North Carolina HB 1151: Asheville-Buncombe Bd. of Trustees.

Status: Ratified (as of 2020-06-17)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2019 · Bill: HB 1151

Subjects: APPOINTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, COUNTIES, EDUCATION, EDUCATION BOARDS, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, KINDERGARTEN, LOCAL, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MEMBERSHIP, MUNICIPALITIES, RATIFIED, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SESSION LAWS, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, MADISON COUNTY, ASHEVILLE, CHAPTERED, COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARDS

Sponsors: B. Turner, Fisher, Adcock, Ager, Dahle, Hawkins, Insko, Montgomery, Morey, Reives

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1151

Short Title: Additional Magistrates/Mecklenburg County. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives T. Brown, Helfrich, and Lopez (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
May 4, 2026
*H1151-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MAGISTRATES FOR MECKLENBURG 2
COUNTY. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 7A-133(c) reads as rewritten: 5
"(c) Each county shall have the numbers of magistrates and additional seats of district 6
court, as set forth in the following table: 7
Magistrates Additional 8
County Min. Seats of Court 9
... 10
Mecklenburg 38.543.5 11
...." 12
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Administrative 13
Office of the Courts the sum of four hundred five thousand five hundred eighty-five dollars 14
($405,585) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be used to hire five 15
additional magistrates to serve in Mecklenburg County pursuant to Section 1 of this act. There is 16
appropriated from the General Fund to the Administrative Office of the Courts the sum of fifteen 17
thousand one hundred forty dollars ($15,140) in nonrecurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year 18
to be used to hire five additional magistrates to serve in Mecklenburg County pursuant to Section 19
1 of this act. 20
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026. 21

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