As Passed by the House 1
122nd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Am. H. B. No. 27 5
1997-1998 6
REPRESENTATIVES CAREY-SHOEMAKER-GARCIA-MYERS-JONES- 8
CATES-HOTTINGER-SCHULER 9
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A B I L L
To amend sections 105.61 and 1901.08 of the Revised 13
Code to change the status of the judge of the 15
Jackson County Municipal Court from part-time to 16
full-time and to change the date on or before 17
which the Elected Officials Compensation 18
Commission must file its recommendations for
adjusting the salaries of elected officials. 19
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 21
Section 1. That sections 105.61 and 1901.08 of the Revised 23
Code be amended to read as follows: 25
Sec. 105.61. (A) As used in this section, "elected 35
officials" means all of the following:
(1) The chief justice and justices of the supreme court, 37
judges of courts of appeals and common pleas courts, and all 38
other judges of courts of record; 39
(2) The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, 41
auditor of state, treasurer of state, and attorney general; 42
(3) Clerks of the courts of common pleas, county auditors, 44
county commissioners, county coroners, county engineers, county 45
recorders, county treasurers, prosecuting attorneys, and 46
sheriffs;
(4) Township trustees and clerks. 48
(B) The elected officials compensation commission created 51
under section 105.62 of the Revised Code shall periodically 52
evaluate the salaries and duties of elected officials to 53
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determine whether the salaries of elected officials are fair and 54
adequate compensation for the duties they are required to 55
perform. If the commission determines that these salaries are
not fair and adequate compensation for these duties, it shall 56
recommend necessary adjustments at the times specified in 57
division (C) of this section. 58
(C) Any recommendations that the commission makes to 60
adjust the salaries of any or all elected officials shall be 62
filed with the legislative clerk of the house of representatives 63
and the clerk of the senate on or after the first day of January 64
but before the thirty-first THIRTIETH day of March SEPTEMBER of 65
an odd-numbered year.
Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of, 75
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of 76
their terms shall be as follows: 77
In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be 79
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, 80
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time 81
judge shall be elected in 1975. 82
In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 84
be elected in 1953. 85
In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall 87
be elected in 1951. 88
In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall 90
be elected in 1953. 91
In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge 93
shall be elected in 1967. 94
In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge 96
shall be elected in 1975. 97
In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall 99
be elected in 1957. 100
In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 102
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 103
1971. 104
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In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall 106
be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 107
1979. 108
In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge 110
shall be elected in 1993. 111
In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall 113
be elected in 1951. 114
In the Berea municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 116
elected in 1957, his term to commence on the first day of January 117
next after his election, and one part-time judge shall be elected 118
in 1981, his term to commence on the second day of January next 119
after his election. The part-time judge elected in 1987 whose 120
term commenced on January 1, 1988, shall serve until December 31, 121
1993, and the office of that judge is abolished, effective on the 122
earlier of December 31, 1993, or the date on which that judge 123
resigns, retires, or otherwise vacates his judicial office. 124
In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge 126
shall be elected in 1983. 127
In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 129
elected in 1965. 130
In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall 132
be elected in 1951. 133
In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall 135
be elected in 1963. 136
In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 138
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, 139
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977. 140
In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 142
elected in 1957. 143
In the Champaign county municipal court, one part-time 145
judge shall be elected in 1983. 146
In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 148
be elected in 1963. 149
In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge 151
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shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 152
elected in 1977. 153
In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge 155
shall be elected in 1953. 156
In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge 158
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be 159
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield 160
municipal court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as 161
the judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 162
1988, until the end of their respective terms. 163
In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time 165
judges shall be elected in 1991. 166
In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges 168
shall be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected 169
in 1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955. 170
In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time 172
judge shall be elected in 1957. 173
In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge 175
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington 176
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge 177
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until 178
the end of his THAT JUDGE'S term on December 31, 1997. 179
In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall 181
be elected in 1953. 182
In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 184
be elected in 1951. 185
In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge 187
shall be elected in 1977. 188
In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 190
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be 191
elected in 1967. 192
In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall 194
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days 195
beginning on the first day of January next after their election, 196
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and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to 197
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of 198
January next after their election. 199
In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 201
be elected in 1957. 202
In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall 204
be elected in 1953. 205
In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge 207
shall be elected in 1957. 208
In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge 210
shall be elected in 1953. 211
In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 213
elected in 1973. 214
In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 216
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 217
1973. 218
In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 220
elected in 1951. 221
In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall 223
be elected in 1977. 224
In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 226
be elected in 1989. 227
In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall 229
be elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 230
1993. 231
In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall 233
be elected in 1975. 234
In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall 236
be elected in 1951. 237
In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time 239
judges shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be 240
elected in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, 241
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time 242
judge shall be elected in 1991. 243
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In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall 245
be elected in 1975. 246
In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge 248
shall be elected in 1981. 249
In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time 251
judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 252
elected in 1981. 253
In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 255
elected in 1963. 256
In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 258
be elected in 1953. 259
In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time 261
judges shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be 262
elected in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, 263
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of 264
judges of the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on 265
