H.B. 405
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Mar 24, 2021
SESSION 2021 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH10181-NDa-90
Short Title: Reorganize Judicial Districts 30/30A/30B. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Clampitt.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO DIVIDE DISTRICT COURT JUDICIAL DISTRICT 30 INTO DISTRICTS 30A
3 AND 30B, TO REALIGN SUPERIOR COURT JUDICIAL DISTRICTS 30A AND 30B,
4 AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS.
5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
6 SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 7A-41(a) reads as rewritten:
7 "(a) The counties of the State are organized into judicial divisions and superior court
8 districts, and each superior court district has the counties, and the number of regular resident
9 superior court judges set forth in the following table, and for districts of less than a whole county,
10 as set out in subsection (b) of this section:
11 Superior
12 Judicial Court No. of Resident
13 Division District Counties Judges
14 __________________________________________________________________________
15 First 1 Camden, Chowan, 2
16 Currituck,
17 Dare, Gates,
18 Pasquotank,
19 Perquimans
20 First 2 Beaufort, Hyde, 1
21 Martin,
22 Tyrrell, Washington
23 First 3A Pitt 2
24 Second 3B Carteret, Craven, 3
25 Pamlico
26 Second 4 Duplin, Jones, 2
27 Onslow, Sampson
28 Second 5A (part of New Hanover, 1
29 Pender
30 see subsection (b)) 5
31 5B (part of New Hanover, 1
32 see subsection (b))
33 5C (part of New Hanover, 1
34 see subsection (b))
35 First 6A Halifax 1
36 First 6B Bertie, Hertford, 1
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1 Northampton
2 First 7A Nash 1
3 First 7B (part of Wilson, 1
4 part of Edgecombe,
5 see subsection (b))
6 First 7C (part of Wilson, 1
7 part of Edgecombe,
8 see subsection (b))
9 Second 8A Lenoir and Greene 1
10 Second 8B Wayne 1
11 First 9 Franklin, Granville, 2
12 Person, Vance, Warren
13 Third 10A (part of Wake, 1
14 see subsection (b))
15 Third 10B (part of Wake, 1
16 see subsection (b))
17 Third 10C (part of Wake, 1
18 see subsection (b))
19 Third 10D (part of Wake, 1
20 see subsection (b))
21 Third 10E (part of Wake, 1
22 see subsection (b))
23 Third 10F (part of Wake, 1
24 see subsection (b))
25 Third 11A Harnett, 1
26 Lee
27 Third 11B Johnston 1
28 Third 12A (part of Cumberland, 1
29 see subsection (b))
30 Third 12B (part of Cumberland, 1
31 see subsection (b))
32 Third 12C (part of Cumberland, 2
33 see subsection (b))
34 Second 13A Bladen, Columbus 1
35 Second 13B Brunswick 1
36 First 14A (part of Durham, 1
37 see subsection (b))
38 First 14B (part of Durham, 3
39 see subsection (b))
40 Third 15A Alamance 2
41 Fourth 15B Orange, Chatham 2
42 Third 16A Anson, Richmond, 2
43 Scotland
44 Second 16B Robeson 2
45 Fourth 17A Caswell, Rockingham 2
46 Fourth 17B Stokes, Surry 1
47 Fourth 18A (part of Guilford, 1
48 see subsection (b))
49 Fourth 18B (part of Guilford, 1
50 see subsection (b))
51 Fourth 18C (part of Guilford, 1
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1 see subsection (b))
2 Fourth 18D (part of Guilford, 1
3 see subsection (b))
4 Fourth 18E (part of Guilford, 1
5 see subsection (b))
6 Fourth 19A Cabarrus 1
7 Third 19B Randolph 2
8 Fourth 19C Rowan 1
