North Carolina SB 935: Increase Number of Magistrates/Mecklenburg.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 935

Short Title: Increase Number of Magistrates/Mecklenburg. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Mohammed (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
April 30, 2026
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MAGISTRATES SERVING IN 2
MECKLENBURG 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 two hundred thirty-six thousand one hundred forty dollars 14
($236,140) 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. 16
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026. 17