North Carolina § 7A-302 - Counties and municipalities responsible for physical facilities.

§ 7A-302. Counties and municipalities responsible for physical facilities.

In each county in which a district court has been established, courtrooms, office space for juvenile court counselors and support staff as assigned by the Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety, and related judicial facilities (including furniture), as defined in this Subchapter, shall be provided by the county, except that courtrooms and related judicial facilities may, with the approval of the administrative Officer of the Courts, after consultation with county and municipal authorities, be provided by a municipality in the county. To assist a county or municipality in meeting the expense of providing courtrooms and related judicial facilities, a part of the costs of court, known as the "facilities fee," collected for the State by the clerk of superior court, shall be remitted to the county or municipality providing the facilities. History (1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 15; 2000-137, s. 4(a); 2007-323, s. 14.16; 2008-107, s. 29.8(f); 2011-145, s. 19.1(l); 2017-186, s. 2(c).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2007-323, s. 14.16(a), effective July 1, 2008, added "properly functioning telephones that meet the specifications for Administrative Office of the Court telephones, and the equipment and infrastructure necessary to support those telephones" in the middle of the first sentence. Session Laws 2008-107, s. 29.8(f), effective July 1, 2008, repealed Session Laws 2007-323, s. 14.16(a), so that the section appeared as it did prior to the amendment by Session Laws 2007-323, s. 14.16(a). Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1( l ), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety" for "Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention." Session Laws 2017-186, s. 2(c), effective December 1, 2017, substituted "Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and" for "Division of" in the first sentence. Legal Periodicals. - For article, "Local Governments and the Public Duty Doctrine after Wood v. Guilford," see 81 N.C.L. Rev. 2291 (2003). For article, "Assigning Error to Viar v. North Carolina Department of Transportation and State v. Hart: A Proposal for Revision of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure," see 85 N.C.L. Rev. 1799 (2007).