9 Third 19D Hoke, Moore 2
10 Third 20A Montgomery, Stanly 2
11 Third 20B Union 2
12 Fourth 21A (part of Forsyth, 1
13 see subsection (b))
14 Fourth 21B (part of Forsyth, 1
15 see subsection (b))
16 Fourth 21C (part of Forsyth, 1
17 see subsection (b))
18 Fourth 21D (part of Forsyth, 1
19 see subsection (b))
20 Fourth 22A Alexander, Iredell 2
21 Fourth 22B Davidson, Davie 2
22 Fourth 23 Alleghany, Ashe, 1
23 Wilkes, Yadkin
24 Fifth 24 Avery, Madison, 2
25 Mitchell,
26 Watauga, Yancey
27 Fifth 25A Burke, Caldwell 2
28 Fifth 25B Catawba 2
29 Fifth 26A (part of Mecklenburg, 1
30 see subsection (b))
31 Fifth 26B (part of Mecklenburg, 1
32 see subsection (b))
33 Fifth 26C (part of Mecklenburg, 1
34 see subsection (b))
35 26D (part of Mecklenburg, 1
36 see subsection (b))
37 26E (part of Mecklenburg, 1
38 see subsection (b))
39 26F (part of Mecklenburg, 1
40 see subsection (b))
41 26G (part of Mecklenburg, 1
42 see subsection (b))
43 26H (part of Mecklenburg, 1
44 see subsection (b))
45 Fifth 27A Gaston 2
46 Fifth 27B Cleveland, Lincoln 2
47 Fifth 28 Buncombe 2
48 Fifth 29A McDowell, 1
49 Rutherford
50 Fifth 29B Henderson, Polk, 1
51 Transylvania
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1 Fifth 30A Cherokee, Clay, 1
2 Graham, Macon,Macon
3 Swain
4 Fifth 30B Haywood, JacksonJackson, 1.1
5 Swain."
6 SECTION 1.(b) Upon realignment of Superior Court Districts 30A and 30B, the
7 existing superior court judicial assistants serving at the pleasure of the senior resident superior
8 court judge shall be reclassified as trial court administrators.
9 SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 7A-133(a) reads as rewritten:
10 "(a) Each district court district shall have the numbers of judges as set forth in the
11 following table:
12 District Judges County
13 1 5 Camden
14 Chowan
15 Currituck
16 Dare
17 Gates
18 Pasquotank
19 Perquimans
20 2 4 Martin
21 Beaufort
22 Tyrrell
23 Hyde
24 Washington
25 3A 6 Pitt
26 3B 6 Craven
27 Pamlico
28 Carteret
29 4 9 Sampson
30 Duplin
31 Jones
32 Onslow
33 5 9 New Hanover
34 Pender
35 6 4 Northampton
36 Bertie
37 Hertford
38 Halifax
39 7 7 Nash
40 Edgecombe
41 Wilson
42 8 6 Wayne
43 Greene
44 Lenoir
45 9 5 Granville
46 (part of Vance
47 see subsection
48 (b))
49 Franklin
50 Person
51 9B 2 Warren
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1 (part of Vance
2 see subsection (b))
3 10A 3 (part of Wake
4 see subsection (b))
5 10B 3 (part of Wake
6 see subsection (b))
7 10C 3 (part of Wake
8 see subsection (b))
9 10D 5 (part of Wake
10 see subsection (b))
11 10E 3 (part of Wake
12 see subsection (b))
13 10F 3 (part of Wake
14 see subsection (b))
15 11 11 Harnett
16 Johnston
17 Lee
18 12 10 Cumberland
19 13 6 Bladen
20 Brunswick
21 Columbus
22 14 7 Durham
23 15A 4 Alamance
24 15B 5 Orange
25 Chatham
26 16A 4 Scotland
27 Anson
28 Richmond
29 16B 6 Robeson
30 17A 4 Caswell
31 Rockingham
32 17B 4 Stokes
33 Surry
34 18 14 Guilford
35 19A 6 Cabarrus
36 19B 5 Randolph
37 19C 5 Rowan
38 20A 3 Montgomery
39 Stanly
40 (part of Union
41 see subsection (b))
42 20B 1 (part of Union
43 see subsection
44 (b))
45 20C 2 (part of Union
46 see subsection
47 (b))
48 20D 2 Union
49 21 11 Forsyth
50 22A 6 Alexander
51 Iredell
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1 22B 6 Davidson
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