As Passed by the Senate

126th General Assembly Regular Session 2005-2006

Sub. H. B. No. 336

Representatives Core, Willamowski, Harwood, Bubp, Coley, Schaffer, Barrett, Boccieri, Combs, Daniels, DeBose, DeGeeter, Domenick, Evans, C., Fessler, Flowers, Hughes, Latta, Oelslager, Patton, T., Seaver, Seitz, Stewart, J., Wagoner, Wolpert 

Senators Dann, Amstutz, Austria, Coughlin, Harris, Mumper, Zurz 

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A BILL

To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.08,

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1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.11, and 2301.02 of the

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Revised Code to change the status of the judge of

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the Marysville Municipal Court from part-time to

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full-time, to add one judge to the Delaware

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Municipal Court, to create the Holmes County

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Municipal Court in Millersburg and abolish the

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Holmes County County Court on January 1, 2007, to

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designate the Holmes County Clerk of Courts as the

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clerk of the Holmes County Municipal Court, to

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provide one full-time judge for the Holmes County

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Municipal Court to be elected in 2007, to add two

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judges to the Summit County Court of Common Pleas

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to be elected in 2008, and to create the Joint

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Committee to Study Court Costs and Filing Fees to

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review the assessment, collection, and allocation

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of court costs and filing fees in Ohio and make

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recommendations to the Ohio Supreme Court, the

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General Assembly, and the Governor.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.08,	20
1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.11, and 2301.02 of the Revised Code be	21
amended to read as follows:	22

Sec. 1901.01.  (A) There is hereby established a municipal	23
court in each of the following municipal corporations:	24

Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake,	25
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green,	26
Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Celina, Chardon,	27
Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville, Cleveland,	28
Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton, Cuyahoga Falls,	29
Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East Liverpool, Eaton,	30
Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay, Fostoria, Franklin,	31
Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights, Georgetown, Girard,	32
Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron, Ironton, Jackson, Kenton,	33
Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lima, Logan, London,	34
Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta, Marion, Marysville, Mason,	35
Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor, Miamisburg, Middletown,	36
Millersburg, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon, Napoleon, Newark, New	37
Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk, Oakwood, Oberlin,	38
Oregon, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg, Port Clinton, Portsmouth,	39
Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker Heights, Shelby, Sidney,	40
South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville, Struthers, Sylvania,	41
Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana, Vandalia, Van Wert,	42
Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City of Washington in	43
Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court House, Willoughby,	44
Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and Zanesville.	45

(B) There is hereby established a municipal court within	46
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation	47
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is	48
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county	49
municipal court. The municipal court established by this division	50
is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in	51
Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division.	52

(C) There is hereby established a municipal court within	53
Columbiana County in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation	54
or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county, except the	55
municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or St. Clair	56
township, that is selected by the judges of the municipal court	57
pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of the Revised Code.	58

Sec. 1901.02.  (A) The municipal courts established by	59
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the	60
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or,	61
for the Clermont county municipal court, within the municipal	62
corporation or unincorporated territory in which it is	63
established, and are courts of record. Each of the courts shall be	64
styled ".................................. municipal court,"	65
inserting the name of the municipal corporation, except the	66
following courts, which shall be styled as set forth below:	67

(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall	68
be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court";	69

(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall	70
be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court";	71

(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be	72
styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court";	73

(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be	74
styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court";	75

(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be	76
styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court";	77

(6) The municipal court established in London that shall be	78
styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court";	79

(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be	80
styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court";	81

(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be	82
styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court";	83

(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall	84
be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court";	85

(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be	86
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court";	87

(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be	88
styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court";	89

(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be	90
styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court";	91

(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be	92
styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court";	93

(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be	94
styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court";	95

(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that	96
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court";	97

(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be	98
styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court";	99

(17) The municipal court established within Clermont county	100
in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated	101
territory within Clermont county that is selected by the	102
legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known	103
as the "Clermont county municipal court";	104

(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that,	105
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton	106
county municipal court";	107

(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that	108
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court";	109

(20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that,	110
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the	111
"Fairfield county municipal court";	112

(21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county	113
in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated	114
territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of	115
the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the	116
"Columbiana county municipal court";	117

(22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that,	118
beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the	119
"Brown county municipal court";	120

(23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that,	121
beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the	122
"Morrow county municipal court";	123

(24) The municipal court established in Greenville that,	124
beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke	125
county municipal court";	126

(25) The municipal court established in Millersburg that,	127
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the	128
"Holmes county municipal court."	129

(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A)	130
of this section, the municipal courts established by section	131
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows:	132

The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath,	133
Northampton, Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the	134
municipal corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in	135
Summit county.	136

The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within	137
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark	138
county.	139

The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland	140
county.	141

The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within	142
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county.	143

The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within	144
Athens county.	145

The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within	146
Auglaize county.	147

The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the	148
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county.	149

The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within	150
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley	151
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and	152
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit	153
county.	154

The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the	155
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow,	156
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange,	157
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within	158
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county.	159

The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within	160
Logan county.	161

The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and	162
Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in	163
Sandusky county.	164

The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the	165
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook	166
Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in	167
Cuyahoga county.	168

The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the	169
municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar,	170
Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton	171
Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun,	172
Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom,	173
Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton,	174
Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston	175
townships in Wood county.	176

Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court	177
has jurisdiction within Brown county.	178

The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams	179
county.	180

The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within	181
Guernsey county.	182

The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within	183
Coitsville township in Mahoning county.	184

The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton,	185
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in	186
Stark county.	187

The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer	188
county.	189

The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within	190
Champaign county.	191

The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga	192
county.	193

The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross	194
county.	195

The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within	196
Pickaway county.	197

The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within	198
Clark county.	199

The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within	200
Clermont county.	201

The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the	202
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county.	203

Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court	204
has jurisdiction within Clinton county.	205

The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within	206
all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation	207
of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair	208
townships.	209

The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within	210
Coshocton county.	211

The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within	212
Crawford county.	213

The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within	214
Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg	215
townships, and within the municipal corporations of Boston	216
Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, Peninsula,	217
Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and	218
Macedonia, in Summit county.	219

Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court	220
has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal	221
corporation of Bradford.	222

The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance	223
county.	224

The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware	225
county.	226

The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within	227
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county.	228

The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble	229
county.	230

The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the	231
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville,	232
and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and	233
LaGrange townships, in Lorain county.	234

The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the	235
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and	236
Beavercreek townships in Greene county.	237

Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal	238
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county.	239

The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	240
Hancock county except within Washington township.	241

The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon	242
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township	243
in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood county.	244

The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin	245
township in Warren county.	246

The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within	247
Franklin county.	248

The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville	249
and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county.	250

The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia	251
county.	252

The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within	253
the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley	254
View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and	255
Brecksville in Cuyahoga county.	256

The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty,	257
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county.	258

The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and	259
St. Clair townships in Butler county.	260

The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within	261
Hamilton county.	262

The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within	263
Hardin county.	264

The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	265
Highland county except within Madison township.	266

The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within	267
Hocking county.	268

The Holmes county municipal court has jurisdiction within	269
Holmes county.	270

The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	271
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal	272
corporation of Sandusky.	273

The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid,	274
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington	275
townships in Lawrence county.	276

The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within	277
Jackson county.	278

