As Passed by the Senate 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Am. H. B. No. 105 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES BATEMAN-VESPER-WOMER BENJAMIN-CALLENDER- 8
JONES-WILLAMOWSKI-LOGAN-DePIERO-HOLLISTER-SENATORS BLESSING-LATTA 9
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A B I L L
To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 11
1901.08, and 1905.01 of the Revised Code to add 12
an additional judge to the Clermont County 13
Municipal Court and to permit the Clermont County
Municipal Court to be established in any 14
municipal corporation or unincorporated territory 15
within the county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 17
Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 19
1901.08, and 1905.01 of the Revised Code be amended to read as 20
follows: 21
Sec. 1901.01. (A) There is hereby established a municipal 30
court in each of the following municipal corporations: 31
Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake, 33
Barberton, Batavia, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, 34
Bowling Green, Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, 35
Celina, Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, 36
Circleville, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, 37
Coshocton, Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East 38
Cleveland, East Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, 39
Fairfield, Findlay, Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, 40
Garfield Heights, Girard, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron, Ironton, 41
Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lima, 42
Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta, Marion, 43
Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor, Miamisburg, 44
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Middletown, Mount Vernon, Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, 45
Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk, Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, 46
Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg, Port Clinton, Portsmouth, 47
Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker Heights, Shelby, Sidney, 48
South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville, Struthers, Sylvania, 49
Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana, Vandalia, Van Wert, 50
Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City of Washington in 51
Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court House, 52
Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and 53
Zanesville. 54
(B) THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A MUNICIPAL COURT WITHIN 57
CLERMONT COUNTY IN BATAVIA OR IN ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION 58
OR UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY WITHIN CLERMONT COUNTY THAT IS 59
SELECTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE CLERMONT COUNTY
MUNICIPAL COURT. THE MUNICIPAL COURT ESTABLISHED BY THIS 60
DIVISION IS A CONTINUATION OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT PREVIOUSLY 61
ESTABLISHED IN BATAVIA BY THIS SECTION BEFORE THE ENACTMENT OF 62
THIS DIVISION.
Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by 71
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the 72
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, OR, 73
FOR THE CLERMONT COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT, WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL 74
CORPORATION OR UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY IN WHICH IT IS 75
ESTABLISHED, and are courts of record. Each of the courts shall 76
be styled ".................................. municipal court," 77
inserting the name of the municipal corporation, except the 78
following courts, which shall be styled as set forth below: 79
(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that 81
shall be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal 82
court"; 83
(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that 85
shall be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal 86
court"; 87
(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall 89
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be styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court"; 90
(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall 92
be styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court"; 93
(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall 95
be styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court"; 96
(6) The municipal court established in London that shall 98
be styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court"; 99
(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall 101
be styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court"; 102
(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall 104
be styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court"; 105
(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that 107
shall be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal 108
court"; 109
(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be 111
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court"; 112
(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall 114
be styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court"; 115
(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall 117
be styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court"; 118
(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall 120
be styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court"; 121
(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall 123
be styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court"; 124
(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that 126
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court"; 127
(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall 129
be styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court"; 130
(17) The municipal court established WITHIN CLERMONT 132
COUNTY in Batavia OR IN ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR 133
UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY WITHIN CLERMONT COUNTY THAT IS SELECTED 134
BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THAT COURT that shall be styled 136
and known as the "Clermont county municipal court";
(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that, 138
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beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton 139
county municipal court"; 140
(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that 142
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court." 143
(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division 145
(A) of this section, the municipal courts established by section 146
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows: 147
The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath, 149
Northampton, Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the 150
municipal corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in 151
Summit county. 152
The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within 154
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark 155
county. 156
The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland 158
county. 159
The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within 161
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county. 162
The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within 164
Athens county. 165
The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within 167
Auglaize county. 168
The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the 170
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county. 171
The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within 173
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley 174
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and 175
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in 176
Summit county. 177
The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the 179
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow, 180
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange, 181
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within 182
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county. 183
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The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within 185
Logan county. 186
The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme 188
and Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in 189
Sandusky county. 190
The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the 192
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, 193
Brook Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted 194
township, in Cuyahoga county. 195
The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within 197
the municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, 198
Custar, Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, 199
Milton Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun, 200
Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom, 201
Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton, 202
Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston 203
townships in Wood county. 204
The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams 206
county. 207
The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within 209
Guernsey county. 210
The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within 212
Coitsville township in Mahoning county. 213
The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton, 215
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in 216
Stark county. 217
The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer 219
county. 220
The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction 222
within Champaign county. 223
The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga 225
county. 226
The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within 228
Ross county. 229
