As Passed by the House

126th General Assembly Regular Session 2005-2006

Am. Sub. S. B. No. 171

Senators Coughlin, Zurz 

Representatives Blessing, Boccieri, Coley, Combs, DeBose, Evans, C., Hughes, Key, Luckie, McGregor, J., Otterman, Williams 

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A BILL

To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07,

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1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.11, and 2501.012

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of the Revised Code, to create the Carroll County

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Municipal Court and abolish the Carroll County

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County Court on January 1, 2007, to provide one

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full-time judge for the Carroll County Municipal

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Court to be elected in 2009, to create the Erie

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County Municipal court on January 1, 2008, to

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establish one full-time judgeship in that court,

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to abolish the Erie County County Court on that

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date, to provide for the election for the Erie

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County Municipal Court of one full-time judge in

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2007, to add one additional judge to the Twelfth

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District Court of Appeals to be elected at the

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2008 general election, to abolish the Cuyahoga

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Falls Municipal Court and to create the Stow

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Municipal Court as its replacement effective

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January 1, 2009, to clarify that the former

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township of Northampton is no longer within the

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jurisdiction of the Akron Municipal Court, to

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amend the versions of sections 1901.01, 1901.02,

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1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, and 1907.11 of

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the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect

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January 18, 2007, to continue the provisions of

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this act on and after that effective date, and to

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declare an emergency.

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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, 1901.07,	27
1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.11, and 2501.012 of the Revised	28
Code be amended to read as follows:	29

Sec. 1901.01.  (A) There is hereby established a municipal	30
court in each of the following municipal corporations:	31

Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake,	32
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green,	33
Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Carrollton, Celina,	34
Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville,	35
Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton,	36
Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East	37
Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay,	38
Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights,	39
Georgetown, Girard, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron,	40
Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon,	41
Lima, Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta,	42
Marion, Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor,	43
Miamisburg, Middletown, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon, Napoleon,	44
Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk, Oakwood,	45
Oberlin, Oregon, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg, Port Clinton,	46
Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker Heights,	47
Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville,	48
Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana,	49
Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City	50
of Washington in Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court	51
House, Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and	52
Zanesville.	53

(B) There is hereby established a municipal court within	54
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation	55
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is	56
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county	57
municipal court. The municipal court established by this division	58
is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in	59
Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division.	60

(C) There is hereby established a municipal court within	61
Columbiana Countycounty in Lisbon or in any other municipal	62
corporation or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county,	63
except the municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or	64
St. Clair township, that is selected by the judges of the	65
municipal court pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of	66
the Revised Code.	67

Sec. 1901.02.  (A) The municipal courts established by	68
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the	69
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or,	70
for the Clermont county municipal court, within the municipal	71
corporation or unincorporated territory in which it is	72
established, and are courts of record. Each of the courts shall be	73
styled ".................................. municipal court,"	74
inserting the name of the municipal corporation, except the	75
following courts, which shall be styled as set forth below:	76

(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall	77
be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court";	78

(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall	79
be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court";	80

(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be	81
styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court";	82

(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be	83
styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court";	84

(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be	85
styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court";	86

(6) The municipal court established in London that shall be	87
styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court";	88

(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be	89
styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court";	90

(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be	91
styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court";	92

(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall	93
be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court";	94

(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be	95
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court";	96

(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be	97
styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court";	98

(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be	99
styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court";	100

(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be	101
styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court";	102

(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be	103
styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court";	104

(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that	105
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court";	106

(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be	107
styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court";	108

(17) The municipal court established within Clermont county	109
in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated	110
territory within Clermont county that is selected by the	111
legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known	112
as the "Clermont county municipal court";	113

(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that,	114
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton	115
county municipal court";	116

(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that	117
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court";	118

(20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that,	119
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the	120
"Fairfield county municipal court";	121

(21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county	122
in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated	123
territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of	124
the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the	125
"Columbiana county municipal court";	126

(22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that,	127
beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the	128
"Brown county municipal court";	129

(23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that,	130
beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the	131
"Morrow county municipal court";	132

(24) The municipal court established in Greenville that,	133
beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke	134
county municipal court.";	135

(25)  The municipal court established in Carrollton that,	136
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the	137
"Carroll county municipal court."	138

(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A)	139
of this section, the municipal courts established by section	140
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows:	141

The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath,	142
Northampton, Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the	143
municipal corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in	144
Summit county.	145

The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within	146
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark	147
county.	148

The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland	149
county.	150

The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within	151
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county.	152

The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within	153
Athens county.	154

The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within	155
Auglaize county.	156

The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the	157
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county.	158

The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within	159
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley	160
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and	161
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit	162
county.	163

The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the	164
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow,	165
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange,	166
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within	167
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county.	168

The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within	169
Logan county.	170

The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and	171
Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in	172
Sandusky county.	173

The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the	174
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook	175
Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in	176
Cuyahoga county.	177

The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the	178
municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar,	179
Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton	180
Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun,	181
Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom,	182
Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton,	183
Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston	184
townships in Wood county.	185

Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court	186
has jurisdiction within Brown county.	187

The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams	188
county.	189

The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within	190
Guernsey county.	191

The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within	192
Coitsville township in Mahoning county.	193

The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton,	194
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in	195
Stark county.	196

The Carroll county municipal court has jurisdiction within	197
Carroll county.	198

The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer	199
county.	200

The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within	201
Champaign county.	202

The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga	203
county.	204

The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross	205
county.	206

The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within	207
Pickaway county.	208

The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within	209
Clark county.	210

The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within	211
Clermont county.	212

The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the	213
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county.	214

Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court	215
has jurisdiction within Clinton county.	216

The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within	217
all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation	218
of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair	219
townships.	220

The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within	221
Coshocton county.	222

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

The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within	225
Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg	226
townships, and within the municipal corporations of Boston	227
Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, Peninsula,	228
Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and	229
Macedonia, in Summit county.	230

Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court	231
has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal	232
corporation of Bradford.	233

The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance	234
county.	235

The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware	236
county.	237

The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within	238
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county.	239

The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble	240
county.	241

The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the	242
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville,	243
and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and	244
LaGrange townships, in Lorain county.	245

The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the	246
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and	247
Beavercreek townships in Greene county.	248

Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal	249
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county.	250

The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	251
Hancock county except within Washington township.	252

The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon	253
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township	254
in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood county.	255

The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin	256
township in Warren county.	257

The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within	258
Franklin county.	259

The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville	260
and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county.	261

The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia	262
county.	263

The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within	264
the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley	265
View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and	266
Brecksville in Cuyahoga county.	267

The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty,	268
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county.	269

The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and	270
St. Clair townships in Butler county.	271

The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within	272
Hamilton county.	273

The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within	274
Hardin county.	275

The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	276
Highland county except within Madison township.	277

The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within	278
Hocking county.	279

The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	280
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal	281
corporation of Sandusky.	282

The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid,	283
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington	284
townships in Lawrence county.	285

The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within	286
Jackson county.	287

The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the	288
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within	289
Washington township, in Montgomery county.	290

Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has	291
jurisdiction within Fairfield county.	292

The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within	293
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and	294
Windsor in Lawrence county.	295

The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within	296
Turtlecreek township in Warren county.	297

The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within	298
Licking county.	299

The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen	300
county.	301

The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the	302
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield	303
township, in Lorain county.	304

The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the	305
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield,	306
Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county.	307

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

The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within	310
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy,	311
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships,	312
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in	313
Richland county.	314

The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within	315
Washington county.	316

The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion	317
county.	318

The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union	319
county.	320

The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield	321
township in Warren county.	322

The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within	323
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson	324
townships in Stark county.	325

The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the	326
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within	327
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of	328
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the	329
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county.	330

The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the	331
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick,	332
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of	333
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette,	334
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York	335
townships, in Medina county.	336

The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the	337
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county.	338

The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within	339
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of	340
Bradford that is located in Darke county.	341

The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the	342
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and	343
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county.	344

The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within	345
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within	346
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county.	347

Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court	348
has jurisdiction within Morrow county.	349

The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox	350
county.	351

The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry	352
county.	353

The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within	354
the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks,	355
Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin,	356
Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas	357
county.	358

The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within	359
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington,	360
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county.	361

The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the	362
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield	363
township in Trumbull county.	364

The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	365
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue	366
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships.	367

The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the	368
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South	369
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden,	370
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and	371
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except	372
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county.	373

The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the	374
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem	375
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake	376
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the	377
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the	378
Toledo municipal court.	379

The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within	380
Ottawa county.	381

The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within	382
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake	383
county.	384

The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the	385
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North	386
Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in	387
Cuyahoga county.	388

The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the	389
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford,	390
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in	391
Wood county.	392

The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within	393
Portage county.	394

The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto	395
county.	396

The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the	397
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park,	398
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga	399
county.	400

The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the	401
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within	402
Perkins township, in Erie county.	403

The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within	404
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood,	405
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county.	406

The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon,	407
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within	408
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in	409
Richland county.	410

The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby	411
county.	412

The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the	413
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland,	414
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county.	415

The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the	416
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania,	417
Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those	418
portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying	419
north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in	420
Lucas county.	421

The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big	422
Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed,	423
Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county.	424

The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington	425
township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in	426
Lucas county.	427

The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within	428
Wyandot county.	429

The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the	430
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and	431
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery	432
county.	433

The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert	434
county.	435

The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the	436
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all	437
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of	438
Lorain, in Lorain county.	439

The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the	440
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and	441
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon,	442
Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county.	443

The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and	444
Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except	445
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county.	446

The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction	447
within Fayette county.	448

The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within	449
Wayne county.	450

The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the	451
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick,	452
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill,	453
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake	454
county.	455

Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has	456
jurisdiction within Clinton county.	457

The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within	458
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross,	459
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in	460
Greene county.	461

(C) As used in this section:

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(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not	463
limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is	464
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that	465
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is	466
governmentally a part of the township.	467

(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within	468
the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any	469
townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation.	470

Sec. 1901.03.  As used in this chapter:

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(A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which	472
municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 1901.01	473
and 1901.02 of the Revised Code.	474

(B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority	475
of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other	476
than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the	477
respective board of county commissioners of the county in which a	478
county-operated municipal court is located.	479

(C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the	480
municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	481
county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the	482
respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the	483
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located.	484

(D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal	485
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	486
county-operated municipal court, is located.	487

(E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal	488
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	489
county-operated municipal court, is located.	490

(F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize	491
county, Brown county, Carroll county, Clermont county, Columbiana	492
county, Crawford county, Darke county, Hamilton county, Hocking	493
county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, Madison county, Miami	494
county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, Portage county, or Wayne	495
county municipal court.	496

(G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is	497
located" includes each municipal corporation named in section	498
1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a	499
judge sits pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code.	500

Sec. 1901.07.  (A) All municipal court judges shall be	501
elected on the nonpartisan ballot for terms of six years. In a	502
municipal court in which only one judge is to be elected in any	503
one year, that judge's term commences on the first day of January	504
after the election. In a municipal court in which two or more	505
judges are to be elected in any one year, their terms commence on	506
successive days beginning the first day of January, following the	507
election, unless otherwise provided by section 1901.08 of the	508
Revised Code.	509

(B) All candidates for municipal court judge may be nominated	510
either by nominating petition or by primary election, except that	511
if the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends only to the	512
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which the court	513
is located and that municipal corporation operates under a	514
charter, all candidates shall be nominated in the same manner	515
provided in the charter for the office of municipal court judge	516
or, if no specific provisions are made in the charter for the	517
office of municipal court judge, in the same manner as the charter	518
prescribes for the nomination and election of the legislative	519
authority of the municipal corporation.	520