The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the	279
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within	280
Washington township, in Montgomery county.	281

Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has	282
jurisdiction within Fairfield county.	283

The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within	284
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and	285
Windsor in Lawrence county.	286

The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within	287
Turtlecreek township in Warren county.	288

The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within	289
Licking county.	290

The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen	291
county.	292

The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the	293
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield	294
township, in Lorain county.	295

The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the	296
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield,	297
Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county.	298

The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within	299
Madison county.	300

The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within	301
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy,	302
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships,	303
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in	304
Richland county.	305

The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within	306
Washington county.	307

The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion	308
county.	309

The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union	310
county.	311

The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield	312
township in Warren county.	313

The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within	314
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson	315
townships in Stark county.	316

The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the	317
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within	318
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of	319
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the	320
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county.	321

The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the	322
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick,	323
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of	324
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette,	325
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York	326
townships, in Medina county.	327

The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the	328
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county.	329

The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within	330
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of	331
Bradford that is located in Darke county.	332

The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the	333
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and	334
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county.	335

The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within	336
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within	337
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county.	338

Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court	339
has jurisdiction within Morrow county.	340

The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox	341
county.	342

The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry	343
county.	344

The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within	345
the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks,	346
Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin,	347
Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas	348
county.	349

The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within	350
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington,	351
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county.	352

The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the	353
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield	354
township in Trumbull county.	355

The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	356
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue	357
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships.	358

The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the	359
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South	360
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden,	361
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and	362
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except	363
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county.	364

The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the	365
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem	366
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake	367
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the	368
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the	369
Toledo municipal court.	370

The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within	371
Ottawa county.	372

The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within	373
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake	374
county.	375

The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the	376
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North	377
Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in	378
Cuyahoga county.	379

The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the	380
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford,	381
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in	382
Wood county.	383

The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within	384
Portage county.	385

The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto	386
county.	387

The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the	388
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park,	389
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga	390
county.	391

The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the	392
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within	393
Perkins township, in Erie county.	394

The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within	395
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood,	396
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county.	397

The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon,	398
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within	399
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in	400
Richland county.	401

The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby	402
county.	403

The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the	404
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland,	405
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county.	406

The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the	407
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania,	408
Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those	409
portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying	410
north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in	411
Lucas county.	412

The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big	413
Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed,	414
Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county.	415

The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington	416
township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in	417
Lucas county.	418

The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within	419
Wyandot county.	420

The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the	421
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and	422
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery	423
county.	424

The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert	425
county.	426

The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the	427
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all	428
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of	429
Lorain, in Lorain county.	430

The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the	431
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and	432
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon,	433
Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county.	434

The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and	435
Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except	436
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county.	437

The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction	438
within Fayette county.	439

The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within	440
Wayne county.	441

The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the	442
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick,	443
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill,	444
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake	445
county.	446

Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has	447
jurisdiction within Clinton county.	448

The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within	449
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross,	450
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in	451
Greene county.	452

(C) As used in this section:

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(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not	454
limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is	455
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that	456
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is	457
governmentally a part of the township.	458

(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within	459
the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any	460
townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation.	461

Sec. 1901.03.  As used in this chapter:

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(A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which	463
municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 1901.01	464
and 1901.02 of the Revised Code.	465

(B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority	466
of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other	467
than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the	468
respective board of county commissioners of the county in which a	469
county-operated municipal court is located.	470

(C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the	471
municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	472
county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the	473
respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the	474
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located.	475

(D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal	476
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	477
county-operated municipal court, is located.	478

(E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal	479
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	480
county-operated municipal court, is located.	481

(F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize	482
county, Brown county, Clermont county, Columbiana county, Crawford	483
county, Darke county, Hamilton county, Hocking county, Holmes	484
county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, Madison county, Miami	485
county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, Portage county, or Wayne	486
county municipal court.	487

(G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is	488
located" includes each municipal corporation named in section	489
1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a	490
judge sits pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code.	491

Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of,	492
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of	493
their terms shall be as follows:	494

In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be	495
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953,	496
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time	497
judge shall be elected in 1975.	498

In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	499
elected in 1953.	500

In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	501
elected in 1951.	502

In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall	503
be elected in 1953.	504

In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge	505
shall be elected in 1967.	506

In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge	507
shall be elected in 1975.	508

In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall	509
be elected in 1957.	510

In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall	511
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	512
1971.	513

In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	514
elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.	515

In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge	516
shall be elected in 1993.	517

In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	518
elected in 1951.	519

In the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	520
elected in 2005.	521

In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge	522
shall be elected in 1983.	523

In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge	524
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the	525
part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed	526
prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall	527
serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court	528
until December 31, 2005.	529

In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	530
elected in 1965.	531

In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall	532
be elected in 1951.	533

In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	534
elected in 1963.	535

In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	536
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and	537
two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977.	538

In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	539
elected in 1957.	540

In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge	541
shall be elected in 2001.	542

In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	543
elected in 1963.	544

In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall	545
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	546
1977.	547

In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	548
be elected in 1953.	549

In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge	550
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be	551
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal	552
court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges	553
of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until	554
the end of their respective terms.	555

In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges	556
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected	557
in 1999.	558

In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall	559
be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in	560
1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955.	561

In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	562
shall be elected in 1957.	563

In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge	564
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington	565
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge	566
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the	567
end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997.	568

In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time	569
judges shall be elected in 2001.	570

In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	571
elected in 1953.	572

In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall	573
be elected in 1951.	574

In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge	575
shall be elected in 1977.	576

In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge	577
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected	578
in 1967.	579

In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge	580
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time	581
judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that	582
date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the	583
full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December	584
31, 2005.	585

In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall	586
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days	587
beginning on the first day of January next after their election,	588
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to	589
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January	590
next after their election.	591

In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	592
elected in 1957.	593

In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	594
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007.	595

In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge	596
shall be elected in 1957.	597

In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge	598
shall be elected in 1953.	599

In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	600
elected in 1973.	601

In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	602
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	603

In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	604
elected in 1951.	605

In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	606
elected in 1977.	607

In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge	608
shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected	609
in 2005.	610

In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall	611
be elected in 1989.	612

In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	613
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993.	614

In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	615
elected in 1975.	616

In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	617
elected in 1951.	618

In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges	619
shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected	620
in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one	621
full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge	622
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected	623
in 1997.	624

In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	625
elected in 1975.	626

In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall	627
be elected in 1981.	628

In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	629
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected	630
in 1981.	631

In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	632
elected in 1963.	633

In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	634
elected in 1953.	635

In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges	636
shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected	637
in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two	638
full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of	639
the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first	640
day of January next after their election, except that the terms of	641
the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on	642
January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the	643
additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January	644
4, 1984, and January 5, 1984.	645

In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge	646
shall be elected in 1989.	647

In the Hillsboro municipal court, one part-time judge shall	648
be elected in 1957.	649

In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge	650
shall be elected in 1977.	651

In the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge	652
shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time	653
judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that	654
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the	655
full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until	656
December 31, 2007.	657

In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	658
elected in 1967.	659

In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	660
elected in 1951.	661

In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge	662
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the	663
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was	664
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court	665
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001.	666