the first day of January next after their election, except that 266
the terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall 267
commence on January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the 268
terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall 269
commence on January 4, 1984, and January 5, 1984. 270
In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge 272
shall be elected in 1989. 273
In the Hillsboro municipal court, one part-time judge shall 275
be elected in 1957. 276
In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge 278
shall be elected in 1977. 279
In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 281
elected in 1967. 282
In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 284
be elected in 1951. 285
In the Jackson county municipal court, one part-time 287
FULL-TIME judge shall be elected in 1977 2001. ON AND AFTER THE 289
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT, THE PART-TIME JUDGE OF THE 290
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JACKSON COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT WHO WAS ELECTED IN 1995 SHALL 291
SERVE AS A FULL-TIME JUDGE OF THE COURT UNTIL THE END OF THAT 292
JUDGE'S TERM ON DECEMBER 31, 2001. 293
In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall 295
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 296
1975. 297
In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall 299
be elected in 1955. 300
In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall 302
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 303
1979. 304
In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge 306
shall be elected in 1981. 307
In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 309
be elected in 1955. 310
In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge 312
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 313
elected in 1971. 314
In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 316
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 317
1967. 318
In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 320
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 321
1973. 322
In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall 324
be elected in 1957. 325
In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge 327
shall be elected in 1981. 328
In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 330
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 331
1969. 332
In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall 334
be elected in 1957. 335
In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 337
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elected in 1951. 338
In the Marysville municipal court, one part-time judge 340
shall be elected in 1963. 341
In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 343
elected in 1965. 344
In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall 346
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 347
1971. 348
In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 350
elected in 1963. 351
In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 353
elected in 1957. 354
In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 356
elected in 1971. 357
In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge 359
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 360
elected in 1979. 361
In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge 363
shall be elected in 1951. 364
In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge 366
shall be elected in 1953. 367
In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge 369
shall be elected in 1951. 370
In the Napoleon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 372
be elected in 1963. 373
In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time 375
judge shall be elected in 1975. 376
In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 378
shall be elected in 1963. 379
In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 381
elected in 1951. 382
In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall 384
be elected in 1975. 385
In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall 387
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be elected in 1953. 388
In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall 390
be elected in 1989. 391
In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 393
elected in 1963. 394
In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge 396
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port 397
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 398
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from the effective 399
date of this amendment FEBRUARY 4, 1994, until the end of his 400
THAT JUDGE'S term. 401
In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge 403
shall be elected in 1951. 404
In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 406
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, 407
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. 408
In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge 410
shall be elected in 1977. 411
In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges 413
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be 414
elected in 1971. 415
In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge 417
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port 418
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 419
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from the effective 420
date of this amendment FEBRUARY 4, 1994, until the end of his 422
THAT JUDGE'S term.
In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge 424
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 425
elected in 1985. 426
In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge 428
shall be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be 429
elected in 1971. 430
In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall 432
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be elected in 1953. 433
In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge 435
shall be elected in 1957. 436
In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 438
elected in 1957. 439
In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 441
elected in 1995. 442
In the South Euclid municipal court, one part-time judge 444
shall be elected in 1951. 445
In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges 447
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be 448
elected in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the 449
Springfield municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the 450
judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, 451
until the end of their respective terms. 452
In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge 454
shall be elected in 1953. 455
In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall 457
be elected in 1963. 458
In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall 460
be elected in 1963. 461
In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 463
elected in 1953. 464
In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall 466
be elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 467
1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. 468
In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one part-time judge 470
shall be elected in 1957. 471
In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall 473
be elected in 1959. 474
In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall 476
be elected in 1957. 477
In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall 479
be elected in 1965. 480
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In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall 482
be elected in 1981. 483
In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 485
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 486
1971. 487
In the Washington Court House municipal court, one 489
part-time judge shall be elected in 1951. 490
In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge 492
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 493
elected in 1979. 494
In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge 496
shall be elected in 1951. 497
In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge 499
shall be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the 500
Wilmington municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the 501
judge of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, 502
until the end of his THAT JUDGE'S term on December 31, 1997. 503
In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 505
elected in 1977. 506
In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge 508
shall be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be 509
elected in 1953. 510
In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge 512
shall be elected in 1953. 513
Section 2. That existing sections 105.61 and 1901.08 of 515
the Revised Code are hereby repealed. 517
Section 3. On and after the effective date of this act, 519
the full-time judge of the Jackson County Municipal Court, who 520
prior to the effective date of this act was the part-time judge 521
of that court, shall perform the duties of the full-time judge of 522
a municipal court, shall receive the salary specified in law for 523
the full-time judge of a municipal court, and shall be subject to
any restriction specified in law for the full-time judge of a 524
municipal court.