If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the	521
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is	522
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond	523
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is	524
located and no charter provisions apply, all candidates for party	525
nomination to the office of municipal court judge shall file a	526
declaration of candidacy and petition not later than four p.m. of	527
the seventy-fifth day before the day of the primary election, or	528
if the primary election is a presidential primary election, not	529
later than four p.m. of the sixtieth day before the day of the	530
presidential primary election, in the form prescribed by section	531
3513.07 of the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the	532
requirements provided for those petitions of candidacy contained	533
in section 3513.05 of the Revised Code, except that the petition	534
shall be signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the	535
court. If no valid declaration of candidacy is filed for	536
nomination as a candidate of a political party for election to the	537
office of municipal court judge, or if the number of persons	538
filing the declarations of candidacy for nominations as candidates	539
of one political party for election to the office does not exceed	540
the number of candidates that that party is entitled to nominate	541
as its candidates for election to the office, no primary election	542
shall be held for the purpose of nominating candidates of that	543
party for election to the office, and the candidates shall be	544
issued certificates of nomination in the manner set forth in	545
section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	546

If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the	547
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is	548
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond	549
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is	550
located and no charter provisions apply, nonpartisan candidates	551
for the office of municipal court judge shall file nominating	552
petitions not later than four p.m. of the day before the day of	553
the primary election in the form prescribed by section 3513.261 of	554
the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the requirements	555
provided for those petitions of candidacy contained in section	556
3513.257 of the Revised Code, except that the petition shall be	557
signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the court.	558

The nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for a	559
municipal court judge shall contain a designation of the term for	560
which the candidate seeks election. At the following regular	561
municipal election, the candidacies of the judges nominated shall	562
be submitted to the electors of the territory on a nonpartisan,	563
judicial ballot in the same manner as provided for judges of the	564
court of common pleas, except that, in a municipal corporation	565
operating under a charter, all candidates for municipal court	566
judge shall be elected in conformity with the charter if	567
provisions are made in the charter for the election of municipal	568
court judges.	569

(C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, in	570
the following municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated and	571
elected as follows:	572

(1) In the Cleveland municipal court, the judges shall be	573
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	574
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in	575
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the	576
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Cleveland for filing	577
petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each elector shall	578
have the right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to	579
be elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the	580
electors of the territory of the court in the manner provided by	581
law for the election of judges of the court of common pleas.	582

(2) In the Toledo municipal court, the judges shall be	583
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	584
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in	585
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the	586
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Toledo for filing	587
nominating petitions for city council. Each elector shall have the	588
right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to be	589
elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the electors	590
of the territory of the court in the manner provided by law for	591
the election of judges of the court of common pleas.	592

(3) In the Akron municipal court, the judges shall be	593
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	594
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in	595
statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the	596
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Akron for filing	597
nominating petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each	598
elector shall have the right to sign petitions for as many	599
candidates as are to be elected, but no more. The judges shall be	600
elected by the electors of the territory of the court in the	601
manner provided by law for the election of judges of the court of	602
common pleas.	603

(4) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the judges shall	604
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	605
least fifty electors of the territory of the court, which	606
petitions shall be signed, verified, and filed in the manner and	607
within the time required by law for nominating petitions for	608
members of council of the city of Cincinnati. The judges shall be	609
elected by the electors of the territory of the court at the	610
regular municipal election and in the manner provided by law for	611
the election of judges of the court of common pleas.	612

(5) In the Franklin county municipal court, the judges shall	613
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	614
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. The petition	615
shall be in the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner	616
and within the time prescribed by the charter of the city of	617
Columbus for filing petitions of candidates for municipal offices.	618
The judges shall be elected by the electors of the territory of	619
the court in the manner provided by law for the election of judges	620
of the court of common pleas.	621

(6) In the Auglaize, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Crawford,	622
Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Miami, Morrow, Portage, and	623
Wayne county municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated only	624
by petition. The petitions shall be signed by at least fifty	625
electors of the territory of the court and shall conform to the	626
provisions of this section.	627

(D) As used in this section, as to an election for either a	628
full or an unexpired term, "the territory within the jurisdiction	629
of the court" means that territory as it will be on the first day	630
of January after the election.	631

Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of,	632
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of	633
their terms shall be as follows:	634

In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be	635
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953,	636
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time	637
judge shall be elected in 1975.	638

In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	639
elected in 1953.	640

In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	641
elected in 1951.	642

In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall	643
be elected in 1953.	644

In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge	645
shall be elected in 1967.	646

In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge	647
shall be elected in 1975.	648

In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall	649
be elected in 1957.	650

In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall	651
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	652
1971.	653

In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	654
elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.	655

In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge	656
shall be elected in 1993.	657

In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	658
elected in 1951.	659

In the Berea municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	660
elected in 1957, term to commence on the first day of January next	661
after election, and one part-time judge shall be elected in 1981,	662
term to commence on the second day of January next after election.	663
The part-time judge elected in 1987 whose term commenced on	664
January 1, 1988, shall serve until December 31, 1993, and the	665
office of that judge is abolished, effective on the earlier of	666
December 31, 1993, or the date on which that judge resigns,	667
retires, or otherwise vacates judicial office.	668

In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge	669
shall be elected in 1983.	670

In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge	671
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the	672
part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed	673
prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall	674
serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court	675
until December 31, 2005.	676

In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	677
elected in 1965.	678

In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall	679
be elected in 1951.	680

In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	681
elected in 1963.	682

In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	683
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and	684
two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977.	685

In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge	686
shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge	687
elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county	688
county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the	689
full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until	690
December 31, 2009.	691

In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	692
elected in 1957.	693

In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge	694
shall be elected in 2001.	695

In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	696
elected in 1963.	697

In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall	698
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	699
1977.	700

In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	701
be elected in 1953.	702

In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge	703
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be	704
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal	705
court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges	706
of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until	707
the end of their respective terms.	708

In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges	709
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected	710
in 1999.	711

In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall	712
be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in	713
1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955.	714

In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	715
shall be elected in 1957.	716

In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge	717
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington	718
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge	719
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the	720
end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997.	721

In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time	722
judges shall be elected in 2001	723

In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	724
elected in 1953.	725

In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall	726
be elected in 1951.	727

In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge	728
shall be elected in 1977.	729

In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge	730
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected	731
in 1967.	732

In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge	733
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time	734
judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that	735
date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the	736
full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December	737
31, 2005.	738

In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall	739
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days	740
beginning on the first day of January next after their election,	741
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to	742
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January	743
next after their election.	744

In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	745
elected in 1957.	746

In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	747
elected in 1953.	748

In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge	749
shall be elected in 1957.	750

In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge	751
shall be elected in 1953.	752

In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	753
elected in 1973.	754

In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	755
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	756

In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	757
elected in 1951.	758

In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	759
elected in 1977.	760

In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge	761
shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected	762
in 2005.	763

In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall	764
be elected in 1989.	765

In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	766
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993.	767

In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	768
elected in 1975.	769

In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	770
elected in 1951.	771

In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges	772
shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected	773
in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one	774
full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge	775
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected	776
in 1997.	777

In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	778
elected in 1975.	779

In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall	780
be elected in 1981.	781

In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	782
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected	783
in 1981.	784

In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	785
elected in 1963.	786

In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	787
elected in 1953.	788

In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges	789
shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected	790
in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two	791
full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of	792
the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first	793
day of January next after their election, except that the terms of	794
the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on	795
January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the	796
additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January	797
4, 1984, and January 5, 1984.	798

In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge	799
shall be elected in 1989.	800

In the Hillsboro municipal court, one part-time judge shall	801
be elected in 1957.	802

In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge	803
shall be elected in 1977.	804

In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	805
elected in 1967.	806

In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	807
elected in 1951.	808

In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge	809
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the	810
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was	811
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court	812
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001.	813

In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall	814
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	815
1975.	816

In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	817
elected in 1955.	818

In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall	819
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	820
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the	821
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall	822
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the	823
end of those judges' terms.	824

In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge	825
shall be elected in 1981.	826

In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	827
elected in 1955.	828

In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge	829
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected	830
in 1971.	831

In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	832
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967.	833

In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	834
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	835

In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall	836
be elected in 1957.	837

In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge	838
shall be elected in 1981.	839

In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall	840
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	841
1969.	842

In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	843
elected in 1957.	844

In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	845
elected in 1951.	846

In the Marysville municipal court, one part-time judge shall	847
be elected in 1963.	848

In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	849
elected in 1965.	850

In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall	851
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	852
1971.	853

In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	854
elected in 1963.	855

In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	856
elected in 1957.	857

In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	858
elected in 1971.	859

In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge	860
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected	861
in 1979.	862

In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge shall	863
be elected in 1951.	864

In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall	865
be elected in 1953.	866

In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge	867
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time	868
judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that	869
date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county	870
municipal court until December 31, 2005.	871

In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge	872
shall be elected in 1951.	873

In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	874
elected in 2005.	875

In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge	876
shall be elected in 1975.	877

In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge	878
shall be elected in 1963.	879

In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	880
elected in 1951.	881

In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	882
elected in 1975.	883

In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	884
elected in 1953.	885

In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	886
elected in 1989.	887

In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	888
elected in 1963.	889

In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge	890
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port	891
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the	892
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994,	893
until the end of that judge's term.	894

In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	895
be elected in 1951.	896

In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	897
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and	898
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.	899

In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall	900
be elected in 1977.	901

In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges	902
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected	903
in 1971.	904

In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge	905
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton	906
municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of	907
the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the	908
end of that judge's term.	909

In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall	910
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	911
1985.	912

In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall	913
be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	914
1971.	915

In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	916
elected in 1953.	917

In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	918
shall be elected in 1957.	919

In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	920
elected in 1957.	921

In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	922
elected in 1995.	923

In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge	924
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993,	925
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until	926
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on	927
January 1, 2000.	928

In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges	929
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected	930
in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield	931
municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of	932
the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the	933
end of their respective terms.	934

In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge	935
shall be elected in 1953.	936

In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall	937
be elected in 1963.	938

In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	939
elected in 1963.	940

In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	941
elected in 1953.	942

In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be	943
elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975,	944
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	945

In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one part-time judge	946
shall be elected in 1957.	947

In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	948
elected in 1959.	949

In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	950
elected in 1957.	951

In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall	952
be elected in 1965.	953

In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall	954
be elected in 1981.	955

In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	956
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.	957

In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time	958
judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in	959
1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until	960
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on	961
January 1, 2000.	962

In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge	963
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected	964
in 1979.	965

In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall	966
be elected in 1951.	967

In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall	968
be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington	969
municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the	970
Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of	971
that judge's term on December 31, 1997.	972

In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	973
elected in 1977.	974

In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall	975
be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be elected in	976
1953.	977

In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	978
be elected in 1953.	979

Sec. 1901.31.  The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal	980
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have	981
powers and duties as follows:	982

(A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed or	983
elected as follows:	984

(1)(a) Except in the Akron, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls,	985
Toledo, Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne county	986
municipal courts, if the population of the territory equals or	987
exceeds one hundred thousand at the regular municipal election	988
immediately preceding the expiration of the term of the present	989
clerk, the clerk shall be nominated and elected by the qualified	990
electors of the territory in the manner that is provided for the	991
nomination and election of judges in section 1901.07 of the	992
Revised Code.	993

The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six	994
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January	995
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's	996
successor is elected and qualified.	997

(b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of	998
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal	999
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the	1000
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in	1001
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners	1002
prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as the	1003
clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the	1004
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth	1005
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common	1006
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the	1007
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of	1008
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county	1009
treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the	1010
annual compensation that is received for the performance of the	1011
duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided in	1012
sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.	1013