In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall	667
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	668
1975.	669

In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	670
elected in 1955.	671

In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall	672
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	673
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the	674
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall	675
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the	676
end of those judges' terms.	677

In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge	678
shall be elected in 1981.	679

In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	680
elected in 1955.	681

In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge	682
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected	683
in 1971.	684

In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	685
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967.	686

In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	687
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	688

In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall	689
be elected in 1957.	690

In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge	691
shall be elected in 1981.	692

In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall	693
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	694
1969.	695

In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	696
elected in 1957.	697

In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	698
elected in 1951.	699

In the Marysville municipal court, one part-timefull-time	700
judge shall be elected in 19632011. On and after the effective	701
date of this amendment, the part-time judge of the Marysville	702
municipal court who was elected in 2005 shall serve as a full-time	703
judge of the court until the end of that judge's term on December	704
31, 2011.	705

In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	706
elected in 1965.	707

In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall	708
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	709
1971.	710

In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	711
elected in 1963.	712

In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	713
elected in 1957.	714

In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	715
elected in 1971.	716

In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge	717
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected	718
in 1979.	719

In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge shall	720
be elected in 1951.	721

In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall	722
be elected in 1953.	723

In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge	724
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time	725
judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that	726
date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county	727
municipal court until December 31, 2005.	728

In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge	729
shall be elected in 1951.	730

In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	731
elected in 2005.	732

In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge	733
shall be elected in 1975.	734

In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge	735
shall be elected in 1963.	736

In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	737
elected in 1951.	738

In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	739
elected in 1975.	740

In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	741
elected in 1953.	742

In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	743
elected in 1989.	744

In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	745
elected in 1963.	746

In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge	747
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port	748
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the	749
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994,	750
until the end of that judge's term.	751

In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	752
be elected in 1951.	753

In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	754
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and	755
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.	756

In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall	757
be elected in 1977.	758

In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges	759
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected	760
in 1971.	761

In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge	762
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton	763
municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of	764
the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the	765
end of that judge's term.	766

In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall	767
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	768
1985.	769

In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall	770
be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	771
1971.	772

In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	773
elected in 1953.	774

In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	775
shall be elected in 1957.	776

In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	777
elected in 1957.	778

In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	779
elected in 1995.	780

In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge	781
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993,	782
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until	783
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on	784
January 1, 2000.	785

In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges	786
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected	787
in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield	788
municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of	789
the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the	790
end of their respective terms.	791

In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge	792
shall be elected in 1953.	793

In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall	794
be elected in 1963.	795

In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	796
elected in 1963.	797

In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	798
elected in 1953.	799

In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be	800
elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975,	801
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	802

In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one part-time judge	803
shall be elected in 1957.	804

In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	805
elected in 1959.	806

In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	807
elected in 1957.	808

In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall	809
be elected in 1965.	810

In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall	811
be elected in 1981.	812

In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	813
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.	814

In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time	815
judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in	816
1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until	817
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on	818
January 1, 2000.	819

In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge	820
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected	821
in 1979.	822

In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall	823
be elected in 1951.	824

In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall	825
be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington	826
municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the	827
Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of	828
that judge's term on December 31, 1997.	829

In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	830
elected in 1977.	831

In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall	832
be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be elected in	833
1953.	834

In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	835
be elected in 1953.	836

Sec. 1901.31.  The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal	837
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have	838
powers and duties as follows:	839

(A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed or	840
elected as follows:	841

(1)(a) Except in the Akron, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls,	842
Toledo, Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne county	843
municipal courts, if the population of the territory equals or	844
exceeds one hundred thousand at the regular municipal election	845
immediately preceding the expiration of the term of the present	846
clerk, the clerk shall be nominated and elected by the qualified	847
electors of the territory in the manner that is provided for the	848
nomination and election of judges in section 1901.07 of the	849
Revised Code.	850

The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six	851
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January	852
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's	853
successor is elected and qualified.	854

(b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of	855
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal	856
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the	857
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in	858
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners	859
prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as the	860
clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the	861
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth	862
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common	863
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the	864
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of	865
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county	866
treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the	867
annual compensation that is received for the performance of the	868
duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided in	869
sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.	870

(c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts,	871
the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county shall be	872
the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and Wayne county	873
municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each	874
branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the	875
Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges of the municipal	876
court determine are necessary, all of whom shall receive the	877
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks	878
of courts of Portage county and Wayne county, acting as the clerks	879
of the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts and	880
assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation	881
payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at	882
one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of	883
common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of	884
the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18	885
of the Revised Code.	886

(d) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of	887
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for	888
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	889
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	890
specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the nomination	891
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of	892
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations	893
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the	894
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of	895
clerk of the Akron municipal court shall be signed by at least	896
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	897

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	898
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	899
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	900
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	901
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	902
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	903
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	904
Revised Code.	905

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	906
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	907
party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron municipal	908
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of	909
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.	910
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and	911
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	912
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be	913
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for	914
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a	915
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section	916
3513.02 of the Revised Code.	917

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	918
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	919
of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the	920
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	921
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	922
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	923
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	924
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	925
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	926
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	927
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	928
qualified.	929

(e) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(e) of	930
this section, in the Barberton municipal court, candidates for	931
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	932
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	933
specified in the charter of the city of Barberton for the	934
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary	935
provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the	936
declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and	937
the nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office	938
of clerk of the Barberton municipal court shall be signed by at	939
least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	940

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	941
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	942
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	943
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	944
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	945
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	946
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	947
Revised Code.	948

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	949
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	950
party for election to the office of clerk of the Barberton	951
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the	952
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to	953
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of	954
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a	955
particular political party for election to that office, a primary	956
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a	957
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the	958
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the	959
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	960

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	961
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	962
of the Barberton municipal court shall contain a designation of	963
the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	964
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	965
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	966
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	967
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	968
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	969
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	970
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	971
qualified.	972

(f) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(f) of	973
this section, in the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, candidates	974
for election to the office of clerk of the court shall be	975
nominated by primary election. The primary election shall be held	976
on the day specified in the charter of the city of Cuyahoga Falls	977
for the nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any	978
contrary provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised	979
Code, the declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan	980
candidates and the nominating petitions of independent candidates	981
for the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court	982
shall be signed by at least fifty qualified electors of the	983
territory of the court.	984

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	985
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	986
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	987
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	988
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	989
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	990
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	991
Revised Code.	992

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	993
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	994
party for election to the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls	995
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the	996
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to	997
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of	998
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a	999
particular political party for election to that office, a primary	1000
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a	1001
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the	1002
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the	1003
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1004

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1005
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1006
of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall contain a designation	1007
of the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the	1008
following regular municipal election, all candidates for the	1009
office shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the	1010
territory of the court in the manner that is provided in section	1011
1901.07 of the Revised Code for the election of the judges of the	1012
court. The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six	1013
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January	1014
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's	1015
successor is elected and qualified.	1016

(g) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(g) of	1017
this section, in the Toledo municipal court, candidates for	1018
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	1019
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	1020
specified in the charter of the city of Toledo for the nomination	1021
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of	1022
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations	1023
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the	1024
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of	1025
clerk of the Toledo municipal court shall be signed by at least	1026
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	1027

