GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 427

Short Title:  Add. ADAs/20th Pros. Dist.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Melton, Goodwin; and Gibson (Primary Sponsors).

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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March 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ADD TWO ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO THE 20TH PROSECUTORIAL DISTRICT.
Whereas, the Victims First domestic violence program in the 20th Prosecutorial District has played both a significant role in reducing incidents of domestic violence through community education and in advocating for victims' rights in the Prosecution of domestic violence cases; and
Whereas, in the past the Victims First domestic violence program has been funded by federal grant money which provided the salaries for staff of the program, including the salaries of two assistant district attorneys; and
Whereas, this funding will no longer be available after 1999; Now, therefore, 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-60(a1) reads as rewritten:
"(a1)	The counties of the State are organized into prosecutorial districts, and each district has the counties and the number of full-time assistant district attorneys set forth in the following table:

No. of Full-Time
Prosecutorial	Asst. District
District	Counties	Attorneys
1	Camden, Chowan, Currituck,	9
Dare, Gates, Pasquotank,
Perquimans
2	Beaufort, Hyde, Martin,	5
Tyrrell, Washington
3A	Pitt	9
3B	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	10
4	Duplin, Jones, Onslow,	14
Sampson
5	New Hanover, Pender	13
6A	Halifax	4
6B	Bertie, Hertford,	4
	Northampton
	7	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	15
8	Greene, Lenoir, Wayne	11
9	Franklin, Granville,	10
Vance, Warren
9A	Person, Caswell	4
	10	Wake	28
11	Harnett, Johnston, Lee	14
12	Cumberland	17
13	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	9
14	Durham	13
15A	Alamance	7
15B	Orange, Chatham	7
16A	Scotland, Hoke	5
16B	Robeson	9
17A	Rockingham	5
17B	Stokes, Surry	5
18	Guilford	26
19A	Cabarrus	 	5
19B	Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	11
19C	Rowan	5
20	Anson, Richmond,	16
Stanly, Union
21	Forsyth	17
22	Alexander, Davidson, Davie,	16
Iredell
23	Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes,	5
Yadkin
24	Avery, Madison, Mitchell,	4
Watauga, Yancey
25	Burke, Caldwell, Catawba	14
26	Mecklenburg	32
	27A	Gaston	12
27B	Cleveland,	8
Lincoln
28	Buncombe	10
29	Henderson, McDowell, Polk,	11
Rutherford, Transylvania
30	Cherokee, Clay, Graham,	8
Haywood, Jackson, Macon,
Swain."
Section 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Administrative Office of the Courts the sum of one hundred forty thousand five hundred eighty-four dollars ($140,584) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred forty thousand five hundred eighty-four dollars ($140,584) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to establish the two assistant district attorney positions created in Section 1.
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.