(c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts,	1014
the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county shall be	1015
the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and Wayne county	1016
municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each	1017
branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the	1018
Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges of the municipal	1019
court determine are necessary, all of whom shall receive the	1020
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks	1021
of courts of Portage county and Wayne county, acting as the clerks	1022
of the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts and	1023
assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation	1024
payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at	1025
one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of	1026
common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of	1027
the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18	1028
of the Revised Code.	1029

(d) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of	1030
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for	1031
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	1032
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	1033
specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the nomination	1034
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of	1035
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations	1036
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the	1037
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of	1038
clerk of the Akron municipal court shall be signed by at least	1039
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	1040

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1041
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1042
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	1043
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1044
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1045
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1046
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1047
Revised Code.	1048

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1049
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1050
party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron municipal	1051
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of	1052
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.	1053
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and	1054
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1055
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be	1056
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for	1057
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a	1058
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section	1059
3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1060

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1061
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1062
of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the	1063
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	1064
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	1065
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	1066
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	1067
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	1068
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	1069
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	1070
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	1071
qualified.	1072

(e) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(e) of	1073
this section, in the Barberton municipal court, candidates for	1074
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	1075
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	1076
specified in the charter of the city of Barberton for the	1077
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary	1078
provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the	1079
declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and	1080
the nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office	1081
of clerk of the Barberton municipal court shall be signed by at	1082
least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	1083

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1084
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1085
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	1086
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1087
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1088
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1089
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1090
Revised Code.	1091

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1092
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1093
party for election to the office of clerk of the Barberton	1094
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the	1095
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to	1096
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of	1097
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a	1098
particular political party for election to that office, a primary	1099
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a	1100
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the	1101
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the	1102
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1103

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1104
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1105
of the Barberton municipal court shall contain a designation of	1106
the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	1107
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	1108
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	1109
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	1110
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	1111
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	1112
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	1113
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	1114
qualified.	1115

(f) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(f) of	1116
this section, in the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, candidates	1117
for election to the office of clerk of the court shall be	1118
nominated by primary election. The primary election shall be held	1119
on the day specified in the charter of the city of Cuyahoga Falls	1120
for the nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any	1121
contrary provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised	1122
Code, the declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan	1123
candidates and the nominating petitions of independent candidates	1124
for the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court	1125
shall be signed by at least fifty qualified electors of the	1126
territory of the court.	1127

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1128
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1129
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	1130
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1131
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1132
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1133
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1134
Revised Code.	1135

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1136
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1137
party for election to the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls	1138
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the	1139
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to	1140
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of	1141
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a	1142
particular political party for election to that office, a primary	1143
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a	1144
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the	1145
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the	1146
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1147

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1148
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1149
of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall contain a designation	1150
of the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the	1151
following regular municipal election, all candidates for the	1152
office shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the	1153
territory of the court in the manner that is provided in section	1154
1901.07 of the Revised Code for the election of the judges of the	1155
court. The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six	1156
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January	1157
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's	1158
successor is elected and qualified.	1159

(g) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(g) of	1160
this section, in the Toledo municipal court, candidates for	1161
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	1162
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	1163
specified in the charter of the city of Toledo for the nomination	1164
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of	1165
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations	1166
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the	1167
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of	1168
clerk of the Toledo municipal court shall be signed by at least	1169
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	1170

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1171
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1172
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	1173
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1174
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1175
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1176
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1177
Revised Code.	1178

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1179
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1180
party for election to the office of clerk of the Toledo municipal	1181
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of	1182
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.	1183
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and	1184
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1185
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be	1186
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for	1187
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a	1188
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section	1189
3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1190

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1191
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1192
of the Toledo municipal court shall contain a designation of the	1193
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	1194
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	1195
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	1196
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	1197
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	1198
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	1199
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	1200
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	1201
qualified.	1202

(2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, Brown	1203
county, Columbiana county, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown	1204
municipal courts, in a municipal court for which the population of	1205
the territory is less than one hundred thousand, the clerk shall	1206
be appointed by the court, and the clerk shall hold office until	1207
the clerk's successor is appointed and qualified.	1208

(b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown	1209
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office	1210
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section.	1211

(c) In the Auglaize county and Brown county municipal courts,	1212
the clerks of courts of Auglaize county and Brown county shall be	1213
the clerks, respectively, of the Auglaize county and Brown county	1214
municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each	1215
branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the	1216
Revised Code, and assistant clerks as the judge of the court	1217
determines are necessary, all of whom shall receive the	1218
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks	1219
of courts of Auglaize county and Brown county, acting as the	1220
clerks of the Auglaize county and Brown county municipal courts	1221
and assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive	1222
compensation payable from the county treasury in semimonthly	1223
installments at one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the	1224
clerks of courts of common pleas as determined in accordance with	1225
the population of the county and the rates set forth in sections	1226
325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.	1227

(d) In the Columbiana county municipal court, the clerk of	1228
courts of Columbiana county shall be the clerk of the municipal	1229
court, may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office	1230
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised	1231
Code, and may appoint any assistant clerks that the judges of the	1232
court determine are necessary. All of the chief deputy clerks and	1233
assistant clerks shall receive the compensation that the	1234
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of	1235
Columbiana county, acting as the clerk of the Columbiana county	1236
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall	1237
receive in either biweekly installments or semimonthly	1238
installments, as determined by the payroll administrator,	1239
compensation payable from the county treasury at one-fourth the	1240
rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas	1241
as determined in accordance with the population of the county and	1242
the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised	1243
Code.	1244

(3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to illness,	1245
vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a temporary	1246
clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have the same	1247
authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk.	1248

(B) Except in the Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne	1249
county municipal courts, if a vacancy occurs in the office of the	1250
clerk of the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, or Youngstown municipal	1251
court or occurs in the office of the clerk of a municipal court	1252
for which the population of the territory equals or exceeds one	1253
hundred thousand because the clerk ceases to hold the office	1254
before the end of the clerk's term or because a clerk-elect fails	1255
to take office, the vacancy shall be filled, until a successor is	1256
elected and qualified, by a person chosen by the residents of the	1257
territory of the court who are members of the county central	1258
committee of the political party by which the last occupant of	1259
that office or the clerk-elect was nominated. Not less than five	1260
nor more than fifteen days after a vacancy occurs, those members	1261
of that county central committee shall meet to make an appointment	1262
to fill the vacancy. At least four days before the date of the	1263
meeting, the chairperson or a secretary of the county central	1264
committee shall notify each such member of that county central	1265
committee by first class mail of the date, time, and place of the	1266
meeting and its purpose. A majority of all such members of that	1267
county central committee constitutes a quorum, and a majority of	1268
the quorum is required to make the appointment. If the office so	1269
vacated was occupied or was to be occupied by a person not	1270
nominated at a primary election, or if the appointment was not	1271
made by the committee members in accordance with this division,	1272
the court shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy. A	1273
successor shall be elected to fill the office for the unexpired	1274
term at the first municipal election that is held more than one	1275
hundred twenty days after the vacancy occurred.	1276

(C)(1) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county,	1277
the Brown county, the Columbiana county, and the Lorain municipal	1278
courts, for which the population of the territory is less than one	1279
hundred thousand, the clerk of the municipal court shall receive	1280
the annual compensation that the presiding judge of the court	1281
prescribes, if the revenue of the court for the preceding calendar	1282
year, as certified by the auditor or chief fiscal officer of the	1283
municipal corporation in which the court is located or, in the	1284
case of a county-operated municipal court, the county auditor, is	1285
equal to or greater than the expenditures, including any debt	1286
charges, for the operation of the court payable under this chapter	1287
from the city treasury or, in the case of a county-operated	1288
municipal court, the county treasury for that calendar year, as	1289
also certified by the auditor or chief fiscal officer. If the	1290
revenue of a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county, the	1291
Brown county, the Columbiana county, and the Lorain municipal	1292
courts, for which the population of the territory is less than one	1293
hundred thousand for the preceding calendar year as so certified	1294
is not equal to or greater than those expenditures for the	1295
operation of the court for that calendar year as so certified, the	1296
clerk of a municipal court shall receive the annual compensation	1297
that the legislative authority prescribes. As used in this	1298
division, "revenue" means the total of all costs and fees that are	1299
collected and paid to the city treasury or, in a county-operated	1300
municipal court, the county treasury by the clerk of the municipal	1301
court under division (F) of this section and all interest received	1302
and paid to the city treasury or, in a county-operated municipal	1303
court, the county treasury in relation to the costs and fees under	1304
division (G) of this section.	1305

(2) In a municipal court, other than the Hamilton county,	1306
Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, for which the	1307
population of the territory is one hundred thousand or more, and	1308
in the Lorain municipal court, the clerk of the municipal court	1309
shall receive annual compensation in a sum equal to eighty-five	1310
per cent of the salary of a judge of the court.	1311

(3) The compensation of a clerk described in division (C)(1)	1312
or (2) of this section is payable in semimonthly installments from	1313
the same sources and in the same manner as provided in section	1314
1901.11 of the Revised Code, except that the compensation of the	1315
clerk of the Carroll county municipal court is payable in biweekly	1316
installments.	1317

(D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office,	1318
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than	1319
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court,	1320
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties.	1321

(E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the	1322
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue executions	1323
upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a judgment for	1324
unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of the court to all	1325
writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing out of the court;	1326
and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, and undertakings	1327
fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The clerk may refuse to	1328
accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a	1329
person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under	1330
section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain	1331
leave to proceed under that section. The clerk shall do all of the	1332
following: file and safely keep all journals, records, books, and	1333
papers belonging or appertaining to the court; record the	1334
proceedings of the court; perform all other duties that the judges	1335
of the court may prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts	1336
and disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection	1337
at all times.	1338

The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a	1339
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all	1340
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the docket,	1341
the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of an	1342
action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the	1343
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates,	1344
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of	1345
summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings.	1346
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders,	1347
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the	1348
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may order	1349
an extended record of any of the above to be made and entered,	1350
under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the request of	1351
any party to the case, the expense of which record may be taxed as	1352
costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the party	1353
demanding the record, upon order of the court.	1354

(F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect,	1355
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other	1356
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The	1357
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or officers,	1358
and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other	1359
moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 3375.50 and	1360
4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the	1361
Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of	1362
any moneys received by a municipal court and except for the	1363
Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal	1364
courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received for violation of	1365
municipal ordinances into the treasury of the municipal	1366
corporation the ordinance of which was violated and shall pay all	1367
fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted	1368
pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or Chapter 504. of the	1369
Revised Code into the treasury of the township the resolution of	1370
which was violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of	1371
the Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and	1372
Ottawa county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent	1373
of the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and	1374
fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township	1375
resolutions adopted pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or	1376
Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of the county.	1377
Subject to sections 3375.50, 3375.53, 4511.19, and 5503.04 of the	1378
Revised Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that	1379
requires a specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received	1380
by a municipal court, the clerk shall pay all fines collected for	1381
the violation of state laws into the county treasury. Except in a	1382
county-operated municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and	1383
fees the disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in	1384
the Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a	1385
county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the	1386
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the Revised	1387
Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as security for	1388
costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The clerk shall	1389
keep a separate account of all receipts and disbursements in civil	1390
and criminal cases, which shall be a permanent public record of	1391
the office. On the expiration of the term of the clerk, the clerk	1392
shall deliver the records to the clerk's successor. The clerk	1393
shall have other powers and duties as are prescribed by rule or	1394
order of the court.	1395

(G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted on	1396
the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be	1397
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and	1398
loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised	1399
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon	1400
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, in	1401
a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid into	1402
the treasury of the county in which the court is located.	1403

