                                                Watauga

                                                                                                Yancey

25                                    9                                                      Burke

                                                                                                Caldwell

                                                                                                Catawba

2626A                         217                                                      part of Mecklenburg

26B                                 7                                                      part of Mecklenburg

26C                                 7                                                      part of Mecklenburg

27A                                 7                                                      Gaston

27B                                 6                                                      Cleveland

                                                                                                Lincoln

28                                    7                                                      Buncombe

29A                                 3                                                      McDowell

                                                                                                Rutherford

29B                                 4                                                      Henderson

                                                                                                Polk

                                                                                                Transylvania

30                                    6                                                      Cherokee

                                                                                                Clay

                                                                                                Graham

                                                                                                Haywood

                                                                                                Jackson

                                                                                                Macon

                                                                                                Swain.

(b)        For district court districts of less than a whole county, or with part or all of one county with part of another, the composition of the district is as follows:

(1)        District Court District 9 consists of Franklin and Granville Counties and the remainder of Vance County not in District Court District 9B.

(2)        District Court District 9B consists of Warren County and East Henderson I, North Henderson I, North Henderson II, Middleburg, Townsville, and Williamsboro Precincts of Vance County.

(3)        District Court District 20C consists of the remainder of Union County not in District Court District 20B.

(4)        District Court District 20B consists of Precinct 01: Tract 204.01: Block Group 2: Block 2040, Block 2057, Block 2058, Block 2060, Block 2061, Block 2062, Block 2064, Block 2065; Tract 204.02: Block Group 2: Block 2001, Block 2002, Block 2003, Block 2004, Block 2005, Block 2006, Block 2007, Block 2008, Block 2009, Block 2010, Block 2011, Block 2012, Block 2013, Block 2014, Block 2015, Block 2016, Block 2017, Block 2018, Block 2023, Block 2024, Block 2025, Block 2026, Block 2027, Block 2028, Block 2029, Block 2030, Block 2031, Block 2032, Block 2033, Block 2034; Block Group 3: Block 3000, Block 3003, Block 3004, Block 3005, Block 3006, Block 3007, Block 3008, Block 3009, Block 3010, Block 3011, Block 3012, Block 3013, Block 3014, Block 3015, Block 3016, Block 3017, Block 3018, Block 3019, Block 3020, Block 3021, Block 3022, Block 3023, Block 3024, Block 3025, Block 3026, Block 3027, Block 3028, Block 3029, Block 3030, Block 3031, Block 3032, Block 3033, Block 3034, Block 30 35, Block 3036, Block 3037, Block 3038, Block 3039, Block 3040, Block 3041, Block 3042, Block 3043, Block 3044, Block 3045, Block 3046, Block 3047; Block Group 4: Block 4035, Block 4054, Block 4055; Precinct 02: Tract 205: Block Group 1: Block 1000, Block 1001, Block 1002, Block 1003, Block 1004, Block 1005, Block 1006, Block 1007, Block 1009, Block 1010, Block 1011, Block 1012, Block 1013, Block 1014, Block 1015, Block 1016, Block 1017, Block 1018, Block 1019, Block 1020, Block 1021, Block 1022, Block 1023, Block 1037, Block 1038; Block Group 2: Block 2081, Block 2082, Block 2092, Block 2099, Block 2100, Block 2101, Block 2102; Tract 206: Block Group 3: Block 3036, Block 3038, Block 3039, Block 3040, Block 3048; Block Group 4: Block 4053; Precinct 03, Precinct 04, Precinct 06: Tract 202.02: Block Group 1: Block 1012, Block 1013, Block 1014, Block 1015, Block 1017, Block 1018, Block 1021, Block 1022, Block 1023; Tract 204.01: Block Group 2: Block 2000, Block 2001, Block 2002, Block 200 3, Block 2004, Block 2005, Block 2033, Block 2034, Block 2035, Block 2036, Block 2041, Block 2042, Block 2043, Block 2044, Block 2045, Block 2056, Block 2063, Block 2999; Precinct 08, Precinct 09, Precinct 10, Precinct 13, Precinct 23: Tract 206: Block Group 4: Block 4051; Precinct 25: Tract 206: Block Group 4: Block 4036; Precinct 34, Precinct 36, Precinct 43 of Union County.

(5)        District Court District 26A consists of the composition listed in G.S. 7A‑41(b) (26).

(6)        District Court District 26B consists of the composition listed in G.S. 7A‑41(b) (27).

(7)        District Court District 26C consists of the composition listed in G.S. 7A‑41(b)(28).

Precinct boundaries as used in this section for Vance County are those shown on maps on file with the Legislative Services Office on May 1, 1991, for Union County, are those shown on the Legislative Services Office's redistricting computer database on January 1, 2005; and for other counties are those reported by the United States Bureau of the Census under Public Law 94‑171 for the 1990 Census in the IVTD Version of the TIGER files.

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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2018.