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The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within 231
Pickaway county. 232
The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within 234
Clark county. 235
The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within 237
Clermont county. 238
The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the 240
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county. 241
Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court 243
has jurisdiction within Clinton county. 244
The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within 246
Coshocton county. 247
The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within 249
Crawford county. 250
The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within 252
Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg 253
townships, and within the municipal corporations of Boston 254
Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, 255
Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and 256
Macedonia, in Summit county. 257
The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within 259
Defiance county. 260
The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within 262
Delaware county. 263
The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within 265
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county. 266
The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble 268
county. 269
The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the 271
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North 272
Ridgeville, and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, 273
Grafton, and LaGrange townships, in Lorain county. 274
The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the 276
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and 277
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Beavercreek townships in Greene county. 278
The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 280
Hancock county except within Washington township. 281
The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon 283
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington 284
township in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood 285
county. 286
The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within 288
Franklin township in Warren county. 289
The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within 291
Franklin county. 292
The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within 294
Ballville and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county. 295
The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within 297
Gallia county. 298
The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction 300
within the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, 301
Valley View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, 302
and Brecksville in Cuyahoga county. 303
The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty, 305
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county. 306
The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross 308
and St. Clair townships in Butler county. 309
The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within 311
Hamilton county. 312
The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within 314
Hardin county. 315
The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all 317
of Highland county except within Madison township. 318
The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within 320
Hocking county. 321
The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 323
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal 324
corporation of Sandusky. 325
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The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid, 327
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington 328
townships in Lawrence county. 329
The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within 331
Jackson county. 332
The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the 334
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within 335
Washington township, in Montgomery county. 336
The Lancaster municipal court has jurisdiction within 338
Fairfield county. 339
The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within 341
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and 342
Windsor in Lawrence county. 343
The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within 345
Turtlecreek township in Warren county. 346
The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within 348
Licking county. 349
The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen 351
county. 352
The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the 354
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield 355
township, in Lorain county. 356
The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the 358
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, 359
Mayfield, Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga 360
county. 361
The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within 363
Madison county. 364
The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within 366
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy, 367
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships, 368
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in 369
Richland county. 370
The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within 372
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Washington county. 373
The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion 375
county. 376
The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within 378
Union county. 379
The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield 381
township in Warren county. 382
The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within 384
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson 385
townships in Stark county. 386
The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the 388
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within 389
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of 390
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the 391
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county. 392
The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the 394
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick, 395
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of 396
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette, 397
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York 398
townships, in Medina county. 399
The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the 401
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county. 402
The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within 404
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of 405
Bradford that is located in Darke county. 406
The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the 408
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and 409
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county. 410
The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within 412
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within 413
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county. 414
The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within 416
Knox county. 417
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The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry 419
county. 420
The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction 422
within the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, 423
Bucks, Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, 424
Franklin, Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in 425
Tuscarawas county. 426
The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within 428
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington, 429
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county. 430
The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the 432
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield 433
township in Trumbull county. 434
The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 436
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue 437
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships. 438
The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the 440
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South 441
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden, 442
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and 443
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except 444
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county. 445
The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the 447
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem 448
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake 449
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the 450
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the 451
Toledo municipal court. 452
The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within 454
Ottawa county. 455
The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within 457
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake 458
county. 459
The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the 461
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municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, 462
North Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn 463
Heights in Cuyahoga county. 464
The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the 466
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford, 467
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, 468
in Wood county. 469
The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within 471
Portage county. 472
The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within 474
Scioto county. 475
The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the 477
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park, 478
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga 479
county. 480
The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the 482