On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall	1404
make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that were	1405
finally determined more than one year past in which there remains	1406
unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of	1407
a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the	1408
case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties who	1409
are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys of record. All	1410
the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of each	1411
year shall be paid by the clerk to the city treasurer, except	1412
that, in a county-operated municipal court, the moneys shall be	1413
paid to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located.	1414
The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys at any time to the	1415
person who has the right to the moneys upon proper certification	1416
of the clerk.	1417

(H) Deputy clerks of a municipal court other than the Carroll	1418
county municipal court may be appointed by the clerk and shall	1419
receive the compensation, payable in either biweekly installments	1420
or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll	1421
administrator, out of the city treasury, that the clerk may	1422
prescribe, except that the compensation of any deputy clerk of a	1423
county-operated municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury	1424
of the county in which the court is located. The judge of the	1425
Carroll county municipal court may appoint deputy clerks for the	1426
court, and the deputy clerks shall receive the compensation,	1427
payable in biweekly installments out of the county treasury, that	1428
the judge may prescribe. Each deputy clerk shall take an oath of	1429
office before entering upon the duties of the deputy clerk's	1430
office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties appertaining	1431
to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require any of the	1432
deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three thousand	1433
dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy	1434
clerk's duties.	1435

(I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the population	1436
of the territory of a municipal court falls below one hundred	1437
thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the population of the	1438
territory prior to the most recent regular federal census exceeded	1439
one hundred thousand, the legislative authority of the municipal	1440
corporation may declare, by resolution, that the territory shall	1441
be considered to have a population of at least one hundred	1442
thousand.	1443

(J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at all	1444
sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in the	1445
courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors and	1446
receive verdicts.	1447

Sec. 1901.34.  (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and	1448
(D) of this section, the village solicitor, city director of law,	1449
or similar chief legal officer for each municipal corporation	1450
within the territory of a municipal court shall prosecute all	1451
cases brought before the municipal court for criminal offenses	1452
occurring within the municipal corporation for which that person	1453
is the solicitor, director of law, or similar chief legal officer.	1454
Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the village	1455
solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer of	1456
the municipal corporation in which a municipal court is located	1457
shall prosecute all criminal cases brought before the court	1458
arising in the unincorporated areas within the territory of the	1459
municipal court.	1460

(B) The Auglaize county, Brown county, Clermont county,	1461
Hocking county, Jackson county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, and	1462
Portage county prosecuting attorneys shall prosecute in municipal	1463
court all violations of state law arising in their respective	1464
counties. The Carroll county, Crawford county, Hamilton county,	1465
Madison county, and Wayne county prosecuting attorneys shall	1466
prosecute all violations of state law arising within the	1467
unincorporated areas of their respective counties. The Columbiana	1468
county prosecuting attorney shall prosecute in the Columbiana	1469
county municipal court all violations of state law arising in the	1470
county, except for violations arising in the municipal corporation	1471
of East Liverpool, Liverpool township, or St. Clair township. The	1472
Darke county prosecuting attorney shall prosecute in the Darke	1473
county municipal court all violations of state law arising in the	1474
county, except for violations of state law arising in the	1475
municipal corporation of Greenville and violations of state law	1476
arising in the village of Versailles. The Greene county	1477
prosecuting attorney may, with the concurrence of the Greene	1478
county board of county commissioners, prosecute in the Fairborn	1479
municipal court all violations of state law arising within the	1480
unincorporated areas of Bath and Beavercreek townships in Greene	1481
county and prosecute in the Xenia municipal court all violations	1482
of state law arising within the unincorporated areas of	1483
Ceasarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross,	1484
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in	1485
Greene county.	1486

The prosecuting attorney of any county given the duty of	1487
prosecuting in municipal court violations of state law shall	1488
receive no additional compensation for assuming these additional	1489
duties, except that the prosecuting attorney of Hamilton, Portage,	1490
and Wayne counties shall receive compensation at the rate of four	1491
thousand eight hundred dollars per year, and the prosecuting	1492
attorney of Auglaize county shall receive compensation at the rate	1493
of one thousand eight hundred dollars per year, each payable from	1494
the county treasury of the respective counties in semimonthly	1495
installments.	1496

(C) The village solicitor, city director of law, or similar	1497
chief legal officer shall perform the same duties, insofar as they	1498
are applicable to the village solicitor, city director of law, or	1499
similar chief legal officer, as are required of the prosecuting	1500
attorney of the county. The village solicitor, city director of	1501
law, similar chief legal officer or any assistants who may be	1502
appointed shall receive for such services additional compensation	1503
to be paid from the treasury of the county as the board of county	1504
commissioners prescribes.	1505

(D) The prosecuting attorney of any county, other than	1506
Auglaize, Brown, Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, Morrow, Ottawa, or	1507
Portage county, may enter into an agreement with any municipal	1508
corporation in the county in which the prosecuting attorney serves	1509
pursuant to which the prosecuting attorney prosecutes all criminal	1510
cases brought before the municipal court that has territorial	1511
jurisdiction over that municipal corporation for criminal offenses	1512
occurring within the municipal corporation. The prosecuting	1513
attorney of Auglaize, Brown, Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, Morrow,	1514
Ottawa, or Portage county may enter into an agreement with any	1515
municipal corporation in the county in which the prosecuting	1516
attorney serves pursuant to which the respective prosecuting	1517
attorney prosecutes all cases brought before the Auglaize county,	1518
Brown county, Clermont county, Hocking county, Jackson county,	1519
Morrow county, Ottawa county, or Portage county municipal court	1520
for violations of the ordinances of the municipal corporation or	1521
for criminal offenses other than violations of state law occurring	1522
within the municipal corporation. For prosecuting these cases, the	1523
prosecuting attorney and the municipal corporation may agree upon	1524
a fee to be paid by the municipal corporation, which fee shall be	1525
paid into the county treasury, to be used to cover expenses of the	1526
office of the prosecuting attorney.	1527

Sec. 1907.11.  (A) Each county court district shall have the	1528
following county court judges, to be elected as follows:	1529

In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall	1530
be elected in 1982.	1531

In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge	1532
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected	1533
in 1982.	1534

In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge shall	1535
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two	1536
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	1537
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1538

In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge shall	1539
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two	1540
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	1541
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1542

In the Carroll county county court, one part-time judge shall	1543
be elected in 1982.	1544

In the Erie county county court, one part-time judge shall be	1545
elected in 1982.	1546

In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge shall	1547
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	1548
1982.	1549

In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge	1550
shall be elected in 1982.	1551

In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge	1552
shall be elected in 1982.	1553

In the Holmes county county court, one part-time judge shall	1554
be elected in 1982.	1555

In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge	1556
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and	1557
two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence	1558
on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1559

In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge	1560
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and	1561
three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence	1562
on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1995,	1563
respectively.	1564

In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall	1565
be elected in 1982.	1566

In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge shall	1567
be elected in 1982.	1568

In the Montgomery county county court, three part-time judges	1569
shall be elected in 1998, terms to commence on January 1, 1999,	1570
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively, and two	1571
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	1572
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1573

In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge shall	1574
be elected in 1982.	1575

In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge	1576
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected	1577
in 1982.	1578

In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall	1579
be elected in 1982.	1580

In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge	1581
shall be elected in 1982.	1582

In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall	1583
be elected in 1982.	1584

In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall be	1585
elected in 1982.	1586

In the Putnam county county court, one part-time judge shall	1587
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	1588
1982.	1589

In the Sandusky county county court, two part-time judges	1590
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995,	1591
and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1592

In the Trumbull county county court, one part-time judge	1593
shall be elected in 1992, and one part-time judge shall be elected	1594
in 1994.	1595

In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge	1596
shall be elected in 1982.	1597

In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge shall	1598
be elected in 1982.	1599

In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge shall	1600
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	1601
1982.	1602

(B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next regular	1603
election for a county court judge as provided in section 1907.13	1604
of the Revised Code.	1605

(2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from,	1606
forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled	1607
in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as	1608
provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code.	1609

Sec. 2501.012.  (A) There shall be nine additional judges of	1610
the court of appeals of the eighth district, composed of Cuyahoga	1611
county.	1612

Three of the additional judges of the eighth district court	1613
of appeals shall be elected at the general election in 1962 for a	1614
term of six years, their terms to commence on successive days	1615
beginning on the first day of January, 1963. Three of the	1616
additional judges of the eighth district court of appeals shall be	1617
elected at the general election in 1976 for a term of six years,	1618
their terms to commence on successive days beginning on the first	1619
day of January, 1977. Three of the additional judges of the eighth	1620
district court of appeals shall be elected at the general election	1621
in 1990 for a term of six years, their terms to commence on	1622
successive days beginning on February 10, 1991. The additional	1623
judges shall thereafter be elected to hold terms of six years.	1624

In the eighth district, any three judges shall comprise the	1625
court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in	1626
accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may	1627
be adopted by the judges of the court.	1628

(B) There shall be two additional judges of the court of	1629
appeals of the ninth district, composed of Lorain, Medina, Summit,	1630
and Wayne counties.	1631

One of the additional judges of the ninth district court of	1632
appeals shall be elected at the general election in 1980 for a	1633
term of six years beginning February 10, 1981. One of the	1634
additional judges of the ninth district court of appeals shall be	1635
elected at the general election in 1986 for a term of six years	1636
beginning February 11, 1987. The additional judges shall	1637
thereafter be elected to hold terms of six years.	1638

In the ninth district, any three judges shall comprise the	1639
court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in	1640
accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may	1641
be adopted by the judges of the court.	1642

(C) There shall be five additional judges of the court of	1643
appeals of the tenth district, composed of Franklin county.	1644

One of the additional judges of the tenth district court of	1645
appeals shall be elected at the general election in 1962 for a	1646
term of six years beginning January 1, 1963. One of the additional	1647
judges of the tenth district court of appeals shall be elected at	1648
the general election in 1970 for a term of six years beginning	1649
February 10, 1971. One of the additional judges of the tenth	1650
district court of appeals shall be elected at the general election	1651
in 1980 for a term of six years beginning January 2, 1981. One of	1652
the additional judges of the tenth district court of appeals shall	1653
be elected at the general election in 1986 for a term of six years	1654
beginning January 3, 1987. One of the additional judges of the	1655
tenth district court of appeals shall be elected at the general	1656
election in 1990 for a term of six years beginning July 1, 1991.	1657
The additional judges shall thereafter be elected to hold terms of	1658
six years.	1659

In the tenth district, any three judges shall comprise the	1660
court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in	1661
accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may	1662
be adopted by the judges of the court.	1663

(D) There shall be two additional judges of the court of	1664
appeals of the eleventh district, composed of Lake, Ashtabula,	1665
Geauga, Trumbull, and Portage counties.	1666

One of the additional judges of the eleventh district court	1667
of appeals shall be elected at the general election in 1990 for a	1668
term of six years beginning February 10, 1991. One of the	1669
additional judges of the eleventh district court of appeals shall	1670
be elected at the general election in 2000 for a term of six years	1671
beginning February 10, 2001. The additional judges shall	1672
thereafter be elected to hold terms of six years.	1673

In the eleventh district, any three judges shall comprise the	1674
court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in	1675
accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may	1676
be adopted by the judges of the court.	1677

(E) There shall be onetwo additional judgejudges of the	1678
court of appeals of the twelfth district, composed of Brown,	1679
Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Preble, and Warren	1680
counties.	1681

TheOne of the additional judgejudges of the twelfth	1682
district court of appeals shall be elected at the general election	1683
in 1986 for a term of six years beginning February 10, 1987. One	1684
of the additional judges of the twelfth district court of appeals	1685
shall be elected at the general election in 2008 for a term of six	1686
years beginning January 1, 2009. The additional judgejudges shall	1687
thereafter be elected to hold terms of six years.	1688

In the twelfth district, any three judges shall comprise the	1689
court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in	1690
accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may	1691
be adopted by the judges of the court.	1692