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1028
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1029
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	1030
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1031
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1032
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1033
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1034
Revised Code.	1035

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1036
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1037
party for election to the office of clerk of the Toledo municipal	1038
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of	1039
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.	1040
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and	1041
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1042
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be	1043
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for	1044
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a	1045
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section	1046
3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1047

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1048
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1049
of the Toledo municipal court shall contain a designation of the	1050
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	1051
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	1052
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	1053
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	1054
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	1055
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	1056
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	1057
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	1058
qualified.	1059

(2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, Brown	1060
county, Columbiana county, Holmes county, Lorain, Massillon, and	1061
Youngstown municipal courts, in a municipal court for which the	1062
population of the territory is less than one hundred thousand, the	1063
clerk shall be appointed by the court, and the clerk shall hold	1064
office until the clerk's successor is appointed and qualified.	1065

(b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown	1066
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office	1067
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section.	1068

(c) In the Auglaize county and, Brown county, and Holmes	1069
county municipal courts, the clerks of courts of Auglaize county	1070
and, Brown county, and Holmes county shall be the clerks,	1071
respectively, of the Auglaize county and, Brown county, and Holmes	1072
county municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for	1073
each branch office that is established pursuant to section	1074
1901.311 of the Revised Code, and assistant clerks as the judge of	1075
the court determines are necessary, all of whom shall receive the	1076
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks	1077
of courts of Auglaize county and, Brown county, and Holmes county,	1078
acting as the clerks of the Auglaize county and, Brown county, and	1079
Holmes county municipal courts and assuming the duties of these	1080
offices, shall receive compensation payable from the county	1081
treasury in semimonthly installments at one-fourth the rate that	1082
is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas as	1083
determined in accordance with the population of the county and the	1084
rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.	1085

(d) In the Columbiana county municipal court, the clerk of	1086
courts of Columbiana county shall be the clerk of the municipal	1087
court, may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office	1088
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised	1089
Code, and may appoint any assistant clerks that the judges of the	1090
court determine are necessary. All of the chief deputy clerks and	1091
assistant clerks shall receive the compensation that the	1092
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of	1093
Columbiana county, acting as the clerk of the Columbiana county	1094
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall	1095
receive in either biweekly installments or semimonthly	1096
installments, as determined by the payroll administrator,	1097
compensation payable from the county treasury at one-fourth the	1098
rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas	1099
as determined in accordance with the population of the county and	1100
the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised	1101
Code.	1102

(3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to illness,	1103
vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a temporary	1104
clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have the same	1105
authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk.	1106

(B) Except in the Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne	1107
county municipal courts, if a vacancy occurs in the office of the	1108
clerk of the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, or Youngstown municipal	1109
court or occurs in the office of the clerk of a municipal court	1110
for which the population of the territory equals or exceeds one	1111
hundred thousand because the clerk ceases to hold the office	1112
before the end of the clerk's term or because a clerk-elect fails	1113
to take office, the vacancy shall be filled, until a successor is	1114
elected and qualified, by a person chosen by the residents of the	1115
territory of the court who are members of the county central	1116
committee of the political party by which the last occupant of	1117
that office or the clerk-elect was nominated. Not less than five	1118
nor more than fifteen days after a vacancy occurs, those members	1119
of that county central committee shall meet to make an appointment	1120
to fill the vacancy. At least four days before the date of the	1121
meeting, the chairperson or a secretary of the county central	1122
committee shall notify each such member of that county central	1123
committee by first class mail of the date, time, and place of the	1124
meeting and its purpose. A majority of all such members of that	1125
county central committee constitutes a quorum, and a majority of	1126
the quorum is required to make the appointment. If the office so	1127
vacated was occupied or was to be occupied by a person not	1128
nominated at a primary election, or if the appointment was not	1129
made by the committee members in accordance with this division,	1130
the court shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy. A	1131
successor shall be elected to fill the office for the unexpired	1132
term at the first municipal election that is held more than one	1133
hundred twenty days after the vacancy occurred.	1134

(C)(1) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county,	1135
the Brown county, the Columbiana county, the Holmes county, and	1136
the Lorain municipal courts, for which the population of the	1137
territory is less than one hundred thousand, the clerk of the	1138
municipal court shall receive the annual compensation that the	1139
presiding judge of the court prescribes, if the revenue of the	1140
court for the preceding calendar year, as certified by the auditor	1141
or chief fiscal officer of the municipal corporation in which the	1142
court is located or, in the case of a county-operated municipal	1143
court, the county auditor, is equal to or greater than the	1144
expenditures, including any debt charges, for the operation of the	1145
court payable under this chapter from the city treasury or, in the	1146
case of a county-operated municipal court, the county treasury for	1147
that calendar year, as also certified by the auditor or chief	1148
fiscal officer. If the revenue of a municipal court, other than	1149
the Auglaize county, the Brown county, the Columbiana county, and	1150
the Lorain municipal courts, for which the population of the	1151
territory is less than one hundred thousand for the preceding	1152
calendar year as so certified is not equal to or greater than	1153
those expenditures for the operation of the court for that	1154
calendar year as so certified, the clerk of a municipal court	1155
shall receive the annual compensation that the legislative	1156
authority prescribes. As used in this division, "revenue" means	1157
the total of all costs and fees that are collected and paid to the	1158
city treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county	1159
treasury by the clerk of the municipal court under division (F) of	1160
this section and all interest received and paid to the city	1161
treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county	1162
treasury in relation to the costs and fees under division (G) of	1163
this section.	1164

(2) In a municipal court, other than the Hamilton county,	1165
Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, for which the	1166
population of the territory is one hundred thousand or more, and	1167
in the Lorain municipal court, the clerk of the municipal court	1168
shall receive annual compensation in a sum equal to eighty-five	1169
per cent of the salary of a judge of the court.	1170

(3) The compensation of a clerk described in division (C)(1)	1171
or (2) of this section is payable in semimonthly installments from	1172
the same sources and in the same manner as provided in section	1173
1901.11 of the Revised Code.	1174

(D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office,	1175
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than	1176
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court,	1177
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties.	1178

(E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the	1179
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue executions	1180
upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a judgment for	1181
unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of the court to all	1182
writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing out of the court;	1183
and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, and undertakings	1184
fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The clerk may refuse to	1185
accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a	1186
person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under	1187
section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain	1188
leave to proceed under that section. The clerk shall do all of the	1189
following: file and safely keep all journals, records, books, and	1190
papers belonging or appertaining to the court; record the	1191
proceedings of the court; perform all other duties that the judges	1192
of the court may prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts	1193
and disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection	1194
at all times.	1195

The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a	1196
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all	1197
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the docket,	1198
the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of an	1199
action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the	1200
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates,	1201
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of	1202
summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings.	1203
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders,	1204
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the	1205
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may order	1206
an extended record of any of the above to be made and entered,	1207
under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the request of	1208
any party to the case, the expense of which record may be taxed as	1209
costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the party	1210
demanding the record, upon order of the court.	1211