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within 483
Perkins township, in Erie county. 484
The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within 486
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood, 487
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county. 488
The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon, 490
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within 491
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in 492
Richland county. 493
The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby 495
county. 496
The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the 498
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland, 499
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county. 500
The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the 502
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within 503
Sylvania, Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within 504
those portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships 505
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lying north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, 506
in Lucas county. 507
The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, 509
Big Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, 510
Reed, Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca 511
county. 512
The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within 514
Washington township, and within the municipal corporation of 515
Ottawa Hills, in Lucas county. 516
The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within 518
Wyandot county. 519
The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the 521
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and 522
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery 523
county. 524
The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van 526
Wert county. 527
The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the 529
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all 530
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of 531
Lorain, in Lorain county. 532
The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the 534
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and 535
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, 536
Sharon, Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county. 537
The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren 539
and Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except 540
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county. 541
The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction 543
within Fayette county. 544
The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within 546
Wayne county. 547
The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the 549
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick, 550
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Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill, 551
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake 552
county. 553
Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has 555
jurisdiction within Clinton county. 556
The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within 558
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross, 559
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in 560
Greene county. 561
(C) As used in this section: 563
(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but 565
not limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is 566
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that 567
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is 568
governmentally a part of the township. 569
(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land 571
within the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation 572
and any townships that are coextensive with the municipal 573
corporation. 574
Sec. 1901.021. (A) The judge or judges of any municipal 583
court ESTABLISHED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF SECTION 1901.01 OF THE 584
REVISED CODE having territorial jurisdiction outside the 585
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is 586
located may sit outside the corporate limits of the municipal 587
corporation within the area of its territorial jurisdiction. 588
(B) Two or more of the judges of the Hamilton county 590
municipal court shall be assigned by the presiding judge of the 591
court to sit outside the municipal corporation of Cincinnati. 592
(C) Two of the judges of the Portage county municipal 594
court shall sit within the municipal corporation of Ravenna, and 595
one of the judges shall sit within the municipal corporation of 596
Kent. The judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Portage 597
county. 598
(D) One of the judges of the Wayne county municipal court 600
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shall sit within the municipal corporation of Wooster, and one 601
shall sit within the municipal corporation of Orrville. Both 602
judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Wayne county. 603
(E) The judge of the Auglaize county municipal court shall 605
sit within the municipal corporations of Wapakoneta and St. Marys 606
and may sit in other incorporated areas in Auglaize county. 607
(F) At least one of the judges of the Miami county 609
municipal court shall sit within the municipal corporations of 610
Troy, Piqua, and Tipp City, and the judges may sit in other 611
incorporated areas of Miami county. 612
(G) The judge of the Crawford county municipal court shall 614
sit within the municipal corporations of Bucyrus and Galion and 615
may sit in other incorporated areas in Crawford county. 616
(H) The judge of the Jackson county municipal court shall 618
sit within the municipal corporations of Jackson and Wellston and 619
may sit in other incorporated areas in Jackson county. 620
(I) In any municipal court, other than the Hamilton county 622
municipal court, that has more than one judge, the decision for 623
one or more judges to sit outside the corporate limits of the 624
municipal corporation shall be made by rule of the court as 625
provided in division (C) of sections 1901.14 and 1901.16 of the 626
Revised Code. 627
(J) The assignment of a judge to sit in a municipal 629
corporation other than that in which the court is located does 630
not affect the jurisdiction of the mayor except as provided in 631
section 1905.01 of the Revised Code. 632
(K) THE JUDGES OF THE CLERMONT COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT MAY 635
SIT IN ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY
WITHIN CLERMONT COUNTY. 636
Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of, 645
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of 646
their terms shall be as follows: 647
In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be 649
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, 650
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one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time 651
judge shall be elected in 1975. 652
In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 654
be elected in 1953. 655
In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall 657
be elected in 1951. 658
In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall 660
be elected in 1953. 661
In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge 663
shall be elected in 1967. 664
In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge 666
shall be elected in 1975. 667
In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall 669
be elected in 1957. 670
In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 672
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 673
1971. 674
In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall 676
be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 677
1979. 678
In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge 680
shall be elected in 1993. 681
In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall 683
be elected in 1951. 684
In the Berea municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 686
elected in 1957, term to commence on the first day of January 687
next after election, and one part-time judge shall be elected in 689
1981, term to commence on the second day of January next after 690
election. The part-time judge elected in 1987 whose term 691
commenced on January 1, 1988, shall serve until December 31,
1993, and the office of that judge is abolished, effective on the 692
earlier of December 31, 1993, or the date on which that judge 693
resigns, retires, or otherwise vacates judicial office. 694
In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge 696
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shall be elected in 1983. 697
In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 699
elected in 1965. 700
In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall 702
be elected in 1951. 703
In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall 705
be elected in 1963. 706
In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 708
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, 709
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977. 710
In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 712
elected in 1957. 713
In the Champaign county municipal court, one part-time 715
judge shall be elected in 1983. 716
In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 718
be elected in 1963. 719
In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge 721
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 722
elected in 1977. 723
In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge 725
shall be elected in 1953. 726
In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge 728
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be 729
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield 730
municipal court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as 731
the judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 732
1988, until the end of their respective terms. 733
In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time 735