(F) Any judge of the court of appeals may be assigned by the	1693
chief justice of the supreme court to hold court in another	1694
district and shall hold court in the district to which the judge	1695
is assigned.	1696

Section 2.  That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03,	1697
1901.07, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.11, and 2501.012 of the	1698
Revised Code are hereby repealed.	1699

Section 3.  That the versions of sections 1901.01, 1901.02,	1700
1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, and 1907.11 of the Revised	1701
Code that are scheduled to take effect January 18, 2007, be	1702
amended to read as follows:	1703

Sec. 1901.01.  (A) There is hereby established a municipal	1704
court in each of the following municipal corporations:	1705

Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake,	1706
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green,	1707
Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Carrollton, Celina,	1708
Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville,	1709
Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton,	1710
Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East	1711
Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay,	1712
Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights,	1713
Georgetown, Girard, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron,	1714
Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon,	1715
Lima, Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta,	1716
Marion, Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor,	1717
Miamisburg, Middletown, Millersburg, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon,	1718
Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk,	1719
Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg, Port	1720
Clinton, Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker	1721
Heights, Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville,	1722
Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana,	1723
Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City	1724
of Washington in Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court	1725
House, Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and	1726
Zanesville.	1727

(B) There is hereby established a municipal court within	1728
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation	1729
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is	1730
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county	1731
municipal court. The municipal court established by this division	1732
is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in	1733
Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division.	1734

(C) There is hereby established a municipal court within	1735
Columbiana Countycounty in Lisbon or in any other municipal	1736
corporation or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county,	1737
except the municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or	1738
St. Clair township, that is selected by the judges of the	1739
municipal court pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of	1740
the Revised Code.	1741

(D) Effective January 1, 2008, there is hereby established a	1742
municipal court within Erie county in Milan or in any other	1743
municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within Erie	1744
county that is within the territorial jurisdiction of the Erie	1745
county municipal court and is selected by the legislative	1746
authority of that court.	1747

(E) The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall remain in	1748
existence until December 31, 2008, and shall be replaced by the	1749
Stow municipal court on January 1, 2009.	1750

(F) Effective January 1, 2009, there is hereby established a	1751
municipal court in the municipal corporation of Stow.	1752

Sec. 1901.02.  (A) The municipal courts established by	1753
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the	1754
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or,	1755
for the Clermont county municipal court, the Columbiana county	1756
municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2008, the Erie county	1757
municipal court, within the municipal corporation or	1758
unincorporated territory in which it isthey are established, and	1759
are courts of record. Each of the courts shall be styled	1760
".................................. municipal court," inserting	1761
the name of the municipal corporation, except the following	1762
courts, which shall be styled as set forth below:	1763

(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall	1764
be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court";	1765

(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall	1766
be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court";	1767

(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be	1768
styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court";	1769

(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be	1770
styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court";	1771

(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be	1772
styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court";	1773

(6) The municipal court established in London that shall be	1774
styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court";	1775

(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be	1776
styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court";	1777

(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be	1778
styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court";	1779

(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall	1780
be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court";	1781

(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be	1782
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court";	1783

(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be	1784
styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court";	1785

(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be	1786
styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court";	1787

(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be	1788
styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court";	1789

(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be	1790
styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court";	1791

(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that	1792
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court";	1793

(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be	1794
styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court";	1795

(17) The municipal court established within Clermont county	1796
in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated	1797
territory within Clermont county that is selected by the	1798
legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known	1799
as the "Clermont county municipal court";	1800

(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that,	1801
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton	1802
county municipal court";	1803

(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that	1804
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court";	1805

(20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that,	1806
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the	1807
"Fairfield county municipal court";	1808

(21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county	1809
in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated	1810
territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of	1811
the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the	1812
"Columbiana county municipal court";	1813

(22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that,	1814
beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the	1815
"Brown county municipal court";	1816

(23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that,	1817
beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the	1818
"Morrow county municipal court";	1819

(24) The municipal court established in Greenville that,	1820
beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke	1821
county municipal court";	1822

(25) The municipal court established in Millersburg that,	1823
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the	1824
"Holmes county municipal court.";	1825

(26) The municipal court established in Carrollton that,	1826
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the	1827
"Carroll county municipal court";	1828

(27) The municipal court established within Erie county in	1829
Milan or established in any other municipal corporation or	1830
unincorporated territory that is within Erie county, is within the	1831
territorial jurisdiction of that court, and is selected by the	1832
legislative authority of that court that, beginning January 1,	1833
2008, shall be styled and known as the "Erie county municipal	1834
court."	1835

(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A)	1836
of this section, the municipal courts established by section	1837
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows:	1838

The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath,	1839
Northampton, Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the	1840
municipal corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in	1841
Summit county.	1842

The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within	1843
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark	1844
county.	1845

The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland	1846
county.	1847

The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within	1848
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county.	1849

The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1850
Athens county.	1851

The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1852
Auglaize county.	1853

The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the	1854
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county.	1855

The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within	1856
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley	1857
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and	1858
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit	1859
county.	1860

The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the	1861
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow,	1862
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange,	1863
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within	1864
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county.	1865

The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within	1866
Logan county.	1867

The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and	1868
Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in	1869
Sandusky county.	1870

The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the	1871
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook	1872
Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in	1873
Cuyahoga county.	1874

The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the	1875
municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar,	1876
Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton	1877
Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun,	1878
Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom,	1879
Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton,	1880
Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston	1881
townships in Wood county.	1882

Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court	1883
has jurisdiction within Brown county.	1884

The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams	1885
county.	1886

The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within	1887
Guernsey county.	1888

The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within	1889
Coitsville township in Mahoning county.	1890

The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton,	1891
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in	1892
Stark county.	1893

The Carroll county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1894
Carroll county.	1895

The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer	1896
county.	1897

The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1898
Champaign county.	1899

The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga	1900
county.	1901

The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross	1902
county.	1903

The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within	1904
Pickaway county.	1905

The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1906
Clark county.	1907

The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1908
Clermont county.	1909

The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the	1910
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county.	1911

Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court	1912
has jurisdiction within Clinton county.	1913

The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1914
all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation	1915
of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair	1916
townships.	1917

The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within	1918
Coshocton county.	1919

The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1920
Crawford county.	1921

TheUntil December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal	1922
court has jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center,	1923
Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal	1924
corporations of Boston Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield,	1925
Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg,	1926
and Macedonia, in Summit county.	1927

Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court	1928
has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal	1929
corporation of Bradford.	1930

The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance	1931
county.	1932

The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware	1933
county.	1934

The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within	1935
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county.	1936

The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble	1937
county.	1938

The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the	1939
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville,	1940
and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and	1941
LaGrange townships, in Lorain county.	1942

Beginning January 1, 2008, the Erie county municipal court	1943
has jurisdiction within Erie county except within the townships of	1944
Florence, Huron, Perkins, and Vermilion and the municipal	1945
corporations of Bay View, Castalia, Huron, Sandusky, and	1946
Vermilion.	1947

The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the	1948
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and	1949
Beavercreek townships in Greene county.	1950

Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal	1951
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county.	1952

The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	1953
Hancock county except within Washington township.	1954

The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon	1955
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township	1956
in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood county.	1957

The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin	1958
township in Warren county.	1959

The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1960
Franklin county.	1961

The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville	1962
and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county.	1963

The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia	1964
county.	1965

The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within	1966
the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley	1967
View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and	1968
Brecksville in Cuyahoga county.	1969

The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty,	1970
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county.	1971

The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and	1972
St. Clair townships in Butler county.	1973

The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1974
Hamilton county.	1975

The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1976
Hardin county.	1977

The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	1978
Highland county except within Madison township.	1979

The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1980
Hocking county.	1981

The Holmes county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1982
Holmes county.	1983

The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	1984
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal	1985
corporation of Sandusky.	1986

The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid,	1987
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington	1988
townships in Lawrence county.	1989

The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1990
Jackson county.	1991

The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the	1992
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within	1993
Washington township, in Montgomery county.	1994

Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has	1995
jurisdiction within Fairfield county.	1996

The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within	1997
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and	1998
Windsor in Lawrence county.	1999

The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within	2000
Turtlecreek township in Warren county.	2001

The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within	2002
Licking county.	2003

The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen	2004
county.	2005

The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2006
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield	2007
township, in Lorain county.	2008

The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2009
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield,	2010
Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county.	2011

The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within	2012
Madison county.	2013

The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within	2014
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy,	2015
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships,	2016
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in	2017
Richland county.	2018

The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within	2019
Washington county.	2020

The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion	2021
county.	2022

The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union	2023
county.	2024

The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield	2025
township in Warren county.	2026

The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within	2027
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson	2028
townships in Stark county.	2029

The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2030
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within	2031
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of	2032
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the	2033
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county.	2034

The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2035
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick,	2036
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of	2037
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette,	2038
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York	2039
townships, in Medina county.	2040

The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2041
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county.	2042

The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within	2043
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of	2044
Bradford that is located in Darke county.	2045

The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2046
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and	2047
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county.	2048

The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within	2049
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within	2050
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county.	2051

Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court	2052
has jurisdiction within Morrow county.	2053

The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox	2054
county.	2055

The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry	2056
county.	2057

The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within	2058
the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks,	2059
Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin,	2060
Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas	2061
county.	2062

The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within	2063
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington,	2064
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county.	2065

The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2066
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield	2067
township in Trumbull county.	2068

The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	2069
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue	2070
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships.	2071

The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2072
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South	2073
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden,	2074
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and	2075
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except	2076
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county.	2077

The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2078
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem	2079
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake	2080
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the	2081
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the	2082
Toledo municipal court.	2083

The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within	2084
Ottawa county.	2085

The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within	2086
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake	2087
county.	2088

The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2089
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North	2090
Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in	2091
Cuyahoga county.	2092

The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2093
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford,	2094
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in	2095
Wood county.	2096

The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within	2097
Portage county.	2098

The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto	2099
county.	2100

The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2101
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park,	2102
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga	2103
county.	2104

The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2105
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within	2106
Perkins township, in Erie county.	2107

The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within	2108
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood,	2109
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county.	2110

The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon,	2111
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within	2112
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in	2113
Richland county.	2114

The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby	2115
county.	2116

Beginning January 1, 2009, the Stow municipal court has	2117
jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore	2118
Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal	2119
corporations of Boston Heights, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Munroe	2120
Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow,	2121
Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and Macedonia, in Summit county.	2122

The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2123
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland,	2124
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county.	2125

The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2126
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania,	2127
Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those	2128
portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying	2129
north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in	2130
Lucas county.	2131

The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big	2132
Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed,	2133
Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county.	2134

The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington	2135
township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in	2136
Lucas county.	2137

The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within	2138
Wyandot county.	2139

The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2140
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and	2141
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery	2142
county.	2143

The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert	2144
county.	2145

The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2146
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all	2147
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of	2148
Lorain, in Lorain county.	2149

The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2150
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and	2151
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon,	2152
Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county.	2153

The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and	2154
Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except	2155
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county.	2156

The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction	2157
within Fayette county.	2158

The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within	2159
Wayne county.	2160

The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the	2161
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick,	2162
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill,	2163
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake	2164
county.	2165

Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has	2166
jurisdiction within Clinton county.	2167

The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within	2168
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross,	2169
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in	2170
Greene county.	2171

(C) As used in this section:

2172

(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not	2173
limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is	2174
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that	2175
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is	2176
governmentally a part of the township.	2177

(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within	2178
the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any	2179
townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation.	2180

Sec. 1901.03.  As used in this chapter:

2181

(A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which	2182
municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 1901.01	2183
and 1901.02 of the Revised Code.	2184