(F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect,	1212
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other	1213
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The	1214
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or officers,	1215
and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other	1216
moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 3375.50 and	1217
4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the	1218
Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of	1219
any moneys received by a municipal court and except for the	1220
Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal	1221
courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received for violation of	1222
municipal ordinances into the treasury of the municipal	1223
corporation the ordinance of which was violated and shall pay all	1224
fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted	1225
pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of	1226
the township the resolution of which was violated. Subject to	1227
sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of the Revised Code, in the	1228
Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal	1229
courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent of the fines received	1230
for violation of municipal ordinances and fifty per cent of the	1231
fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted	1232
pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of	1233
the county. Subject to sections 3375.50, 3375.53, 4511.19, and	1234
5503.04 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the	1235
Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of	1236
any moneys received by a municipal court, the clerk shall pay all	1237
fines collected for the violation of state laws into the county	1238
treasury. Except in a county-operated municipal court, the clerk	1239
shall pay all costs and fees the disbursement of which is not	1240
otherwise provided for in the Revised Code into the city treasury.	1241
The clerk of a county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs	1242
and fees the disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for	1243
in the Revised Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as	1244
security for costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The	1245
clerk shall keep a separate account of all receipts and	1246
disbursements in civil and criminal cases, which shall be a	1247
permanent public record of the office. On the expiration of the	1248
term of the clerk, the clerk shall deliver the records to the	1249
clerk's successor. The clerk shall have other powers and duties as	1250
are prescribed by rule or order of the court.	1251

(G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted on	1252
the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be	1253
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and	1254
loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised	1255
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon	1256
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, in	1257
a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid into	1258
the treasury of the county in which the court is located.	1259

On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall	1260
make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that were	1261
finally determined more than one year past in which there remains	1262
unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of	1263
a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the	1264
case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties who	1265
are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys of record. All	1266
the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of each	1267
year shall be paid by the clerk to the city treasurer, except	1268
that, in a county-operated municipal court, the moneys shall be	1269
paid to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located.	1270
The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys at any time to the	1271
person who has the right to the moneys upon proper certification	1272
of the clerk.	1273

(H) Deputy clerks may be appointed by the clerk and shall	1274
receive the compensation, payable in either biweekly installments	1275
or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll	1276
administrator, out of the city treasury, that the clerk may	1277
prescribe, except that the compensation of any deputy clerk of a	1278
county-operated municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury	1279
of the county in which the court is located. Each deputy clerk	1280
shall take an oath of office before entering upon the duties of	1281
the deputy clerk's office and, when so qualified, may perform the	1282
duties appertaining to the office of the clerk. The clerk may	1283
require any of the deputy clerks to give bond of not less than	1284
three thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance	1285
of the deputy clerk's duties.	1286

(I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the population	1287
of the territory of a municipal court falls below one hundred	1288
thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the population of the	1289
territory prior to the most recent regular federal census exceeded	1290
one hundred thousand, the legislative authority of the municipal	1291
corporation may declare, by resolution, that the territory shall	1292
be considered to have a population of at least one hundred	1293
thousand.	1294

(J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at all	1295
sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in the	1296
courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors and	1297
receive verdicts.	1298

Sec. 1901.34.  (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and	1299
(D) of this section, the village solicitor, city director of law,	1300
or similar chief legal officer for each municipal corporation	1301
within the territory of a municipal court shall prosecute all	1302
cases brought before the municipal court for criminal offenses	1303
occurring within the municipal corporation for which that person	1304
is the solicitor, director of law, or similar chief legal officer.	1305
Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the village	1306
solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer of	1307
the municipal corporation in which a municipal court is located	1308
shall prosecute all criminal cases brought before the court	1309
arising in the unincorporated areas within the territory of the	1310
municipal court.	1311

(B) The Auglaize county, Brown county, Clermont county,	1312
Hocking county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Morrow county,	1313
Ottawa county, and Portage county prosecuting attorneys shall	1314
prosecute in municipal court all violations of state law arising	1315
in their respective counties. The Crawford county, Hamilton	1316
county, Madison county, and Wayne county prosecuting attorneys	1317
shall prosecute all violations of state law arising within the	1318
unincorporated areas of their respective counties. The Columbiana	1319
county prosecuting attorney shall prosecute in the Columbiana	1320
county municipal court all violations of state law arising in the	1321
county, except for violations arising in the municipal corporation	1322
of East Liverpool, Liverpool township, or St. Clair township. The	1323
Darke county prosecuting attorney shall prosecute in the Darke	1324
county municipal court all violations of state law arising in the	1325
county, except for violations of state law arising in the	1326
municipal corporation of Greenville and violations of state law	1327
arising in the village of Versailles. The Greene county	1328
prosecuting attorney may, with the concurrence of the Greene	1329
county board of county commissioners, prosecute in the Fairborn	1330
municipal court all violations of state law arising within the	1331
unincorporated areas of Bath and Beavercreek townships in Greene	1332
county and prosecute in the Xenia municipal court all violations	1333
of state law arising within the unincorporated areas of	1334
Ceasarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross,	1335
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in	1336
Greene county.	1337

The prosecuting attorney of any county given the duty of	1338
prosecuting in municipal court violations of state law shall	1339
receive no additional compensation for assuming these additional	1340
duties, except that the prosecuting attorney of Hamilton, Portage,	1341
and Wayne counties shall receive compensation at the rate of four	1342
thousand eight hundred dollars per year, and the prosecuting	1343
attorney of Auglaize county shall receive compensation at the rate	1344
of one thousand eight hundred dollars per year, each payable from	1345
the county treasury of the respective counties in semimonthly	1346
installments.	1347

(C) The village solicitor, city director of law, or similar	1348
chief legal officer shall perform the same duties, insofar as they	1349
are applicable to the village solicitor, city director of law, or	1350
similar chief legal officer, as are required of the prosecuting	1351
attorney of the county. The village solicitor, city director of	1352
law, similar chief legal officer or any assistants who may be	1353
appointed shall receive for such services additional compensation	1354
to be paid from the treasury of the county as the board of county	1355
commissioners prescribes.	1356

(D) The prosecuting attorney of any county, other than	1357
Auglaize, Brown, Clermont, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Morrow,	1358
Ottawa, or Portage county, may enter into an agreement with any	1359
municipal corporation in the county in which the prosecuting	1360
attorney serves pursuant to which the prosecuting attorney	1361
prosecutes all criminal cases brought before the municipal court	1362
that has territorial jurisdiction over that municipal corporation	1363
for criminal offenses occurring within the municipal corporation.	1364
The prosecuting attorney of Auglaize, Brown, Clermont, Hocking,	1365
Holmes, Jackson, Morrow, Ottawa, or Portage county may enter into	1366
an agreement with any municipal corporation in the county in which	1367
the prosecuting attorney serves pursuant to which the respective	1368
prosecuting attorney prosecutes all cases brought before the	1369
Auglaize county, Brown county, Clermont county, Hocking county,	1370
Holmes county, Jackson county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, or	1371
Portage county municipal court for violations of the ordinances of	1372
the municipal corporation or for criminal offenses other than	1373
violations of state law occurring within the municipal	1374
corporation. For prosecuting these cases, the prosecuting attorney	1375
and the municipal corporation may agree upon a fee to be paid by	1376
the municipal corporation, which fee shall be paid into the county	1377
treasury, to be used to cover expenses of the office of the	1378
prosecuting attorney.	1379

Sec. 1907.11.  (A) Each county court district shall have the	1380
following county court judges, to be elected as follows:	1381

In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall	1382
be elected in 1982.	1383

