As Reported by the House Judiciary Committee

126th General Assembly
Regular Session
2005-2006
Sub. S. B. No. 171


Senators Coughlin, Zurz 



A BILL
To amend sections 109.57, 109.60, 1901.01, 1901.02, 1
1901.03, 1901.07, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 2
1907.11, and 2501.012 and to enact sections 3
1901.43, 1907.181, and 2301.10 of the Revised 4
Code, to create the Carroll County Municipal Court 5
and abolish the Carroll County County Court on 6
January 1, 2007, to provide one full-time judge 7
for the Carroll County Municipal Court to be 8
elected in 2009, to create the Erie County 9
Municipal court on January 1, 2008, to establish 10
one full-time judgeship in that court, to abolish 11
the Erie County County Court on that date, to 12
provide for the election for the Erie County 13
Municipal Court of one full-time judge in 2007, to 14
add one additional judge to the Twelfth District 15
Court of Appeals to be elected at the 2008 general 16
election, to abolish the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal 17
Court and to create the Stow Municipal Court as 18
its replacement effective January 1, 2009, to 19
clarify when a court must order a person to be 20
fingerprinted, to clarify that the former township 21
of Northampton is no longer within the 22
jurisdiction of the Akron Municipal Court, to 23
amend the versions of sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 24
1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, and 1907.11 of 25
the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect 26
January 18, 2007, to continue the provisions of 27
this act on and after that effective date, and to 28
declare an emergency.29


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

       Section 1. That sections 109.57, 109.60, 1901.01, 1901.02, 30
1901.03, 1901.07, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.11, and 2501.012 31
be amended and sections 1901.43, 1907.181, and 2301.10 of the 32
Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:33

       Sec. 109.57.  (A)(1) The superintendent of the bureau of34
criminal identification and investigation shall procure from 35
wherever procurable and file for record photographs, pictures, 36
descriptions, fingerprints, measurements, and other information 37
that may be pertinent of all persons who have been convicted of 38
committing within this state a felony, any crime constituting a 39
misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent40
offenses, or any misdemeanor described in division (A)(1)(a) or 41
(A)(10)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, of all children 42
under eighteen years of age who have been adjudicated delinquent 43
children for committing within this state an act that would be a 44
felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult or who 45
have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to committing within this 46
state a felony or an offense of violence, and of all well-known 47
and habitual criminals. The person in charge of any county, 48
multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal 49
jail or workhouse, community-based correctional facility, halfway 50
house, alternative residential facility, or state correctional 51
institution and the person in charge of any state institution 52
having custody of a person suspected of having committed a felony, 53
any crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a 54
felony on subsequent offenses, or any misdemeanor described in 55
division (A)(1)(a) or (A)(10)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised 56
Code or having custody of a child under eighteen years of age with 57
respect to whom there is probable cause to believe that the child 58
may have committed an act that would be a felony or an offense of 59
violence if committed by an adult shall furnish such material to 60
the superintendent of the bureau. Fingerprints, photographs, or 61
other descriptive information of a child who is under eighteen 62
years of age, has not been arrested or otherwise taken into 63
custody for committing an act that would be a felony or an offense 64
of violence if committed by an adult, has not been adjudicated a 65
delinquent child for committing an act that would be a felony or 66
an offense of violence if committed by an adult, has not been 67
convicted of or pleaded guilty to committing a felony or an68
offense of violence, and is not a child with respect to whom there 69
is probable cause to believe that the child may have committed an 70
act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed 71
by an adult shall not be procured by the superintendent or 72
furnished by any person in charge of any county, multicounty, 73
municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or 74
workhouse, community-based correctional facility, halfway house, 75
alternative residential facility, or state correctional 76
institution, except as authorized in section 2151.313 of the 77
Revised Code.78

       (2) Every clerk of a court of record in this state, other 79
than the supreme court or a court of appeals, shall send to the80
superintendent of the bureau a weekly report containing a summary 81
of each case involving a felony, involving any crime constituting 82
a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent 83
offenses, involving a misdemeanor described in division (A)(1)(a) 84
or (A)(10)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, or involving 85
an adjudication in a case in which a child under eighteen years of 86
age was alleged to be a delinquent child for committing an act 87
that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by88
an adult. The clerk of the court of common pleas shall include in 89
the report and summary the clerk sends under this division all 90
information described in divisions (A)(2)(a) to (f) of this 91
section regarding a case before the court of appeals that is 92
served by that clerk. The summary shall be written on the standard 93
forms furnished by the superintendent pursuant to division (B) of 94
this section and shall include the following information:95

