7A-346.2. Various reports to General Assembly.
(a) The Administrative Office of the Courts and the Office of Indigent Defense Services shall report by March 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees, to the Chairs of the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety, and to the Chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety on contracts entered into with local governments for the provision of the services of assistant district attorneys, assistant public defenders, judicial secretaries, and employees in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court. The report shall include the number of applications made to the Administrative Office of the Courts or the Office of Indigent Defense Services for these contracts, the number of contracts entered for provision of these positions, and the dollar amounts of each contract.
(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-243, s. 5(b), effective November 6, 2019.
(c) The Administrative Office of the Courts, in consultation with the Conference of Clerks of Superior Court, shall make any necessary modifications to its information systems to maintain records of all cases in which the defendant in a criminal case withdraws an appeal for trial de novo in superior court and the superior court judge has signed an order remanding the case to the district court and shall report on those remanded cases to the chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety, the chairs of the House Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety, and the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety by February 1 of each year. The report shall (i) include the total number of remanded cases and also the total number of those cases for which the court has remitted costs and (ii) aggregate those totals by the district in which they were granted and by the name of each judge ordering remand. The Administrative Office of the Courts may obtain any information that may be needed from individual clerks of superior court in order to make the modifications necessary to maintain the records required under this section. (1999-237, s. 17.7(c); 2000-67, ss. 15.3A(b), 15.4(h); 2001-61, s. 2; 2001-424, s. 22.11(g); 2003-377, s. 4; 2015-247, s. 2; 2019-243, s. 5(b).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 7A - Judicial Department
Article 29 - Administrative Office of the Courts.
§ 7A-340 - Administrative Office of the Courts; establishment; officers.
§ 7A-341 - Appointment and compensation of Director.
§ 7A-342 - Appointment and compensation of assistant director and other employees.
§ 7A-343 - Duties of Director.
§ 7A-343.1 - Distribution of copies of the appellate division reports.
§ 7A-343.2 - Court Information Technology Fund.
§ 7A-343.3 - Appellate Courts Printing and Computer Operations Fund.
§ 7A-343.4 - Internal audit standards; report and work papers.
§ 7A-343.6 - Electronic filing in Chapter 50B and Chapter 50C cases.
§ 7A-345 - Duties of assistant director.
§ 7A-346 - Information to be furnished to Administrative Officer.
§ 7A-346.2 - Various reports to General Assembly.
§ 7A-347 - District attorney legal assistants.
§ 7A-348 - Training and supervision of district attorney legal assistants.
§ 7A-349 - Criminal history record check; denial of employment, contract, or volunteer opportunity.
§ 7A-350 - Annual report on criminal court cost waivers.
§ 7A-350.1 - Annual report on grant funds received or preapproved for receipt.