As Introduced 1
122nd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 463 5
1997-1998 6
REPRESENTATIVES MASON-THOMAS-SALERNO-MEAD-TIBERI 8
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A B I L L
To amend section 1901.08 of the Revised Code to 12
create one additional judge for the Franklin 13
County Municipal Court and to declare an 14
emergency. 15
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 17
Section 1. That section 1901.08 of the Revised Code be 19
amended to read as follows: 20
Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of, 29
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of 30
their terms shall be as follows: 31
In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be 33
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, 34
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time 35
judge shall be elected in 1975. 36
In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 38
be elected in 1953. 39
In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall 41
be elected in 1951. 42
In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall 44
be elected in 1953. 45
In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge 47
shall be elected in 1967. 48
In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge 50
shall be elected in 1975. 51
In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall 53
be elected in 1957. 54
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In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 56
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 57
1971. 58
In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall 60
be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 61
1979. 62
In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge 64
shall be elected in 1993. 65
In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall 67
be elected in 1951. 68
In the Berea municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 70
elected in 1957, his term to commence on the first day of January 71
next after his election, and one part-time judge shall be elected 72
in 1981, his term to commence on the second day of January next 73
after his election. The part-time judge elected in 1987 whose 74
term commenced on January 1, 1988, shall serve until December 31, 75
1993, and the office of that judge is abolished, effective on the 76
earlier of December 31, 1993, or the date on which that judge 77
resigns, retires, or otherwise vacates his judicial office. 78
In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge 80
shall be elected in 1983. 81
In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 83
elected in 1965. 84
In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall 86
be elected in 1951. 87
In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall 89
be elected in 1963. 90
In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 92
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, 93
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977. 94
In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 96
elected in 1957. 97
In the Champaign county municipal court, one part-time 99
judge shall be elected in 1983. 100
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In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 102
be elected in 1963. 103
In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge 105
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 106
elected in 1977. 107
In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge 109
shall be elected in 1953. 110
In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge 112
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be 113
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield 114
municipal court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as 115
the judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 116
1988, until the end of their respective terms. 117
In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time 119
judges shall be elected in 1991. 120
In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges 122
shall be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected 123
in 1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955. 124
In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time 126
judge shall be elected in 1957. 127
In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge 129
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington 130
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge 131
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until 132
the end of his THAT JUDGE'S term on December 31, 1997. 133
In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall 135
be elected in 1953. 136
In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 138
be elected in 1951. 139
In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge 141
shall be elected in 1977. 142
In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 144
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be 145
elected in 1967. 146
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In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall 148
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days 149
beginning on the first day of January next after their election, 150
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to 151
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of 152
January next after their election. 153
In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 155
be elected in 1957. 156
In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall 158
be elected in 1953. 159
In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge 161
shall be elected in 1957. 162
In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge 164
shall be elected in 1953. 165
In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 167
elected in 1973. 168
In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 170
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 171
1973. 172
In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 174
elected in 1951. 175
In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall 177
be elected in 1977. 178
In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 180
be elected in 1989. 181
In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall 183
be elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 184
1993. 185
In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall 187
be elected in 1975. 188
In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall 190
be elected in 1951. 191
In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time 193
judges shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be 194
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elected in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, 195
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time 196
judge shall be elected in 1991, AND ONE FULL-TIME JUDGE SHALL BE 197
ELECTED IN 1997. 198
In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall 200
be elected in 1975. 201
In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge 203
shall be elected in 1981. 204
In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time 206
judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 207
elected in 1981. 208
In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 210
elected in 1963. 211
In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 213
be elected in 1953. 214
In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time 216
judges shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be 217
elected in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, 218
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of 219
judges of the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on 220
the first day of January next after their election, except that 221
the terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall 222
commence on January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the 223
terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall 224
commence on January 4, 1984, and January 5, 1984. 225
In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge 227
shall be elected in 1989. 228
In the Hillsboro municipal court, one part-time judge shall 230
be elected in 1957. 231
In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge 233
shall be elected in 1977. 234
In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 236
elected in 1967. 237
In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 239
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be elected in 1951. 240
In the Jackson county municipal court, one part-time judge 242
shall be elected in 1977. 243
In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall 245
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 246
1975. 247
In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall 249
be elected in 1955. 250
In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall 252
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 253
1979. 254
In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge 256
shall be elected in 1981. 257
In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 259
be elected in 1955. 260
In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge 262
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 263
elected in 1971. 264
In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 266
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 267
1967. 268
In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 270
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 271
1973. 272
In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall 274
be elected in 1957. 275
In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge 277
shall be elected in 1981. 278
In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 280
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 281
1969. 282
In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall 284
be elected in 1957. 285
In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 287
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elected in 1951. 288
In the Marysville municipal court, one part-time judge 290
shall be elected in 1963. 291
In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 293
elected in 1965. 294
In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall 296
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 297
1971. 298
In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 300
elected in 1963. 301
In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 303
elected in 1957. 304
In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 306
elected in 1971. 307
In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge 309
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 310
elected in 1979. 311
In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge 313
shall be elected in 1951. 314
In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge 316
shall be elected in 1953. 317
In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge 319
shall be elected in 1951. 320
In the Napoleon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 322
be elected in 1963. 323
In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time 325
judge shall be elected in 1975. 326
In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 328
shall be elected in 1963. 329
In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 331
elected in 1951. 332
In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall 334
be elected in 1975. 335
In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall 337
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be elected in 1953. 338
In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall 340
be elected in 1989. 341
In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 343
elected in 1963. 344
In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge 346
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port 347
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 348
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from the effective 349
date of this amendment FEBRUARY 4, 1994, until the end of his 350
THAT JUDGE'S term.