       (a) The incident tracking number contained on the standard 96
forms furnished by the superintendent pursuant to division (B) of 97
this section;98

       (b) The style and number of the case;99

       (c) The date of arrest, offense, summons, or arraignment;100

       (d) The date that the person was convicted of or pleaded 101
guilty to the offense, adjudicated a delinquent child for 102
committing the act that would be a felony or an offense of 103
violence if committed by an adult, found not guilty of the104
offense, or found not to be a delinquent child for committing an 105
act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed 106
by an adult, the date of an entry dismissing the charge, an entry 107
declaring a mistrial of the offense in which the person is 108
discharged, an entry finding that the person or child is not 109
competent to stand trial, or an entry of a nolle prosequi, or the 110
date of any other determination that constitutes final resolution 111
of the case;112

       (e) A statement of the original charge with the section of 113
the Revised Code that was alleged to be violated;114

       (f) If the person or child was convicted, pleaded guilty, or 115
was adjudicated a delinquent child, the sentence or terms of 116
probation imposed or any other disposition of the offender or the 117
delinquent child.118

       If the offense involved the disarming of a law enforcement 119
officer or an attempt to disarm a law enforcement officer, the 120
clerk shall clearly state that fact in the summary, and the 121
superintendent shall ensure that a clear statement of that fact is 122
placed in the bureau's records.123

       (3) The superintendent shall cooperate with and assist124
sheriffs, chiefs of police, and other law enforcement officers in 125
the establishment of a complete system of criminal identification 126
and in obtaining fingerprints and other means of identification of 127
all persons arrested on a charge of a felony, any crime 128
constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on 129
subsequent offenses, or a misdemeanor described in division130
(A)(1)(a) or (A)(10)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and 131
of all children under eighteen years of age arrested or otherwise 132
taken into custody for committing an act that would be a felony or 133
an offense of violence if committed by an adult. The134
superintendent also shall file for record the fingerprint 135
impressions of all persons confined in a county, multicounty,136
municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or 137
workhouse, community-based correctional facility, halfway house,138
alternative residential facility, or state correctional 139
institution for the violation of state laws and of all children 140
under eighteen years of age who are confined in a county, 141
multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal 142
jail or workhouse, community-based correctional facility, halfway 143
house, alternative residential facility, or state correctional144
institution or in any facility for delinquent children for 145
committing an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence 146
if committed by an adult, and any other information that the 147
superintendent may receive from law enforcement officials of the 148
state and its political subdivisions.149

       (4) The superintendent shall carry out Chapter 2950. of the150
Revised Code with respect to the registration of persons who are 151
convicted of or plead guilty to either a sexually oriented offense 152
that is not a registration-exempt sexually oriented offense or a 153
child-victim oriented offense and with respect to all other duties 154
imposed on the bureau under that chapter.155

       (5) The bureau shall perform centralized recordkeeping 156
functions for criminal history records and services in this state 157
for purposes of the national crime prevention and privacy compact 158
set forth in section 109.571 of the Revised Code and is the 159
criminal history record repository as defined in that section for 160
purposes of that compact. The superintendent or the 161
superintendent's designee is the compact officer for purposes of 162
that compact and shall carry out the responsibilities of the 163
compact officer specified in that compact.164

       (B) The superintendent shall prepare and furnish to every165
county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or166
multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based 167
correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential 168
facility, or state correctional institution and to every clerk of 169
a court in this state specified in division (A)(2) of this section 170
standard forms for reporting the information required under 171
division (A) of this section. The standard forms that the 172
superintendent prepares pursuant to this division may be in a 173
tangible format, in an electronic format, or in both tangible 174
formats and electronic formats.175

       (C) The superintendent may operate a center for electronic, 176
automated, or other data processing for the storage and retrieval 177
of information, data, and statistics pertaining to criminals and 178
to children under eighteen years of age who are adjudicated179
delinquent children for committing an act that would be a felony 180
or an offense of violence if committed by an adult, criminal 181
activity, crime prevention, law enforcement, and criminal justice, 182
and may establish and operate a statewide communications network 183
to gather and disseminate information, data, and statistics for 184
the use of law enforcement agencies. The superintendent may 185
gather, store, retrieve, and disseminate information, data, and 186
statistics that pertain to children who are under eighteen years 187
of age and that are gathered pursuant to sections 109.57 to 109.61 188
of the Revised Code together with information, data, and189
statistics that pertain to adults and that are gathered pursuant 190
to those sections. In addition to any other authorized use of 191
information, data, and statistics of that nature, the 192
superintendent or the superintendent's designee may provide and 193
exchange the information, data, and statistics pursuant to the 194
national crime prevention and privacy compact as described in 195
division (A)(5) of this section.196

