NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 622

HOUSE BILL 478

 

 

AN ACT TO MANDATE A PLAN FOR THE TRAINING OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The second paragraph of G.S. 7A-147(c) is rewritten to read as follows: The Administrative Office of the Courts shall develop a plan whereby a district court judge may be better qualified to hear juvenile cases by reason of training, experience, and demonstrated ability. Any district court judge who completes the training under this plan shall receive a certificate to this effect from the Administrative Office of the Courts. In districts where there is a district court judge who has completed this training as herein provided, the chief district judge shall give due consideration in the assignment of such cases where practical and feasible.

Sec. 2.  Nothing herein shall be construed to obligate the legislature to furnish additional funds to implement this plan of training by the Administrative Office of the Courts.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1979.