(B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority	2185
of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other	2186
than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the	2187
respective board of county commissioners of the county in which a	2188
county-operated municipal court is located.	2189

(C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the	2190
municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	2191
county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the	2192
respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the	2193
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located.	2194

(D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal	2195
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	2196
county-operated municipal court, is located.	2197

(E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal	2198
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	2199
county-operated municipal court, is located.	2200

(F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize	2201
county, Brown county, Carroll county, Clermont county, Columbiana	2202
county, Crawford county, Darke county, Hamilton county, Hocking	2203
county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, Madison	2204
county, Miami county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, Portage	2205
county, or Wayne county municipal court and, effective January 1,	2206
2008, also includes the Erie county municipal court.	2207

(G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is	2208
located" includes each municipal corporation named in section	2209
1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a	2210
judge sits pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code.	2211

Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of,	2212
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of	2213
their terms shall be as follows:	2214

In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be	2215
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953,	2216
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time	2217
judge shall be elected in 1975.	2218

In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2219
elected in 1953.	2220

In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2221
elected in 1951.	2222

In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2223
be elected in 1953.	2224

In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge	2225
shall be elected in 1967.	2226

In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge	2227
shall be elected in 1975.	2228

In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall	2229
be elected in 1957.	2230

In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2231
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	2232
1971.	2233

In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2234
elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.	2235

In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge	2236
shall be elected in 1993.	2237

In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	2238
elected in 1951.	2239

In the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2240
elected in 2005.	2241

In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge	2242
shall be elected in 1983.	2243

In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge	2244
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the	2245
part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed	2246
prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall	2247
serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court	2248
until December 31, 2005.	2249

In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2250
elected in 1965.	2251

In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2252
be elected in 1951.	2253

In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	2254
elected in 1963.	2255

In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2256
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and	2257
two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977.	2258

In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge	2259
shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge	2260
elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county	2261
county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the	2262
full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until	2263
December 31, 2009.	2264

In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2265
elected in 1957.	2266

In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge	2267
shall be elected in 2001.	2268

In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	2269
elected in 1963.	2270

In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2271
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	2272
1977.	2273

In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2274
be elected in 1953.	2275

In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge	2276
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be	2277
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal	2278
court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges	2279
of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until	2280
the end of their respective terms.	2281

In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges	2282
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected	2283
in 1999.	2284

In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall	2285
be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in	2286
1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955.	2287

In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	2288
shall be elected in 1957.	2289

In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge	2290
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington	2291
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge	2292
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the	2293
end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997.	2294

In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time	2295
judges shall be elected in 2001.	2296

In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2297
elected in 1953.	2298

In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2299
be elected in 1951.	2300

In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge	2301
shall be elected in 1977.	2302

In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge	2303
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected	2304
in 1967. Effective December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal	2305
court shall cease to exist; however, the judges of the Cuyahoga	2306
Falls municipal court who were elected pursuant to this section in	2307
2003 and 2007 for terms beginning on January 1, 2004, and January	2308
1, 2008, respectively, shall serve as full-time judges of the Stow	2309
municipal court until December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2013,	2310
respectively.	2311

In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge	2312
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time	2313
judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that	2314
date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the	2315
full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December	2316
31, 2005.	2317

In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall	2318
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days	2319
beginning on the first day of January next after their election,	2320
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to	2321
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January	2322
next after their election.	2323

In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2324
elected in 1957.	2325

In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2326
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007.	2327

In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge	2328
shall be elected in 1957.	2329

In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge	2330
shall be elected in 1953.	2331

In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2332
elected in 1973.	2333

In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2334
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	2335

In the Erie county municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2336
be elected in 2007.	2337

In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2338
elected in 1951.	2339

In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2340
elected in 1977.	2341

In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge	2342
shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected	2343
in 2005.	2344

In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2345
be elected in 1989.	2346

In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2347
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993.	2348

In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2349
elected in 1975.	2350

In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	2351
elected in 1951.	2352

In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges	2353
shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected	2354
in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one	2355
full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge	2356
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected	2357
in 1997.	2358

In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2359
elected in 1975.	2360

In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2361
be elected in 1981.	2362

In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	2363
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected	2364
in 1981.	2365

In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2366
elected in 1963.	2367

In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2368
elected in 1953.	2369

In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges	2370
shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected	2371
in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two	2372
full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of	2373
the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first	2374
day of January next after their election, except that the terms of	2375
the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on	2376
January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the	2377
additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January	2378
4, 1984, and January 5, 1984.	2379

In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge	2380
shall be elected in 1989.	2381

In the Hillsboro municipal court, one part-time judge shall	2382
be elected in 1957.	2383

In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge	2384
shall be elected in 1977.	2385

In the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge	2386
shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time	2387
judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that	2388
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the	2389
full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until	2390
December 31, 2007.	2391

In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	2392
elected in 1967.	2393

In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2394
elected in 1951.	2395

In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge	2396
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the	2397
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was	2398
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court	2399
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001.	2400

In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2401
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	2402
1975.	2403

In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2404
elected in 1955.	2405

In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2406
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	2407
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the	2408
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall	2409
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the	2410
end of those judges' terms.	2411

In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge	2412
shall be elected in 1981.	2413

In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	2414
elected in 1955.	2415

In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge	2416
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected	2417
in 1971.	2418

In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2419
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967.	2420

In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2421
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	2422

In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall	2423
be elected in 1957.	2424

In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge	2425
shall be elected in 1981.	2426

In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2427
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	2428
1969.	2429

In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2430
elected in 1957.	2431

In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2432
elected in 1951.	2433

In the Marysville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2434
be elected in 2011. On and after the effective date of this	2435
amendmentJanuary 18, 2007, the part-time judge of the Marysville	2436
municipal court who was elected in 2005 shall serve as a full-time	2437
judge of the court until the end of that judge's term on December	2438
31, 2011.	2439

In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	2440
elected in 1965.	2441

In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2442
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	2443
1971.	2444

In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2445
elected in 1963.	2446

In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2447
elected in 1957.	2448

In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2449
elected in 1971.	2450

In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge	2451
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected	2452
in 1979.	2453

In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge shall	2454
be elected in 1951.	2455

In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2456
be elected in 1953.	2457

In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge	2458
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time	2459
judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that	2460
date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county	2461
municipal court until December 31, 2005.	2462

In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge	2463
shall be elected in 1951.	2464

In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2465
elected in 2005.	2466

In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge	2467
shall be elected in 1975.	2468

In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge	2469
shall be elected in 1963.	2470

In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2471
elected in 1951.	2472

In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2473
elected in 1975.	2474

In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	2475
elected in 1953.	2476

In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2477
elected in 1989.	2478

In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2479
elected in 1963.	2480

In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge	2481
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port	2482
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the	2483
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994,	2484
until the end of that judge's term.	2485

In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2486
be elected in 1951.	2487

In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2488
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and	2489
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.	2490

In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2491
be elected in 1977.	2492

In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges	2493
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected	2494
in 1971.	2495

In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge	2496
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton	2497
municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of	2498
the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the	2499
end of that judge's term.	2500

In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2501
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	2502
1985.	2503

In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2504
be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	2505
1971.	2506

In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2507
elected in 1953.	2508

In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	2509
shall be elected in 1957.	2510

In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	2511
elected in 1957.	2512

In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2513
elected in 1995.	2514

In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge	2515
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993,	2516
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until	2517
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on	2518
January 1, 2000.	2519

In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges	2520
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected	2521
in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield	2522
municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of	2523
the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the	2524
end of their respective terms.	2525

In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge	2526
shall be elected in 1953.	2527

In the Stow municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2528
elected in 2009, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013.	2529
Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls	2530
municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term	2531
commenced on January 1, 2008, shall serve as a full-time judge of	2532
the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2013. Beginning	2533
January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court	2534
that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1,	2535
2004, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court	2536
until December 31, 2009.	2537

In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall	2538
be elected in 1963.	2539

In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2540
elected in 1963.	2541

In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2542
elected in 1953.	2543

In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be	2544
elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975,	2545
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	2546

In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one part-time judge	2547
shall be elected in 1957.	2548

In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2549
elected in 1959.	2550

In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2551
elected in 1957.	2552

In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall	2553
be elected in 1965.	2554

In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2555
be elected in 1981.	2556

In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2557
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.	2558

In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time	2559
judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in	2560
1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until	2561
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on	2562
January 1, 2000.	2563

In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge	2564
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected	2565
in 1979.	2566

In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2567
be elected in 1951.	2568

In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2569
be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington	2570
municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the	2571
Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of	2572
that judge's term on December 31, 1997.	2573

In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	2574
elected in 1977.	2575

In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2576
be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be elected in	2577
1953.	2578

In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	2579
be elected in 1953.	2580

Sec. 1901.31.  The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal	2581
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have	2582
powers and duties as follows:	2583

(A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed or	2584
elected as follows:	2585

(1)(a) Except in the Akron, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls,	2586
Toledo, Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne county	2587
municipal courts and through December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls	2588
municipal court, if the population of the territory equals or	2589
exceeds one hundred thousand at the regular municipal election	2590
immediately preceding the expiration of the term of the present	2591
clerk, the clerk shall be nominated and elected by the qualified	2592
electors of the territory in the manner that is provided for the	2593
nomination and election of judges in section 1901.07 of the	2594
Revised Code.	2595

The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six	2596
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January	2597
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's	2598
successor is elected and qualified.	2599

(b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of	2600
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal	2601
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the	2602
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in	2603
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners	2604
prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as the	2605
clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the	2606
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth	2607
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common	2608
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the	2609
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of	2610
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county	2611
treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the	2612
annual compensation that is received for the performance of the	2613
duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided in	2614
sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.	2615

(c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts,	2616
the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county shall be	2617
the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and Wayne county	2618
municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each	2619
branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the	2620
Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges of the municipal	2621
court determine are necessary, all of whom shall receive the	2622
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks	2623
of courts of Portage county and Wayne county, acting as the clerks	2624
of the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts and	2625
assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation	2626
payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at	2627
one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of	2628
common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of	2629
the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18	2630
of the Revised Code.	2631

(d) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of	2632
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for	2633
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	2634
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	2635
specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the nomination	2636
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of	2637
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations	2638
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the	2639
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of	2640
clerk of the Akron municipal court shall be signed by at least	2641
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	2642

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	2643
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	2644
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	2645
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	2646
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	2647
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	2648
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	2649
Revised Code.	2650

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	2651
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	2652
party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron municipal	2653
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of	2654
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.	2655
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and	2656
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	2657
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be	2658
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for	2659
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a	2660
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section	2661
3513.02 of the Revised Code.	2662

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	2663
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	2664
of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the	2665
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	2666
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	2667
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	2668
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	2669
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	2670
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	2671
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	2672
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	2673
qualified.	2674

(e) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(e) of	2675
this section, in the Barberton municipal court, candidates for	2676
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	2677
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	2678
specified in the charter of the city of Barberton for the	2679
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary	2680
provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the	2681
declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and	2682
the nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office	2683
of clerk of the Barberton municipal court shall be signed by at	2684
least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	2685

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	2686
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	2687
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	2688
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	2689
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	2690
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	2691
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	2692
Revised Code.	2693

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	2694
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	2695
party for election to the office of clerk of the Barberton	2696
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the	2697
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to	2698
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of	2699
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a	2700
particular political party for election to that office, a primary	2701
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a	2702
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the	2703
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the	2704
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	2705

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	2706
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	2707
of the Barberton municipal court shall contain a designation of	2708
the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	2709
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	2710
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	2711
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	2712
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	2713
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	2714
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	2715
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	2716
qualified.	2717