In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge	1384
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected	1385
in 1982.	1386

In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge shall	1387
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two	1388
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	1389
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1390

In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge shall	1391
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two	1392
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	1393
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1394

In the Carroll county county court, one part-time judge shall	1395
be elected in 1982.	1396

In the Erie county county court, one part-time judge shall be	1397
elected in 1982.	1398

In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge shall	1399
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	1400
1982.	1401

In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge	1402
shall be elected in 1982.	1403

In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge	1404
shall be elected in 1982.	1405

In the Holmes county county court, one part-time judge shall	1406
be elected in 1982.	1407

In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge	1408
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and	1409
two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence	1410
on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1411

In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge	1412
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and	1413
three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence	1414
on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1995,	1415
respectively.	1416

In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall	1417
be elected in 1982.	1418

In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge shall	1419
be elected in 1982.	1420

In the Montgomery county county court, three part-time judges	1421
shall be elected in 1998, terms to commence on January 1, 1999,	1422
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively, and two	1423
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	1424
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1425

In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge shall	1426
be elected in 1982.	1427

In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge	1428
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected	1429
in 1982.	1430

In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall	1431
be elected in 1982.	1432

In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge	1433
shall be elected in 1982.	1434

In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall	1435
be elected in 1982.	1436

In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall be	1437
elected in 1982.	1438

In the Putnam county county court, one part-time judge shall	1439
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	1440
1982.	1441

In the Sandusky county county court, two part-time judges	1442
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995,	1443
and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1444

In the Trumbull county county court, one part-time judge	1445
shall be elected in 1992, and one part-time judge shall be elected	1446
in 1994.	1447

In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge	1448
shall be elected in 1982.	1449

In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge shall	1450
be elected in 1982.	1451

In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge shall	1452
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	1453
1982.	1454

(B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next regular	1455
election for a county court judge as provided in section 1907.13	1456
of the Revised Code.	1457

(2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from,	1458
forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled	1459
in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as	1460
provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code.	1461

Sec. 2301.02.  The number of judges of the court of common	1462
pleas for each county, the time for the next election of the	1463
judges in the several counties, and the beginning of their terms	1464
shall be as follows:	1465

(A) In Adams, Ashland, Fayette, and Pike counties, one judge,	1466
elected in 1956, term to begin February 9, 1957;	1467

In Brown, Crawford, Defiance, Highland, Holmes, Morgan,	1468
Ottawa, and Union counties, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term	1469
to begin February 9, 1955;	1470

In Auglaize county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to	1471
begin January 9, 1957;	1472

In Coshocton, Darke, Fulton, Gallia, Guernsey, Hardin,	1473
Jackson, Knox, Madison, Mercer, Monroe, Paulding, Vinton, and	1474
Wyandot counties, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to begin	1475
January 1, 1957;	1476

In Morrow county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	1477
to begin January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 2006, term to	1478
begin January 1, 2007;	1479

In Logan county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	1480
to begin January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 2004, term to	1481
begin January 2, 2005;	1482

In Carroll, Champaign, Clinton, Hocking, Meigs, Pickaway,	1483
Preble, Shelby, Van Wert, and Williams counties, one judge, to be	1484
elected in 1952, term to begin January 1, 1953;	1485

In Harrison and Noble counties, one judge, to be elected in	1486
1954, term to begin April 18, 1955;	1487

In Henry county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	1488
to begin May 9, 1957, and one to be elected in 2004, term to begin	1489
January 1, 2005;	1490

In Putnam county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to	1491
begin May 9, 1957;	1492

In Huron county, one judge, to be elected in 1952, term to	1493
begin May 14, 1953;	1494

In Perry county, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term to	1495
begin July 6, 1956;	1496

In Sandusky county, Ftwo judges, one to be elected in 1954,	1497
term to begin February 10, 1955, and one to be elected in 1978,	1498
term to begin January 1, 1979;	1499

(B) In Allen county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956,	1500
term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1958,	1501
term to begin January 1, 1959, and the third to be elected in	1502
1992, term to begin January 1, 1993;	1503

In Ashtabula county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	1504
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1960, term to	1505
begin January 1, 1961, and one to be elected in 1978, term to	1506
begin January 2, 1979;	1507

In Athens county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term	1508
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1990, term to	1509
begin July 1, 1991;	1510

In Erie county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	1511
to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1970, term	1512
to begin January 2, 1971, the third to be elected in 2004, term to	1513
begin January 2, 2005, and the fourth to be elected in 2008, term	1514
to begin February 9, 2009;	1515

In Fairfield county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	1516
term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970,	1517
term to begin January 1, 1971, and the third to be elected in	1518
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995;	1519

In Geauga county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	1520
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976,	1521
term to begin January 6, 1977;	1522

In Greene county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956,	1523
term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960,	1524
term to begin January 1, 1961, the third to be elected in 1978,	1525
term to begin January 2, 1979, and the fourth to be elected in	1526
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995;	1527

In Hancock county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952,	1528
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in	1529
1978, term to begin January 1, 1979;	1530

In Lawrence county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954,	1531
term to begin February 9, 1955, and the second to be elected in	1532
1976, term to begin January 1, 1977;	1533

In Marion county, three judges, one to be elected in 1952,	1534
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1976,	1535
term to begin January 2, 1977, and the third to be elected in	1536
1998, term to begin February 9, 1999;	1537

In Medina county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956,	1538
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1966,	1539
term to begin January 1, 1967, and the third to be elected in	1540
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995;	1541

In Miami county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term	1542
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1970, term to	1543
begin on January 1, 1971;	1544

In Muskingum county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968,	1545
term to begin August 9, 1969, one to be elected in 1978, term to	1546
begin January 1, 1979, and one to be elected in 2002, term to	1547
begin January 2, 2003;	1548

In Portage county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956,	1549
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960,	1550
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in	1551
1986, term to begin January 2, 1987;	1552

In Ross county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	1553
to begin February 9, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976,	1554
term to begin January 1, 1977;	1555

In Scioto county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954,	1556
term to begin February 10, 1955, the second to be elected in 1960,	1557
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in	1558
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995;	1559

In Seneca county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	1560
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1986,	1561
term to begin January 2, 1987;	1562

In Warren county, four judges, one to be elected in 1954,	1563
term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970,	1564
term to begin January 1, 1971, the third to be elected in 1986,	1565
term to begin January 1, 1987, and the fourth to be elected in	1566
2004, term to begin January 2, 2005;	1567

In Washington county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952,	1568
term to begin January 1, 1953, and one to be elected in 1986, term	1569
to begin January 1, 1987;	1570

In Wood county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968, term	1571
beginning January 1, 1969, the second to be elected in 1970, term	1572
to begin January 2, 1971, and the third to be elected in 1990,	1573
term to begin January 1, 1991;	1574

In Belmont and Jefferson counties, two judges, to be elected	1575
in 1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	1576
respectively;	1577

In Clark county, four judges, one to be elected in 1952, term	1578
to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1956, term	1579
to begin January 2, 1957, the third to be elected in 1986, term to	1580
begin January 3, 1987, and the fourth to be elected in 1994, term	1581
to begin January 2, 1995.	1582