In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge 352
shall be elected in 1951. 353
In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 355
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, 356
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. 357
In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge 359
shall be elected in 1977. 360
In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges 362
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be 363
elected in 1971. 364
In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge 366
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port 367
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 368
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from the effective 369
date of this amendment FEBRUARY 4, 1994, until the end of his 370
THAT JUDGE'S term. 371
In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge 373
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 374
elected in 1985. 375
In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge 377
shall be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be 378
elected in 1971. 379
In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall 381
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be elected in 1953. 382
In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge 384
shall be elected in 1957. 385
In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 387
elected in 1957. 388
In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 390
elected in 1995. 391
In the South Euclid municipal court, one part-time judge 393
shall be elected in 1951. 394
In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges 396
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be 397
elected in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the 398
Springfield municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the 399
judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, 400
until the end of their respective terms. 401
In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge 403
shall be elected in 1953. 404
In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall 406
be elected in 1963. 407
In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall 409
be elected in 1963. 410
In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 412
elected in 1953. 413
In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall 415
be elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 416
1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. 417
In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one part-time judge 419
shall be elected in 1957. 420
In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall 422
be elected in 1959. 423
In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall 425
be elected in 1957. 426
In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall 428
be elected in 1965. 429
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In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall 431
be elected in 1981. 432
In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 434
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 435
1971. 436
In the Washington Court House municipal court, one 438
part-time judge shall be elected in 1951. 439
In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge 441
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 442
elected in 1979. 443
In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge 445
shall be elected in 1951. 446
In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge 448
shall be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the 449
Wilmington municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the 450
judge of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, 451
until the end of his THAT JUDGE'S term on December 31, 1997. 452
In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 454
elected in 1977. 455
In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge 457
shall be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be 458
elected in 1953. 459
In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge 461
shall be elected in 1953. 462
Section 2. That existing section 1901.08 of the Revised 464
Code is hereby repealed. 465
Section 3. The nomination of the new municipal court judge 467
of the Franklin County Municipal Court who is created by this act 468
and is to be elected in 1997 shall be by nominating petition that 469
is signed by at least one thousand electors, that is filed with 470
the board of elections, and that otherwise conforms to the 471
provisions of section 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The 472
nominating petition shall designate the term of the office to 473
which the candidate seeks election as provided in section 3513.28 475
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of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding section 1901.07 of the 476
Revised Code or any other provision of law, the nominating
petition shall be filed not later than four p.m. on September 1, 477
1997. 478
Notwithstanding section 3513.04 of the Revised Code, no 480
person is prohibited from seeking election as a new judge created 481
by this act because the person sought, by declaration of 482
candidacy, a party nomination for an office or position at the 483
May 1997, primary election. 484
Section 4. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency 486
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public 487
peace, health, and safety. The reason for this necessity is the 488
fact that the new judge created by this act is seriously needed 489
for the efficient and timely administration of justice in 490
Franklin county and in this state, and if the new judge is not 491
elected in 1997, the new judge otherwise cannot conveniently be 492
made available for service for an additional two years, which 493
would prolong delay, crowded court dockets, and inefficient 494
administration of justice. Therefore, this act shall go into 495
immediate effect. 496