judges shall be elected in 1991, AND ONE FULL-TIME JUDGE SHALL BE 736
ELECTED IN 1999. 737
In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges 739
shall be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected 740
in 1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955. 741
In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time 743
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judge shall be elected in 1957. 744
In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge 746
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington 747
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge 748
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until 749
the end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. 750
In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall 752
be elected in 1953. 753
In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 755
be elected in 1951. 756
In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge 758
shall be elected in 1977. 759
In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 761
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be 762
elected in 1967. 763
In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall 765
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days 766
beginning on the first day of January next after their election, 767
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to 768
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of 769
January next after their election. 770
In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 772
be elected in 1957. 773
In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall 775
be elected in 1953. 776
In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge 778
shall be elected in 1957. 779
In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge 781
shall be elected in 1953. 782
In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 784
elected in 1973. 785
In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 787
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 788
1973. 789
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In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 791
elected in 1951. 792
In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall 794
be elected in 1977. 795
In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 797
be elected in 1989. 798
In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall 800
be elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 801
1993. 802
In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall 804
be elected in 1975. 805
In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall 807
be elected in 1951. 808
In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time 810
judges shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be 811
elected in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, 812
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge 814
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1997. 815
In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall 817
be elected in 1975. 818
In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge 820
shall be elected in 1981. 821
In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time 823
judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 824
elected in 1981. 825
In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 827
elected in 1963. 828
In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 830
be elected in 1953. 831
In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time 833
judges shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be 834
elected in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, 835
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of 836
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judges of the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on 837
the first day of January next after their election, except that 838
the terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall 839
commence on January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the 840
terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall 841
commence on January 4, 1984, and January 5, 1984. 842
In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge 844
shall be elected in 1989. 845
In the Hillsboro municipal court, one part-time judge shall 847
be elected in 1957. 848
In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge 850
shall be elected in 1977. 851
In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 853
elected in 1967. 854
In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 856
be elected in 1951. 857
In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge 859
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the 861
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was 862
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court 863
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001. 864
In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall 866
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 867
1975. 868
In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall 870
be elected in 1955. 871
In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall 873
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 874
1979. 875
In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge 877
shall be elected in 1981. 878
In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 880
be elected in 1955. 881
In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge 883
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shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 884
elected in 1971. 885
In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 887
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 888
1967. 889
In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 891
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 892
1973. 893
In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall 895
be elected in 1957. 896
In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge 898
shall be elected in 1981. 899
In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 901
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 902
1969. 903
In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall 905
be elected in 1957. 906
In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 908
elected in 1951. 909
In the Marysville municipal court, one part-time judge 911
shall be elected in 1963. 912
In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 914
elected in 1965. 915
In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall 917
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 918
1971. 919
In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 921
elected in 1963. 922
In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 924
elected in 1957. 925
In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 927
elected in 1971. 928
In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge 930
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 931
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elected in 1979. 932
In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge 934
shall be elected in 1951. 935
In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge 937
shall be elected in 1953. 938
In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge 940
shall be elected in 1951. 941
In the Napoleon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 943
be elected in 1963. 944
In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time 946
judge shall be elected in 1975. 947
In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 949
shall be elected in 1963. 950
In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 952
elected in 1951. 953
In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall 955
be elected in 1975. 956
In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall 958
be elected in 1953. 959
In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall 961
be elected in 1989. 962
In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 964
elected in 1963. 965
In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge 967
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port 968
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 969
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, 970
until the end of that judge's term.
In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge 972
shall be elected in 1951. 973
In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 975
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, 976
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. 977
In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge 979
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shall be elected in 1977. 980
In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges 982
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be 983
elected in 1971. 984
In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge 986
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port 987
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 988
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, 989
until the end of that judge's term. 990
In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge 992
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 993
elected in 1985. 994
In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge 996
shall be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be 997
elected in 1971. 998
In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,000
be elected in 1953. 1,001
In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge 1,003
shall be elected in 1957. 1,004
In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 1,006
elected in 1957. 1,007
In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,009
elected in 1995. 1,010
In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge 1,012
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993, 1,013
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until 1,014
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on 1,015
January 1, 2000.