In Clermont county, five judges, one to be elected in 1956,	1583
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1964,	1584
term to begin January 1, 1965, the third to be elected in 1982,	1585
term to begin January 2, 1983, the fourth to be elected in 1986,	1586
term to begin January 2, 1987; and the fifth to be elected in	1587
2006, term to begin January 3, 2007;	1588

In Columbiana county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952,	1589
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in	1590
1956, term to begin January 1, 1957;	1591

In Delaware county, two judges, one to be elected in 1990,	1592
term to begin February 9, 1991, the second to be elected in 1994,	1593
term to begin January 1, 1995;	1594

In Lake county, six judges, one to be elected in 1958, term	1595
to begin January 1, 1959, the second to be elected in 1960, term	1596
to begin January 2, 1961, the third to be elected in 1964, term to	1597
begin January 3, 1965, the fourth and fifth to be elected in 1978,	1598
terms to begin January 4, 1979, and January 5, 1979, respectively,	1599
and the sixth to be elected in 2000, term to begin January 6,	1600
2001;	1601

In Licking county, four judges, one to be elected in 1954,	1602
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1964, term to	1603
begin January 1, 1965, one to be elected in 1990, term to begin	1604
January 1, 1991, and one to be elected in 2004, term to begin	1605
January 1, 2005;	1606

In Lorain county, ten judges, two to be elected in 1952,	1607
terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953, respectively,	1608
one to be elected in 1958, term to begin January 3, 1959, one to	1609
be elected in 1968, term to begin January 1, 1969, two to be	1610
elected in 1988, terms to begin January 4, 1989, and January 5,	1611
1989, respectively, two to be elected in 1998, terms to begin	1612
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively; one to be	1613
elected in 2006, term to begin January 6, 2007; and one to be	1614
elected in 2008, term to begin February 9, 2009, as described in	1615
division (C)(1)(c) of section 2301.03 of the Revised Code;	1616

In Butler county, eleven judges, one to be elected in 1956,	1617
term to begin January 1, 1957; two to be elected in 1954, terms to	1618
begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; one to	1619
be elected in 1968, term to begin January 2, 1969; one to be	1620
elected in 1986, term to begin January 3, 1987; two to be elected	1621
in 1988, terms to begin January 1, 1989, and January 2, 1989,	1622
respectively; one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 4,	1623
1993; two to be elected in 2002, terms to begin January 2, 2003,	1624
and January 3, 2003, respectively; and one to be elected in 2006,	1625
term to begin January 3, 2007;	1626

In Richland county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956,	1627
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960,	1628
term to begin February 9, 1961, the third to be elected in 1968,	1629
term to begin January 2, 1969, and the fourth to be elected in	1630
2004, term to begin January 3, 2005;	1631

In Tuscarawas county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956,	1632
term to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in	1633
1960, term to begin January 2, 1961;	1634

In Wayne county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term	1635
beginning January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 1968, term to	1636
begin January 2, 1969;	1637

In Trumbull county, six judges, one to be elected in 1952,	1638
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1954,	1639
term to begin January 1, 1955, the third to be elected in 1956,	1640
term to begin January 1, 1957, the fourth to be elected in 1964,	1641
term to begin January 1, 1965, the fifth to be elected in 1976,	1642
term to begin January 2, 1977, and the sixth to be elected in	1643
1994, term to begin January 3, 1995;	1644

(C) In Cuyahoga county, thirty-nine judges; eight to be	1645
elected in 1954, terms to begin on successive days beginning from	1646
January 1, 1955, to January 7, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	1647
respectively; eight to be elected in 1956, terms to begin on	1648
successive days beginning from January 1, 1957, to January 8,	1649
1957; three to be elected in 1952, terms to begin from January 1,	1650
1953, to January 3, 1953; two to be elected in 1960, terms to	1651
begin on January 8, 1961, and January 9, 1961, respectively; two	1652
to be elected in 1964, terms to begin January 4, 1965, and January	1653
5, 1965, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin on	1654
January 10, 1967; four to be elected in 1968, terms to begin on	1655
successive days beginning from January 9, 1969, to January 12,	1656
1969; two to be elected in 1974, terms to begin on January 18,	1657
1975, and January 19, 1975, respectively; five to be elected in	1658
1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning January 6, 1977,	1659
to January 10, 1977; two to be elected in 1982, terms to begin	1660
January 11, 1983, and January 12, 1983, respectively; and two to	1661
be elected in 1986, terms to begin January 13, 1987, and January	1662
14, 1987, respectively;	1663

In Franklin county, twenty-two judges; two to be elected in	1664
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	1665
respectively; four to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January	1666
1, 1957, to January 4, 1957; four to be elected in 1958, terms to	1667
begin January 1, 1959, to January 4, 1959; three to be elected in	1668
1968, terms to begin January 5, 1969, to January 7, 1969; three to	1669
be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning	1670
January 5, 1977, to January 7, 1977; one to be elected in 1982,	1671
term to begin January 8, 1983; one to be elected in 1986, term to	1672
begin January 9, 1987; two to be elected in 1990, terms to begin	1673
July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991, respectively; one to be elected in	1674
1996, term to begin January 2, 1997; and one to be elected in	1675
2004, term to begin July 1, 2005;	1676

In Hamilton county, twenty-one judges; eight to be elected in	1677
1966, terms to begin January 1, 1967, January 2, 1967, and from	1678
February 9, 1967, to February 14, 1967, respectively; five to be	1679
elected in 1956, terms to begin from January 1, 1957, to January	1680
5, 1957; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 1, 1965;	1681
one to be elected in 1974, term to begin January 15, 1975; one to	1682
be elected in 1980, term to begin January 16, 1981; two to be	1683
elected at large in the general election in 1982, terms to begin	1684
April 1, 1983; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1,	1685
1991; and two to be elected in 1996, terms to begin January 3,	1686
1997, and January 4, 1997, respectively;	1687

In Lucas county, fourteen judges; two to be elected in 1954,	1688
terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955,	1689
respectively; two to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January 1,	1690
1957, and October 29, 1957, respectively; two to be elected in	1691
1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953,	1692
respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3,	1693
1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 4, 1969;	1694
two to be elected in 1976, terms to begin January 4, 1977, and	1695
January 5, 1977, respectively; one to be elected in 1982, term to	1696
begin January 6, 1983; one to be elected in 1988, term to begin	1697
January 7, 1989; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin January	1698
2, 1991; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 2,	1699
1993;	1700

In Mahoning county, seven judges; three to be elected in	1701
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and	1702
February 9, 1955, respectively; one to be elected in 1956, term to	1703
begin January 1, 1957; one to be elected in 1952, term to begin	1704
January 1, 1953; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January	1705
2, 1969; and one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1,	1706
1991;	1707

In Montgomery county, fifteen judges; three to be elected in	1708
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and January	1709
3, 1955, respectively; four to be elected in 1952, terms to begin	1710
January 1, 1953, January 2, 1953, July 1, 1953, and July 2, 1953,	1711
respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3,	1712
1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 3, 1969;	1713
three to be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days	1714
beginning January 4, 1977, to January 6, 1977; two to be elected	1715
in 1990, terms to begin July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991,	1716
respectively; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January	1717
1, 1993.	1718

In Stark county, eight judges; one to be elected in 1958,	1719
term to begin on January 2, 1959; two to be elected in 1954, terms	1720
to begin on January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively;	1721
two to be elected in 1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and	1722
April 16, 1953, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to	1723
begin on January 4, 1967; and two to be elected in 1992, terms to	1724
begin January 1, 1993, and January 2, 1993, respectively;	1725