(f) Except(i) Through December 31, 2008, except as otherwise	2718
provided in division (A)(1)(f)(i) of this section, in the Cuyahoga	2719
Falls municipal court, candidates for election to the office of	2720
clerk of the court shall be nominated by primary election. The	2721
primary election shall be held on the day specified in the charter	2722
of the city of Cuyahoga Falls for the nomination of municipal	2723
officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section	2724
3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations of	2725
candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the nominating	2726
petitions of independent candidates for the office of clerk of the	2727
Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall be signed by at least fifty	2728
qualified electors of the territory of the court.	2729

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	2730
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	2731
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	2732
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	2733
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	2734
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	2735
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	2736
Revised Code.	2737

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	2738
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	2739
party for election to the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls	2740
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the	2741
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to	2742
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of	2743
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a	2744
particular political party for election to that office, a primary	2745
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a	2746
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the	2747
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the	2748
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	2749

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	2750
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	2751
of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall contain a designation	2752
of the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the	2753
following regular municipal election, all candidates for the	2754
office shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the	2755
territory of the court in the manner that is provided in section	2756
1901.07 of the Revised Code for the election of the judges of the	2757
court. The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six	2758
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January	2759
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's	2760
successor is elected and qualified.	2761

(ii) Division (A)(1)(f)(i) of this section shall have no	2762
effect after December 31, 2008.	2763

(g) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(g) of	2764
this section, in the Toledo municipal court, candidates for	2765
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	2766
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	2767
specified in the charter of the city of Toledo for the nomination	2768
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of	2769
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations	2770
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the	2771
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of	2772
clerk of the Toledo municipal court shall be signed by at least	2773
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	2774

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	2775
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	2776
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	2777
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	2778
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	2779
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	2780
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	2781
Revised Code.	2782

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	2783
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	2784
party for election to the office of clerk of the Toledo municipal	2785
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of	2786
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.	2787
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and	2788
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	2789
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be	2790
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for	2791
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a	2792
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section	2793
3513.02 of the Revised Code.	2794

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	2795
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	2796
of the Toledo municipal court shall contain a designation of the	2797
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	2798
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	2799
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	2800
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	2801
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	2802
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	2803
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	2804
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	2805
qualified.	2806

(2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, Brown	2807
county, Columbiana county, Holmes county, Lorain, Massillon, and	2808
Youngstown municipal courts, in a municipal court for which the	2809
population of the territory is less than one hundred thousand, the	2810
clerk shall be appointed by the court, and the clerk shall hold	2811
office until the clerk's successor is appointed and qualified.	2812

(b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown	2813
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office	2814
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section.	2815

(c) In the Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county	2816
municipal courts, the clerks of courts of Auglaize county, Brown	2817
county, and Holmes county shall be the clerks, respectively, of	2818
the Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county municipal	2819
courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office	2820
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised	2821
Code, and assistant clerks as the judge of the court determines	2822
are necessary, all of whom shall receive the compensation that the	2823
legislative authority prescribes. The clerks of courts of Auglaize	2824
county, Brown county, and Holmes county, acting as the clerks of	2825
the Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county municipal	2826
courts and assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive	2827
compensation payable from the county treasury in semimonthly	2828
installments at one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the	2829
clerks of courts of common pleas as determined in accordance with	2830
the population of the county and the rates set forth in sections	2831
325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.	2832

(d) In the Columbiana county municipal court, the clerk of	2833
courts of Columbiana county shall be the clerk of the municipal	2834
court, may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office	2835
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised	2836
Code, and may appoint any assistant clerks that the judges of the	2837
court determine are necessary. All of the chief deputy clerks and	2838
assistant clerks shall receive the compensation that the	2839
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of	2840
Columbiana county, acting as the clerk of the Columbiana county	2841
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall	2842
receive in either biweekly installments or semimonthly	2843
installments, as determined by the payroll administrator,	2844
compensation payable from the county treasury at one-fourth the	2845
rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas	2846
as determined in accordance with the population of the county and	2847
the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised	2848
Code.	2849

(3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to illness,	2850
vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a temporary	2851
clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have the same	2852
authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk.	2853

(B) Except in the Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne	2854
county municipal courts, if a vacancy occurs in the office of the	2855
clerk of the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, or Youngstown municipal	2856
court or occurs in the office of the clerk of a municipal court	2857
for which the population of the territory equals or exceeds one	2858
hundred thousand because the clerk ceases to hold the office	2859
before the end of the clerk's term or because a clerk-elect fails	2860
to take office, the vacancy shall be filled, until a successor is	2861
elected and qualified, by a person chosen by the residents of the	2862
territory of the court who are members of the county central	2863
committee of the political party by which the last occupant of	2864
that office or the clerk-elect was nominated. Not less than five	2865
nor more than fifteen days after a vacancy occurs, those members	2866
of that county central committee shall meet to make an appointment	2867
to fill the vacancy. At least four days before the date of the	2868
meeting, the chairperson or a secretary of the county central	2869
committee shall notify each such member of that county central	2870
committee by first class mail of the date, time, and place of the	2871
meeting and its purpose. A majority of all such members of that	2872
county central committee constitutes a quorum, and a majority of	2873
the quorum is required to make the appointment. If the office so	2874
vacated was occupied or was to be occupied by a person not	2875
nominated at a primary election, or if the appointment was not	2876
made by the committee members in accordance with this division,	2877
the court shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy. A	2878
successor shall be elected to fill the office for the unexpired	2879
term at the first municipal election that is held more than one	2880
hundred twenty days after the vacancy occurred.	2881

(C)(1) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county,	2882
the Brown county, the Columbiana county, the Holmes county, and	2883
the Lorain municipal courts, for which the population of the	2884
territory is less than one hundred thousand, the clerk of the	2885
municipal court shall receive the annual compensation that the	2886
presiding judge of the court prescribes, if the revenue of the	2887
court for the preceding calendar year, as certified by the auditor	2888
or chief fiscal officer of the municipal corporation in which the	2889
court is located or, in the case of a county-operated municipal	2890
court, the county auditor, is equal to or greater than the	2891
expenditures, including any debt charges, for the operation of the	2892
court payable under this chapter from the city treasury or, in the	2893
case of a county-operated municipal court, the county treasury for	2894
that calendar year, as also certified by the auditor or chief	2895
fiscal officer. If the revenue of a municipal court, other than	2896
the Auglaize county, the Brown county, the Columbiana county, and	2897
the Lorain municipal courts, for which the population of the	2898
territory is less than one hundred thousand for the preceding	2899
calendar year as so certified is not equal to or greater than	2900
those expenditures for the operation of the court for that	2901
calendar year as so certified, the clerk of a municipal court	2902
shall receive the annual compensation that the legislative	2903
authority prescribes. As used in this division, "revenue" means	2904
the total of all costs and fees that are collected and paid to the	2905
city treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county	2906
treasury by the clerk of the municipal court under division (F) of	2907
this section and all interest received and paid to the city	2908
treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county	2909
treasury in relation to the costs and fees under division (G) of	2910
this section.	2911

(2) In a municipal court, other than the Hamilton county,	2912
Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, for which the	2913
population of the territory is one hundred thousand or more, and	2914
in the Lorain municipal court, the clerk of the municipal court	2915
shall receive annual compensation in a sum equal to eighty-five	2916
per cent of the salary of a judge of the court.	2917

(3) The compensation of a clerk described in division (C)(1)	2918
or (2) of this section is payable in semimonthly installments from	2919
the same sources and in the same manner as provided in section	2920
1901.11 of the Revised Code, except that the compensation of the	2921
clerk of the Carroll county municipal court is payable in biweekly	2922
installments.	2923

(D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office,	2924
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than	2925
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court,	2926
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties.	2927

(E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the	2928
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue executions	2929
upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a judgment for	2930
unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of the court to all	2931
writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing out of the court;	2932
and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, and undertakings	2933
fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The clerk may refuse to	2934
accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a	2935
person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under	2936
section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain	2937
leave to proceed under that section. The clerk shall do all of the	2938
following: file and safely keep all journals, records, books, and	2939
papers belonging or appertaining to the court; record the	2940
proceedings of the court; perform all other duties that the judges	2941
of the court may prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts	2942
and disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection	2943
at all times.	2944

The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a	2945
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all	2946
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the docket,	2947
the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of an	2948
action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the	2949
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates,	2950
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of	2951
summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings.	2952
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders,	2953
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the	2954
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may order	2955
an extended record of any of the above to be made and entered,	2956
under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the request of	2957
any party to the case, the expense of which record may be taxed as	2958
costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the party	2959
demanding the record, upon order of the court.	2960

(F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect,	2961
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other	2962
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The	2963
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or officers,	2964
and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other	2965
moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 3375.50 and	2966
4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the	2967
Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of	2968
any moneys received by a municipal court and except for the	2969
Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal	2970
courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received for violation of	2971
municipal ordinances into the treasury of the municipal	2972
corporation the ordinance of which was violated and shall pay all	2973
fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted	2974
pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or Chapter 504. of the	2975
Revised Code into the treasury of the township the resolution of	2976
which was violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of	2977
the Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and	2978
Ottawa county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent	2979
of the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and	2980
fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township	2981
resolutions adopted pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or	2982
Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of the county.	2983
Subject to sections 3375.50, 3375.53, 4511.19, and 5503.04 of the	2984
Revised Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that	2985
requires a specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received	2986
by a municipal court, the clerk shall pay all fines collected for	2987
the violation of state laws into the county treasury. Except in a	2988
county-operated municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and	2989
fees the disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in	2990
the Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a	2991
county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the	2992
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the Revised	2993
Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as security for	2994
costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The clerk shall	2995
keep a separate account of all receipts and disbursements in civil	2996
and criminal cases, which shall be a permanent public record of	2997
the office. On the expiration of the term of the clerk, the clerk	2998
shall deliver the records to the clerk's successor. The clerk	2999
shall have other powers and duties as are prescribed by rule or	3000
order of the court.	3001

(G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted on	3002
the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be	3003
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and	3004
loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised	3005
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon	3006
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, in	3007
a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid into	3008
the treasury of the county in which the court is located.	3009

On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall	3010
make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that were	3011
finally determined more than one year past in which there remains	3012
unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of	3013
a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the	3014
case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties who	3015
are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys of record. All	3016
the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of each	3017
year shall be paid by the clerk to the city treasurer, except	3018
that, in a county-operated municipal court, the moneys shall be	3019
paid to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located.	3020
The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys at any time to the	3021
person who has the right to the moneys upon proper certification	3022
of the clerk.	3023

(H) Deputy clerks of a municipal court other than the Carroll	3024
county municipal court may be appointed by the clerk and shall	3025
receive the compensation, payable in either biweekly installments	3026
or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll	3027
administrator, out of the city treasury, that the clerk may	3028
prescribe, except that the compensation of any deputy clerk of a	3029
county-operated municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury	3030
of the county in which the court is located. The judge of the	3031
Carroll county municipal court may appoint deputy clerks for the	3032
court, and the deputy clerks shall receive the compensation,	3033
payable in biweekly installments out of the county treasury, that	3034
the judge may prescribe. Each deputy clerk shall take an oath of	3035
office before entering upon the duties of the deputy clerk's	3036
office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties appertaining	3037
to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require any of the	3038
deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three thousand	3039
dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy	3040
clerk's duties.	3041

(I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the population	3042
of the territory of a municipal court falls below one hundred	3043
thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the population of the	3044
territory prior to the most recent regular federal census exceeded	3045
one hundred thousand, the legislative authority of the municipal	3046
corporation may declare, by resolution, that the territory shall	3047
be considered to have a population of at least one hundred	3048
thousand.	3049

(J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at all	3050
sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in the	3051
courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors and	3052
receive verdicts.	3053