In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges 1,017
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be 1,018
elected in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the 1,019
Springfield municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the 1,020
judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, 1,021
until the end of their respective terms. 1,022
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In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,024
shall be elected in 1953. 1,025
In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,027
be elected in 1963. 1,028
In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,030
be elected in 1963. 1,031
In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,033
elected in 1953. 1,034
In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall 1,036
be elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1,037
1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. 1,038
In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one part-time judge 1,040
shall be elected in 1957. 1,041
In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,043
be elected in 1959. 1,044
In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,046
be elected in 1957. 1,047
In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,049
be elected in 1965. 1,050
In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,052
be elected in 1981. 1,053
In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,055
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,056
1971. 1,057
In the Washington Court House municipal court, one 1,059
full-time judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge 1,060
elected in 1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall 1,061
serve until December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is 1,062
abolished on January 1, 2000.
In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,064
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 1,065
elected in 1979. 1,066
In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge 1,068
shall be elected in 1951. 1,069
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In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge 1,071
shall be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the 1,072
Wilmington municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the 1,073
judge of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, 1,074
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. 1,075
In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,077
elected in 1977. 1,078
In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge 1,080
shall be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be 1,081
elected in 1953. 1,082
In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,084
shall be elected in 1953. 1,085
Sec. 1905.01. (A) In all municipal corporations, OTHER 1,094
THAN BATAVIA IN CLERMONT COUNTY, not being the site of a 1,096
municipal court nor a place where a judge of the Auglaize county, 1,097
Crawford county, Jackson county, Miami county, Portage county, or 1,098
Wayne county municipal court sits as required pursuant to section 1,099
1901.021 of the Revised Code or by designation of the judges 1,100
pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code, the mayor of 1,101
the municipal corporation has jurisdiction, except as provided in 1,102
divisions (B), (C), and (E) of this section and subject to the 1,104
limitation contained in section 1905.03 and the limitation 1,105
contained in section 1905.031 of the Revised Code, to hear and 1,106
determine any prosecution for the violation of an ordinance of 1,107
the municipal corporation, to hear and determine any case 1,108
involving a violation of a vehicle parking or standing ordinance 1,109
of the municipal corporation unless the violation is required to 1,110
be handled by a parking violations bureau or joint parking 1,111
violations bureau pursuant to Chapter 4521. of the Revised Code, 1,112
and to hear and determine all criminal causes involving any 1,113
moving traffic violation occurring on a state highway located 1,114
within the boundaries of the municipal corporation, subject to 1,115
the limitations of sections 2937.08 and 2938.04 of the Revised 1,116
Code.
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(B)(1) In all municipal corporations, OTHER THAN BATAVIA 1,118
IN CLERMONT COUNTY, not being the site of a municipal court nor a 1,120
place where a judge of a court listed in division (A) of this 1,121
section sits as required pursuant to section 1901.021 of the 1,122
Revised Code or by designation of the judges pursuant to section 1,123
1901.021 of the Revised Code, the mayor of the municipal 1,124
corporation has jurisdiction, subject to the limitation contained 1,125
in section 1905.03 of the Revised Code, to hear and determine 1,126
prosecutions involving a violation of an ordinance of the 1,127
municipal corporation relating to operating a vehicle while under 1,128
the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug 1,129
of abuse or relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited 1,130
concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, and to 1,131
hear and determine criminal causes involving a violation of 1,132
section 4511.19 of the Revised Code that occur on a state highway 1,133
located within the boundaries of the municipal corporation, 1,134
subject to the limitations of sections 2937.08 and 2938.04 of the 1,135
Revised Code, only if the person charged with the violation, 1,136
within six years of the date of the violation charged, has not 1,137
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: 1,138
(a) A violation of an ordinance of any municipal 1,140
corporation relating to operating a vehicle while under the 1,141
influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of 1,142
abuse or relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited 1,143
concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine; 1,144
(b) A violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code; 1,146
(c) A violation of any ordinance of any municipal 1,148
corporation or of any section of the Revised Code that regulates 1,149
the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys 1,150
upon the highways or streets, in relation to which all of the 1,151
following apply: 1,152
(i) The person, in the case in which the conviction was 1,154
obtained or the plea of guilty was entered, had been charged with 1,155
a violation of an ordinance of any municipal corporation relating 1,156
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to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a 1,157
drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse or relating to 1,158
operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in 1,159
the blood, breath, or urine, or with a violation of section 1,160
4511.19 of the Revised Code; 1,161
(ii) The charge of the violation described in division 1,163
(B)(1)(c)(i) of this section was dismissed or reduced; 1,164
(iii) The violation of which the person was convicted or 1,166
to which the person pleaded guilty arose out of the same facts 1,168
and circumstances and the same act as did the charge that was
dismissed or reduced. 1,169
(d) A violation of a statute of the United States or of 1,171
any other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal 1,172
corporation located in any other state that is substantially 1,173
similar to section 4511.19 of the Revised Code.