In Summit county, eleventhirteen judges; four to be elected	1726
in 1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, January	1727
3, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; three to be elected	1728
in 1958, terms to begin January 1, 1959, January 2, 1959, and May	1729
17, 1959, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin	1730
January 4, 1967; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January	1731
5, 1969; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin May 1, 1991; and	1732
one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 6, 1993; and two	1733
to be elected in 2008, terms to begin January 5, 2009, and January	1734
6, 2009, respectively.	1735

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, in any county	1736
having two or more judges of the court of common pleas, in which	1737
more than one-third of the judges plus one were previously elected	1738
at the same election, if the office of one of those judges so	1739
elected becomes vacant more than forty days prior to the second	1740
general election preceding the expiration of that judge's term,	1741
the office that that judge had filled shall be abolished as of the	1742
date of the next general election, and a new office of judge of	1743
the court of common pleas shall be created. The judge who is to	1744
fill that new office shall be elected for a six-year term at the	1745
next general election, and the term of that judge shall commence	1746
on the first day of the year following that general election, on	1747
which day no other judge's term begins, so that the number of	1748
judges that the county shall elect shall not be reduced.	1749

Judges of the probate division of the court of common pleas	1750
are judges of the court of common pleas but shall be elected	1751
pursuant to sections 2101.02 and 2101.021 of the Revised Code,	1752
except in Adams, Harrison, Henry, Morgan, Noble, and Wyandot	1753
counties in which the judge of the court of common pleas elected	1754
pursuant to this section also shall serve as judge of the probate	1755
division, except in Lorain county in which the judges of the	1756
domestic relations division of the Lorain county court of common	1757
pleas elected pursuant to this section also shall perform the	1758
duties and functions of the judge of the probate division, and	1759
except in Morrow county in which the successors to the judge of	1760
the court of common pleas elected in 1956 pursuant to this section	1761
also shall serve as judge of the probate division.	1762

Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03,	1763
1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.11, and 2301.02 of the Revised	1764
Code are hereby repealed.	1765

Section 3. (A) Effective January 1, 2007, the Holmes County	1766
County Court is abolished.	1767

(B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in	1768
the Holmes County County Court at the close of business on	1769
December 31, 2006, shall be transferred to and proceed in the	1770
Holmes County Municipal Court on January 1, 2007, as if originally	1771
instituted in the Holmes County Municipal Court. Parties to those	1772
causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings may make any	1773
amendments to their pleadings that are required to conform them to	1774
the rules of the Holmes County Municipal Court. The Clerk of the	1775
Holmes County County Court or other custodian shall transfer to	1776
the Holmes County Municipal Court all pleadings, orders, entries,	1777
dockets, bonds, papers, records, books, exhibits, files, moneys,	1778
property, and persons that belong to, are in the possession of, or	1779
are subject to the jurisdiction of the Holmes County County Court,	1780
or any officer of that court, at the close of business on December	1781
31, 2006, and that pertain to those causes, judgments, executions,	1782
and proceedings.	1783

(C) All employees of the Holmes County County Court shall be	1784
transferred to and shall become employees of the Holmes County	1785
Municipal Court on January 1, 2007.	1786

(D) Effective January 1, 2007, the part-time judgeship in the	1787
Holmes County County Court is abolished.	1788

Section 4. On and after the effective date of this act, the	1789
full-time judge of the Marysville Municipal Court, who prior to	1790
the effective date of this act was the part-time judge of that	1791
court, shall perform the duties of a full-time judge of a	1792
municipal court, shall receive the salary specified in law for a	1793
full-time judge of a municipal court, and shall be subject to any	1794
restriction specified in law for a full-time judge of a municipal	1795
court.	1796

Section 5. Sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.31,	1797
1901.34, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code, as amended by this act,	1798
shall take effect January 1, 2007.	1799

Section 6. (A) There is hereby created the Joint Committee to	1800
Study Court Costs and Filing Fees consisting of the following	1801
seventeen members:	1802

(1) Three members of the House of Representatives appointed	1803
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two of the members	1804
representing the House Majority Caucus and one member representing	1805
the House Minority Caucus;	1806

(2) Three members of the Senate appointed by the President of	1807
the Senate, two members representing the Senate Majority Caucus	1808
and one member representing the Senate Minority Caucus;	1809

(3) One judge of a court of common pleas and one municipal	1810
court judge each appointed by the Chief Justice of the Ohio	1811
Supreme Court;	1812

(4) Two clerks of court appointed by the Chief Justice of the	1813
Ohio Supreme Court;	1814

(5) Two court administrators appointed by the Chief Justice	1815
of the Ohio Supreme Court;	1816

(6) The Administrative Director of the Ohio Supreme Court;

1817

(7) One member of a state or county bar association appointed	1818
by the Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court;	1819

(8) One county commissioner and one member of the Ohio	1820
Municipal League each jointly appointed by the Speaker of the	1821
House of Representatives and the President of the Senate;	1822

(9) One individual to represent the public jointly appointed	1823
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President	1824
of the Senate.	1825

(B)(1) The appointments to the Committee shall be made not	1826
later than ninety days after the effective date of this act.	1827
Vacancies on the Committee shall be filled in the manner provided	1828
for the original appointments.	1829

(2) Two members of the Committee shall be designated to serve	1830
as co-chairpersons. The Speaker of the House of Representatives	1831
and the President of the Senate shall jointly designate one	1832
co-chairperson. The Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court shall	1833
designate one co-chairperson.	1834

(3) The Committee shall meet as often as necessary to carry	1835
out the Committee's official duties. The members of the Committee	1836
shall serve without compensation. The staff of the Legislative	1837
Service Commission and the employees of the Ohio Supreme Court	1838
shall provide staff support for the Committee.	1839

(C) The Committee shall study the determination, assessment,	1840
collection, and allocation of court costs and filing fees in	1841
criminal actions and in civil actions and proceedings in this	1842
state, including the amount of court costs and filing fees paid by	1843
the parties to civil actions and proceedings or by defendants in	1844
criminal actions. The Committee also shall review and study where	1845
the money collected is deposited. Based on the Committee's	1846
findings, the Committee shall prepare recommendations for any	1847
changes that the Committee believes need to be made to the current	1848
system for court costs and filing fees.	1849

(D) The Committee shall submit written findings and	1850
recommendations not later than one year after the effective date	1851
of this act to the justices and Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme	1852
Court, the General Assembly, and the Governor. On the Committee's	1853
submission of its written findings and recommendations, the	1854
Committee shall cease to exist.	1855

(E) All meetings of the Committee are public meetings and	1856
shall be open to the public at all times. A member of the	1857
Committee shall be present in person at a meeting that is open to	1858
the public in order to be considered present or to vote at the	1859
meeting and for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is	1860
present. The chairs of the Committee shall promptly prepare and	1861
maintain the minutes of the meetings, and the minutes shall be	1862
public records pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The	1863
committee shall give reasonable notice of the Committee's meetings	1864
so that any person may determine the time and place of all	1865
scheduled meetings. The Committee shall not hold a meeting unless	1866
the Committee gives at least twenty-four hours advance notice to	1867
the news media organizations that have requested notification of	1868
the Committee's meetings.	1869