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| To amend section 1901.02 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| clarify that the former township of Northampton is | 2 |
| no longer within the jurisdiction of the Akron | 3 |
| Municipal Court. | 4 |
| Section 1. That section 1901.02 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
| amended to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by | 7 |
| section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the | 8 |
| corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or, | 9 |
| for the Clermont county municipal court, within the municipal | 10 |
| corporation or unincorporated territory in which it is | 11 |
| established, and are courts of record. Each of the courts shall be | 12 |
| styled ".................................. municipal court," | 13 |
| inserting the name of the municipal corporation, except the | 14 |
| following courts, which shall be styled as set forth below: | 15 |
| (1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall | 16 |
| be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court"; | 17 |
| (2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall | 18 |
| be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court"; | 19 |
| (3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be | 20 |
| styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court"; | 21 |
| (4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be | 22 |
| styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court"; | 23 |
| (5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be | 24 |
| styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court"; | 25 |
| (6) The municipal court established in London that shall be | 26 |
| styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court"; | 27 |
| (7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be | 28 |
| styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court"; | 29 |
| (8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be | 30 |
| styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court"; | 31 |
| (9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall | 32 |
| be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court"; | 33 |
| (10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be | 34 |
| styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court"; | 35 |
| (11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be | 36 |
| styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court"; | 37 |
| (12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be | 38 |
| styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court"; | 39 |
| (13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be | 40 |
| styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court"; | 41 |
| (14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be | 42 |
| styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court"; | 43 |
| (15) The municipal court established in Springfield that | 44 |
| shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court"; | 45 |
| (16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be | 46 |
| styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court"; | 47 |
| (17) The municipal court established within Clermont county | 48 |
| in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated | 49 |
| territory within Clermont county that is selected by the | 50 |
| legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known | 51 |
| as the "Clermont county municipal court"; | 52 |
| (18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that, | 53 |
| beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton | 54 |
| county municipal court"; | 55 |
| (19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that | 56 |
| shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court"; | 57 |
| (20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that, | 58 |
| beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the | 59 |
| "Fairfield county municipal court"; | 60 |
| (21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county | 61 |
| in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated | 62 |
| territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of | 63 |
| the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the | 64 |
| "Columbiana county municipal court"; | 65 |
| (22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that, | 66 |
| beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the | 67 |
| "Brown county municipal court"; | 68 |
| (23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that, | 69 |
| beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the | 70 |
| "Morrow county municipal court"; | 71 |
| (24) The municipal court established in Greenville that, | 72 |
| beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke | 73 |
| county municipal court." | 74 |
| (B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A) | 75 |
| of this section, the municipal courts established by section | 76 |
| 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows: | 77 |
| The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath, | 78 |
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| municipal corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in | 80 |
| Summit county. | 81 |
| The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within | 82 |
| Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark | 83 |
| county. | 84 |
| The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland | 85 |
| county. | 86 |
| The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within | 87 |
| Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county. | 88 |
| The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 89 |
| Athens county. | 90 |
| The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 91 |
| Auglaize county. | 92 |
| The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 93 |
| municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county. | 94 |
| The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within | 95 |
| Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley | 96 |
| township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and | 97 |
| within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit | 98 |
| county. | 99 |
| The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 100 |
| municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow, | 101 |
| Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange, | 102 |
| Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within | 103 |
| Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county. | 104 |
| The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within | 105 |
| Logan county. | 106 |
| The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and | 107 |
| Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in | 108 |
| Sandusky county. | 109 |
| The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 110 |
| municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook | 111 |
| Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in | 112 |
| Cuyahoga county. | 113 |
| The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 114 |
| municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar, | 115 |
| Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton | 116 |
| Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun, | 117 |
| Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom, | 118 |
| Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton, | 119 |
| Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston | 120 |
| townships in Wood county. | 121 |
| Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court | 122 |
| has jurisdiction within Brown county. | 123 |
| The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams | 124 |
| county. | 125 |
| The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within | 126 |
| Guernsey county. | 127 |
| The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within | 128 |
| Coitsville township in Mahoning county. | 129 |