Sec. 1901.34.  (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and	3054
(D) of this section, the village solicitor, city director of law,	3055
or similar chief legal officer for each municipal corporation	3056
within the territory of a municipal court shall prosecute all	3057
cases brought before the municipal court for criminal offenses	3058
occurring within the municipal corporation for which that person	3059
is the solicitor, director of law, or similar chief legal officer.	3060
Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the village	3061
solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer of	3062
the municipal corporation in which a municipal court is located	3063
shall prosecute all criminal cases brought before the court	3064
arising in the unincorporated areas within the territory of the	3065
municipal court.	3066

(B) The Auglaize county, Brown county, Clermont county,	3067
Hocking county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Morrow county,	3068
Ottawa county, and Portage county prosecuting attorneys shall	3069
prosecute in municipal court all violations of state law arising	3070
in their respective counties. The Carroll county, Crawford county,	3071
Hamilton county, Madison county, and Wayne county prosecuting	3072
attorneys and beginning January 1, 2008, the Erie county	3073
prosecuting attorney shall prosecute all violations of state law	3074
arising within the unincorporated areas of their respective	3075
counties. The Columbiana county prosecuting attorney shall	3076
prosecute in the Columbiana county municipal court all violations	3077
of state law arising in the county, except for violations arising	3078
in the municipal corporation of East Liverpool, Liverpool	3079
township, or St. Clair township. The Darke county prosecuting	3080
attorney shall prosecute in the Darke county municipal court all	3081
violations of state law arising in the county, except for	3082
violations of state law arising in the municipal corporation of	3083
Greenville and violations of state law arising in the village of	3084
Versailles. The Greene county prosecuting attorney may, with the	3085
concurrence of the Greene county board of county commissioners,	3086
prosecute in the Fairborn municipal court all violations of state	3087
law arising within the unincorporated areas of Bath and	3088
Beavercreek townships in Greene county and prosecute in the Xenia	3089
municipal court all violations of state law arising within the	3090
unincorporated areas of Ceasarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami,	3091
New Jasper, Ross, Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and	3092
Xenia townships in Greene county.	3093

The prosecuting attorney of any county given the duty of	3094
prosecuting in municipal court violations of state law shall	3095
receive no additional compensation for assuming these additional	3096
duties, except that the prosecuting attorney of Hamilton, Portage,	3097
and Wayne counties shall receive compensation at the rate of four	3098
thousand eight hundred dollars per year, and the prosecuting	3099
attorney of Auglaize county shall receive compensation at the rate	3100
of one thousand eight hundred dollars per year, each payable from	3101
the county treasury of the respective counties in semimonthly	3102
installments.	3103

(C) The village solicitor, city director of law, or similar	3104
chief legal officer shall perform the same duties, insofar as they	3105
are applicable to the village solicitor, city director of law, or	3106
similar chief legal officer, as are required of the prosecuting	3107
attorney of the county. The village solicitor, city director of	3108
law, similar chief legal officer or any assistants who may be	3109
appointed shall receive for such services additional compensation	3110
to be paid from the treasury of the county as the board of county	3111
commissioners prescribes.	3112

(D) The prosecuting attorney of any county, other than	3113
Auglaize, Brown, Clermont, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Morrow,	3114
Ottawa, or Portage county, may enter into an agreement with any	3115
municipal corporation in the county in which the prosecuting	3116
attorney serves pursuant to which the prosecuting attorney	3117
prosecutes all criminal cases brought before the municipal court	3118
that has territorial jurisdiction over that municipal corporation	3119
for criminal offenses occurring within the municipal corporation.	3120
The prosecuting attorney of Auglaize, Brown, Clermont, Hocking,	3121
Holmes, Jackson, Morrow, Ottawa, or Portage county may enter into	3122
an agreement with any municipal corporation in the county in which	3123
the prosecuting attorney serves pursuant to which the respective	3124
prosecuting attorney prosecutes all cases brought before the	3125
Auglaize county, Brown county, Clermont county, Hocking county,	3126
Holmes county, Jackson county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, or	3127
Portage county municipal court for violations of the ordinances of	3128
the municipal corporation or for criminal offenses other than	3129
violations of state law occurring within the municipal	3130
corporation. For prosecuting these cases, the prosecuting attorney	3131
and the municipal corporation may agree upon a fee to be paid by	3132
the municipal corporation, which fee shall be paid into the county	3133
treasury, to be used to cover expenses of the office of the	3134
prosecuting attorney.	3135

Sec. 1907.11.  (A) Each county court district shall have the	3136
following county court judges, to be elected as follows:	3137

In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall	3138
be elected in 1982.	3139

In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge	3140
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected	3141
in 1982.	3142

In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge shall	3143
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two	3144
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	3145
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	3146

In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge shall	3147
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two	3148
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	3149
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	3150

In the Carroll county county court, one part-time judge shall	3151
be elected in 1982.	3152

InUntil December 31, 2007, in the Erie county county court,	3153
one part-time judge shall be elected in 1982. Effective January 1,	3154
2008, the Erie county county court shall cease to exist.	3155

In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge shall	3156
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	3157
1982.	3158

In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge	3159
shall be elected in 1982.	3160

In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge	3161
shall be elected in 1982.	3162

In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge	3163
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and	3164
two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence	3165
on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	3166

In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge	3167
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and	3168
three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence	3169
on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1995,	3170
respectively.	3171

In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall	3172
be elected in 1982.	3173

In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge shall	3174
be elected in 1982.	3175

In the Montgomery county county court, three part-time judges	3176
shall be elected in 1998, terms to commence on January 1, 1999,	3177
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively, and two	3178
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	3179
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	3180

In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge shall	3181
be elected in 1982.	3182

In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge	3183
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected	3184
in 1982.	3185

In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall	3186
be elected in 1982.	3187

In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge	3188
shall be elected in 1982.	3189

In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall	3190
be elected in 1982.	3191

In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall be	3192
elected in 1982.	3193

In the Putnam county county court, one part-time judge shall	3194
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	3195
1982.	3196

In the Sandusky county county court, two part-time judges	3197
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995,	3198
and January 2, 1995, respectively.	3199

In the Trumbull county county court, one part-time judge	3200
shall be elected in 1992, and one part-time judge shall be elected	3201
in 1994.	3202

In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge	3203
shall be elected in 1982.	3204

In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge shall	3205
be elected in 1982.	3206

In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge shall	3207
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	3208
1982.	3209

(B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next regular	3210
election for a county court judge as provided in section 1907.13	3211
of the Revised Code.	3212

(2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from,	3213
forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled	3214
in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as	3215
provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code.	3216

Section 4. That the existing versions of sections 1901.01,	3217
1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, and 1907.11 of the	3218
Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect January 18, 2007,	3219
are hereby repealed.	3220

Section 5. Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall take effect on	3221
January 18, 2007.	3222

Section 6. (A) Effective January 1, 2007, the Carroll County	3223
County Court is abolished.	3224

(B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in	3225
the Carroll County County Court at the close of business on	3226
December 31, 2006, shall be transferred to and proceed in the	3227
Carroll County Municipal Court on January 1, 2007, as if	3228
originally instituted in the Carroll County Municipal Court.	3229
Parties to those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings	3230
may make any amendments to their pleadings that are required to	3231
conform them to the rules of the Carroll County Municipal Court.	3232
The Clerk of the Carroll County County Court or other custodian	3233
shall transfer to the Carroll County Municipal Court all	3234
pleadings, orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records,	3235
books, exhibits, files, moneys, property, and persons that belong	3236
to, are in the possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction	3237
of the Carroll County County Court, or any officer of that court,	3238
at the close of business on December 31, 2006, and that pertain to	3239
those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings.	3240

(C) All employees of the Carroll County County Court shall be	3241
transferred to and shall become employees of the Carroll County	3242
Municipal Court on January 1, 2007.	3243

(D) Effective January 1, 2007, the part-time judgeship in the	3244
Carroll County County Court is abolished.	3245

Section 7. (A) Effective January 1, 2008, the Erie County	3246
County Court is abolished.	3247

(B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in	3248
the Erie County County Court at the close of business on December	3249
31, 2007, shall be transferred to and proceed in the Erie County	3250
Municipal Court on January 1, 2008, as if originally instituted in	3251
the Erie County Municipal Court. Parties to those causes,	3252
judgments, executions, and proceedings may make any amendments to	3253
their pleadings that are required to conform them to the rules of	3254
the Erie County Municipal Court. The Clerk of the Erie County	3255
County Court or other custodian shall transfer to the Erie County	3256
Municipal Court all pleadings, orders, entries, dockets, bonds,	3257
papers, records, books, exhibits, files, moneys, property, and	3258
persons that belong to, are in the possession of, or are subject	3259
to the jurisdiction of the Erie County County Court, or any	3260
officer of that court, at the close of business on December 31,	3261
2007, and that pertain to those causes, judgments, executions, and	3262
proceedings.	3263

(C) All employees of the Erie County County Court shall be	3264
transferred to and shall become employees of the Erie County	3265
Municipal Court on January 1, 2008.	3266

(D) Effective January 1, 2008, the part-time judgeship in the	3267
Erie County County Court is abolished.	3268

Section 8. (A) Effective January 1, 2009, the Cuyahoga Falls	3269
Municipal Court and the two full-time judgeships of that court are	3270
abolished.	3271

(B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in	3272
the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court at the close of business on	3273
December 31, 2008, shall be transferred to and proceed in the Stow	3274
Municipal Court on January 1, 2009, as if originally instituted in	3275
the Stow Municipal Court. Parties to those causes, judgments,	3276
executions, and proceedings may make any amendments to their	3277
pleadings that are required to conform them to the rules of the	3278
Stow Municipal Court. The Clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal	3279
Court or other custodian shall transfer to the Stow Municipal	3280
Court all pleadings, orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers,	3281
records, books, exhibits, files, moneys, property, and persons	3282
that belong to, are in the possession of, or are subject to the	3283
jurisdiction of the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court, or any officer	3284
of that court, at the close of business on December 31, 2008, and	3285
that pertain to those causes, judgments, executions, and	3286
proceedings.	3287

(C) All employees of the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court shall	3288
be transferred to and shall become employees of the Stow Municipal	3289
Court on January 1, 2009.	3290

(D) Beginning January 1, 2009, the clerk of the Cuyahoga	3291
Falls Municipal Court that existed prior to that date whose term	3292
commenced on January 1, 2004, shall serve as the clerk of the Stow	3293
Municipal Court until December 31, 2009.	3294

Section 9. Sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.31,	3295
1901.34, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code, as amended by Section 1	3296
of this act, shall take effect January 1, 2007.	3297

Section 10. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency	3298
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public	3299
peace, health, and safety. The reasons for such necessity are that	3300
the creation of the Carroll County Municipal Court on January 1,	3301
2007, is crucial for the proper, timely, and effective	3302
administration of justice in Carroll County and the election of	3303
the full-time judge of the Erie County Municipal Court in 2007,	3304
and thus the effectiveness of this act prior to the filing	3305
deadline for the 2007 primary election, is crucial for the proper,	3306
timely, and effective administration of justice in Erie County.	3307
Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect.	3308

Section 11. Section 1901.31 of the Revised Code is presented	3309
in Section 1 of this act as a composite of the section as amended	3310
by both Am. Sub. H.B. 23 and Am. Sub. H.B. 530 of the 126th	3311
General Assembly. Section 1901.31 of the Revised Code is presented	3312
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by Am. Sub.	3313
H.B. 23, Sub. H.B. 336, and Am. Sub. H.B. 530, all of the 126th	3314
General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle	3315
stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that	3316
amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of	3317
simultaneous operation, finds that the composites are the	3318
resulting versions of the section in effect prior to the effective	3319
dates of the versions of the section as presented in this act.	3320