(2) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have 1,175
jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal 1,176
cause involving a violation described in division (B)(1)(a) or 1,177
(b) of this section, regardless of where the violation occurred, 1,178
if the person charged with the violation, within six years of the 1,180
violation charged, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any 1,181
violation listed in division (B)(1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of this 1,182
section.
If the mayor of a municipal corporation, in hearing a 1,184
prosecution involving a violation of an ordinance of the 1,185
municipal corporation the mayor serves relating to operating a 1,187
vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or
alcohol and a drug of abuse or relating to operating a vehicle 1,188
with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, 1,189
or urine, or in hearing a criminal cause involving a violation of 1,190
section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, determines that the person 1,191
charged, within six years of the violation charged, has been 1,193
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any violation listed in 1,194
division (B)(1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section, the mayor 1,196
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immediately shall transfer the case to the county court or 1,197
municipal court with jurisdiction over the violation charged, in 1,198
accordance with section 1905.032 of the Revised Code. 1,199
(C)(1) In all municipal corporations, OTHER THAN BATAVIA 1,201
IN CLERMONT COUNTY, not being the site of a municipal court and 1,203
not being a place where a judge of a court listed in division (A) 1,204
of this section sits as required pursuant to section 1901.021 of 1,205
the Revised Code or by designation of the judges pursuant to 1,206
section 1901.021 of the Revised Code, the mayor of the municipal 1,207
corporation, subject to sections 1901.031, 2937.08, and 2938.04 1,208
of the Revised Code, has jurisdiction to hear and determine 1,209
prosecutions involving a violation of a municipal ordinance that 1,210
is substantially equivalent to division (B)(1) or (D)(2) of 1,211
section 4507.02 of the Revised Code and to hear and determine 1,212
criminal causes that involve a moving traffic violation, that 1,213
involve a violation of division (B)(1) or (D)(2) of section 1,214
4507.02 of the Revised Code, and that occur on a state highway 1,215
located within the boundaries of the municipal corporation only 1,216
if all of the following apply regarding the violation and the 1,217
person charged:
(a) Regarding a violation of division (B)(1) of section 1,219
4507.02 of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal 1,220
ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that division, the 1,221
person charged with the violation, within five years of the date 1,222
of the violation charged, has not been convicted of or pleaded 1,223
guilty to any of the following: 1,224
(i) A violation of division (B)(1) of section 4507.02 of 1,226
the Revised Code; 1,227
(ii) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is 1,229
substantially equivalent to division (B)(1) of section 4507.02 of 1,230
the Revised Code; 1,231
(iii) A violation of any municipal ordinance or section of 1,233
the Revised Code that regulates the operation of vehicles, 1,234
streetcars, and trackless trolleys upon the highways or streets, 1,235
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in a case in which, after a charge against the person of a 1,236
violation of a type described in division (C)(1)(a)(i) or (ii) of 1,237
this section was dismissed or reduced, the person is convicted of 1,238
or pleads guilty to a violation that arose out of the same facts 1,239
and circumstances and the same act as did the charge that was 1,240
dismissed or reduced. 1,241
(b) Regarding a violation of division (D)(2) of section 1,243
4507.02 of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal 1,244
ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that division, the 1,245
person charged with the violation, within five years of the date 1,246
of the violation charged, has not been convicted of or pleaded 1,247
guilty to any of the following: 1,248
(i) A violation of division (D)(2) of section 4507.02 of 1,250
the Revised Code; 1,251
(ii) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is 1,253
substantially equivalent to division (D)(2) of section 4507.02 of 1,254
the Revised Code; 1,255
(iii) A violation of any municipal ordinance or section of 1,257
the Revised Code that regulates the operation of vehicles, 1,258
streetcars, and trackless trolleys upon the highways or streets 1,259
in a case in which, after a charge against the person of a 1,260
violation of a type described in division (C)(1)(b)(i) or (ii) of 1,261
this section was dismissed or reduced, the person is convicted of 1,262
or pleads guilty to a violation that arose out of the same facts 1,263
