PUBLIC LAW 107-273—NOV. 2, 2002 116 STAT. 1787 (A) by striking the item relating to California and inserting the following: "California: Northern 14 Eastern 6 Cent ral 27 Southern 13"; (B) by striking the item relating to North Carolina and inserting the following: "North Carolina: Eastern 4 Middle 4 Western 4"; and (C) by striking the item relating to Texas and inserting the following: 'Texas: Northern 12 Southern 19 Eastern 7 Western 13". (3) EFFECTIVE DATE. —This subsection shall take effect on 28 USC 133 note. July 15, 2003. (b) DISTRICT JUDGESHIPS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 28 USC 133 note. DISTRICTS OF ILLINOIS, THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.— (1) CONVERSION OF TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS TO PERMANENT JUDGESHIPS. — The existing district judgeships for the central district and the southern district of Illinois, the northern district of New York, and the eastern district of Virginia authorized by section 203(c)(3), (4), (9), and (12) of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-650, 28 U.S.C. 133 note) shall be authorized under section 133 of title 28, United States Code, and the incumbents in such offices shall hold the offices under section 133 of title 28, United States Code (as amended by this section). (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table contained in section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking the item relating to Illinois and inserting the following: "Illinois: Northern 22 Central 4 Southern 4"; (B) by striking the item relating to New York and inserting the following: "New York: Northern 5 Southern 28 Eastern 15 Western 4"; and (C) by striking the item relating to Virginia and inserting the following: "Virginia: Eastern 11 Western 4".
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