| The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton, | 130 |
| Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in | 131 |
| Stark county. | 132 |
| The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer | 133 |
| county. | 134 |
| The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 135 |
| Champaign county. | 136 |
| The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga | 137 |
| county. | 138 |
| The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross | 139 |
| county. | 140 |
| The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within | 141 |
| Pickaway county. | 142 |
| The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 143 |
| Clark county. | 144 |
| The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 145 |
| Clermont county. | 146 |
| The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 147 |
| municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county. | 148 |
| Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court | 149 |
| has jurisdiction within Clinton county. | 150 |
| The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 151 |
| all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation | 152 |
| of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair | 153 |
| townships. | 154 |
| The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within | 155 |
| Coshocton county. | 156 |
| The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 157 |
| Crawford county. | 158 |
| The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within | 159 |
| Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg | 160 |
| townships, and within the municipal corporations of Boston | 161 |
| Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, | 162 |
| Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and | 163 |
| Macedonia, in Summit county. | 164 |
| Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court | 165 |
| has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal | 166 |
| corporation of Bradford. | 167 |
| The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance | 168 |
| county. | 169 |
| The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware | 170 |
| county. | 171 |
| The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within | 172 |
| Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county. | 173 |
| The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble | 174 |
| county. | 175 |
| The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 176 |
| municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville, | 177 |
| and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and | 178 |
| LaGrange townships, in Lorain county. | 179 |
| The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 180 |
| municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and | 181 |
| Beavercreek townships in Greene county. | 182 |
| Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal | 183 |
| court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county. | 184 |
| The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 185 |
| Hancock county except within Washington township. | 186 |
| The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon | 187 |
| and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township | 188 |
| in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood county. | 189 |
| The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin | 190 |
| township in Warren county. | 191 |
| The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 192 |
| Franklin county. | 193 |
| The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville | 194 |
| and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county. | 195 |
| The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia | 196 |
| county. | 197 |
| The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within | 198 |
| the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley | 199 |
| View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and | 200 |
| Brecksville in Cuyahoga county. | 201 |
| The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty, | 202 |
| Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county. | 203 |
| The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and | 204 |
| St. Clair townships in Butler county. | 205 |
| The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 206 |
| Hamilton county. | 207 |
| The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 208 |
| Hardin county. | 209 |
| The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 210 |
| Highland county except within Madison township. | 211 |
| The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 212 |
| Hocking county. | 213 |
| The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 214 |
| Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal | 215 |
| corporation of Sandusky. | 216 |
| The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid, | 217 |
| Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington | 218 |
| townships in Lawrence county. | 219 |
| The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 220 |
| Jackson county. | 221 |
| The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 222 |
| municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within | 223 |
| Washington township, in Montgomery county. | 224 |
| Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has | 225 |
| jurisdiction within Fairfield county. | 226 |
| The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 227 |
| the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and | 228 |
| Windsor in Lawrence county. | 229 |
| The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within | 230 |
| Turtlecreek township in Warren county. | 231 |
| The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 232 |
| Licking county. | 233 |
| The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen | 234 |
| county. | 235 |
| The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 236 |
| municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield | 237 |
| township, in Lorain county. | 238 |
| The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 239 |
| municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield, | 240 |
| Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county. | 241 |
| The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 242 |
| Madison county. | 243 |
| The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within | 244 |
| Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy, | 245 |
| Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships, | 246 |
| and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in | 247 |
| Richland county. | 248 |
| The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within | 249 |
| Washington county. | 250 |
| The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion | 251 |
| county. | 252 |
| The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union | 253 |
| county. | 254 |
| The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield | 255 |
| township in Warren county. | 256 |
| The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within | 257 |
| Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson | 258 |
| townships in Stark county. | 259 |
| The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 260 |
| municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within | 261 |
| Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of | 262 |
| Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the | 263 |
| northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county. | 264 |
| The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 265 |
| municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick, | 266 |
| Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of | 267 |
| Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette, | 268 |
| Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York | 269 |
| townships, in Medina county. | 270 |
| The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 271 |
| municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county. | 272 |
| The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 273 |
| Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of | 274 |
| Bradford that is located in Darke county. | 275 |
| The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 276 |
| municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and | 277 |
| within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county. | 278 |
| The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within | 279 |
| Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within | 280 |
| the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county. | 281 |
| Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court | 282 |
| has jurisdiction within Morrow county. | 283 |
| The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox | 284 |
| county. | 285 |
| The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry | 286 |
| county. | 287 |
| The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within | 288 |
| the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks, | 289 |
| Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin, | 290 |
| Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas | 291 |
| county. | 292 |
| The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within | 293 |
| Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington, | 294 |
| Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county. | 295 |
| The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 296 |
| municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield | 297 |
| township in Trumbull county. | 298 |
| The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 299 |
| Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue | 300 |
| and except within Lyme and Sherman townships. | 301 |
| The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 302 |
| municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South | 303 |
| Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden, | 304 |
| Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and | 305 |
| Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except | 306 |
| within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county. | 307 |
| The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 308 |
| municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem | 309 |
| township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake | 310 |
| Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the | 311 |
| easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the | 312 |
| Toledo municipal court. | 313 |
| The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 314 |
| Ottawa county. | 315 |
| The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within | 316 |
| Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake | 317 |
| county. | 318 |
| The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 319 |
| municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North | 320 |
| Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in | 321 |
| Cuyahoga county. | 322 |
| The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 323 |
| municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford, | 324 |
| and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in | 325 |
| Wood county. | 326 |
| The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 327 |
| Portage county. | 328 |
| The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto | 329 |
| county. | 330 |
| The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 331 |
| municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park, | 332 |
| and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga | 333 |
| county. | 334 |
| The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 335 |
| municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within | 336 |
| Perkins township, in Erie county. | 337 |
| The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within | 338 |
| the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood, | 339 |
| Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county. | 340 |
| The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon, | 341 |
| Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within | 342 |
| all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in | 343 |
| Richland county. | 344 |
| The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby | 345 |
| county. | 346 |
| The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 347 |
| municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland, | 348 |
| and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county. | 349 |
| The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 350 |
| municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania, | 351 |
| Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those | 352 |
| portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying | 353 |
| north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in | 354 |
| Lucas county. | 355 |
| The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big | 356 |
| Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed, | 357 |
| Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county. | 358 |
| The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington | 359 |
| township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in | 360 |
| Lucas county. | 361 |
| The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within | 362 |
| Wyandot county. | 363 |
| The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 364 |
| municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and | 365 |
| within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery | 366 |
| county. | 367 |
| The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert | 368 |
| county. | 369 |
| The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 370 |
| townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all | 371 |
| of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of | 372 |
| Lorain, in Lorain county. | 373 |
| The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 374 |
| municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and | 375 |
| Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon, | 376 |
| Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county. | 377 |
| The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and | 378 |
| Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except | 379 |
| within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county. | 380 |
| The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction | 381 |
| within Fayette county. | 382 |
| The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 383 |
| Wayne county. | 384 |
| The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 385 |
| municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick, | 386 |
| Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill, | 387 |
| Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake | 388 |
| county. | 389 |
| Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has | 390 |
| jurisdiction within Clinton county. | 391 |
| The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within | 392 |
| Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross, | 393 |
| Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in | 394 |
| Greene county. | 395 |
| (C) As used in this section: | 396 |
| (1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not | 397 |
| limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is | 398 |
| physically located within the territorial boundaries of that | 399 |
| township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is | 400 |
| governmentally a part of the township. | 401 |
| (2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within | 402 |
| the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any | 403 |
| townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation. | 404 |
| Section 2. That existing section 1901.02 of the Revised Code | 405 |
| is hereby repealed. | 406 |