and circumstances and the same act as did the charge that was 1,264
dismissed or reduced. 1,265
(2) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have 1,267
jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal 1,268
cause involving a violation described in division (C)(1)(a)(i) or 1,269
(ii) of this section if the person charged with the violation, 1,270
within five years of the violation charged, has been convicted of 1,271
or pleaded guilty to any violation listed in division 1,272
(C)(1)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section and does not have 1,273
jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal 1,274
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cause involving a violation described in division (C)(1)(b)(i) or 1,275
(ii) of this section if the person charged with the violation, 1,276
within five years of the violation charged, has been convicted of 1,277
or pleaded guilty to any violation listed in division 1,278
(C)(1)(b)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section. 1,279
(3) If the mayor of a municipal corporation, in hearing a 1,281
prosecution involving a violation of an ordinance of the 1,282
municipal corporation the mayor serves that is substantially 1,283
equivalent to division (B)(1) or (D)(2) of section 4507.02 of the 1,285
Revised Code or a violation of division (B)(1) or (D)(2) of 1,286
section 4507.02 of the Revised Code, determines that, under 1,287
division (C)(2) of this section, mayors do not have jurisdiction 1,288
of the prosecution, the mayor immediately shall transfer the case 1,289
to the county court or municipal court with jurisdiction over the 1,290
violation in accordance with section 1905.032 of the Revised 1,291
Code.
(D) If the mayor of a municipal corporation has 1,293
jurisdiction pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section to hear 1,294
and determine a prosecution or criminal cause involving a 1,295
violation described in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, 1,296
the authority of the mayor to hear or determine the prosecution 1,297
or cause is subject to the limitation contained in division (C) 1,298
of section 1905.03 of the Revised Code. If the mayor of a 1,299
municipal corporation has jurisdiction pursuant to division (A) 1,300
or (C) of this section to hear and determine a prosecution or 1,301
criminal cause involving a violation other than a violation 1,302
described in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, the 1,303
authority of the mayor to hear or determine the prosecution or 1,304
cause is subject to the limitation contained in division (C) of 1,306
section 1905.031 of the Revised Code.
(E)(1) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have 1,308
jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal 1,309
cause involving any of the following: 1,310
(a) A violation of section 2919.25 or 2919.27 of the 1,312
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Revised Code;
(b) A violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 1,314
2903.211, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code that involves a person 1,316
who was a family or household member of the defendant at the time 1,317
of the violation;
(c) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is 1,319
substantially equivalent to an offense described in division 1,320
(E)(1)(a) or (b) of this section and that involves a person who 1,321
was a family or household member of the defendant at the time of 1,322
the violation.
(2) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have 1,324
jurisdiction to hear and determine a motion filed pursuant to 1,325
section 2919.26 of the Revised Code or filed pursuant to a 1,326
municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that 1,328
section or to issue a protection order pursuant to that section 1,329
or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance. 1,330
(3) As used in this section, "family or household member" 1,332
has the same meaning as in section 2919.25 of the Revised Code. 1,333
(F) In keeping a docket and files, the mayor, and a 1,335
mayor's court magistrate appointed under section 1905.05 of the 1,336
Revised Code, shall be governed by the laws pertaining to county 1,337
courts. 1,338
Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1,340
1902.021, 1901.08, and 1905.01 of the Revised Code are hereby 1,341
repealed. 1,342
Section 3. Section 1905.01 of the Revised Code is 1,344
presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by 1,345
both Am. Sub. S.B. 1 and Am. Sub. S.B. 60 of the 122nd General 1,346
Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in 1,348
capital letters. This is in recognition of the principle stated 1,349
in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that such 1,350
amendments are to be harmonized where not substantively 1,351
irreconcilable and constitutes a legislative finding that such is 1,352
the resulting version in effect prior to the effective date of 1,353
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this act.