       (D) The information and materials furnished to the197
superintendent pursuant to division (A) of this section and198
information and materials furnished to any board or person under199
division (F) or (G) of this section are not public records under 200
section 149.43 of the Revised Code.201

       (E) The attorney general shall adopt rules, in accordance202
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, setting forth the procedure 203
by which a person may receive or release information gathered by 204
the superintendent pursuant to division (A) of this section. A 205
reasonable fee may be charged for this service. If a temporary 206
employment service submits a request for a determination of 207
whether a person the service plans to refer to an employment208
position has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense209
listed in division (A)(1), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of section 210
109.572 of the Revised Code, the request shall be treated as a 211
single request and only one fee shall be charged.212

       (F)(1) As used in division (F)(2) of this section, "head213
start agency" means an entity in this state that has been approved 214
to be an agency for purposes of subchapter II of the "Community 215
Economic Development Act," 95 Stat. 489 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 9831, 216
as amended.217

       (2)(a) In addition to or in conjunction with any request that218
is required to be made under section 109.572, 2151.86, 3301.32,219
3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881, 5104.012, 5104.013, 5123.081, 220
5126.28, 5126.281, or 5153.111 of the Revised Code, the board of 221
education of any school district; the director of mental 222
retardation and developmental disabilities; any county board of 223
mental retardation and developmental disabilities; any entity 224
under contract with a county board of mental retardation and 225
developmental disabilities; the chief administrator of any 226
chartered nonpublic school; the chief administrator of any home 227
health agency; the chief administrator of or person operating any 228
child day-care center, type A family day-care home, or type B 229
family day-care home licensed or certified under Chapter 5104. of 230
the Revised Code; the administrator of any type C family day-care231
home certified pursuant to Section 1 of Sub. H.B. 62 of the 121st232
general assembly or Section 5 of Am. Sub. S.B. 160 of the 121st233
general assembly; the chief administrator of any head start 234
agency; or the executive director of a public children services 235
agency may request that the superintendent of the bureau 236
investigate and determine, with respect to any individual who has 237
applied for employment in any position after October 2, 1989, or 238
any individual wishing to apply for employment with a board of 239
education may request, with regard to the individual, whether the 240
bureau has any information gathered under division (A) of this 241
section that pertains to that individual. On receipt of the 242
request, the superintendent shall determine whether that 243
information exists and, upon request of the person, board, or 244
entity requesting information, also shall request from the federal 245
bureau of investigation any criminal records it has pertaining to 246
that individual. The superintendent or the superintendent's 247
designee also may request criminal history records from other 248
states or the federal government pursuant to the national crime 249
prevention and privacy compact set forth in section 109.571 of the 250
Revised Code. Within thirty days of the date that the 251
superintendent receives a request, the superintendent shall send 252
to the board, entity, or person a report of any information that 253
the superintendent determines exists, including information 254
contained in records that have been sealed under section 2953.32 255
of the Revised Code, and, within thirty days of its receipt, shall 256
send the board, entity, or person a report of any information 257
received from the federal bureau of investigation, other than 258
information the dissemination of which is prohibited by federal 259
law.260

       (b) When a board of education is required to receive 261
information under this section as a prerequisite to employment of 262
an individual pursuant to section 3319.39 of the Revised Code, it 263
may accept a certified copy of records that were issued by the 264
bureau of criminal identification and investigation and that are265
presented by an individual applying for employment with the266
district in lieu of requesting that information itself. In such a 267
case, the board shall accept the certified copy issued by the 268
bureau in order to make a photocopy of it for that individual's 269
employment application documents and shall return the certified 270
copy to the individual. In a case of that nature, a district only 271
shall accept a certified copy of records of that nature within one 272
year after the date of their issuance by the bureau.273

       (3) The state board of education may request, with respect to 274
any individual who has applied for employment after October 2,275
1989, in any position with the state board or the department of276
education, any information that a school district board of277
education is authorized to request under division (F)(2) of this 278
section, and the superintendent of the bureau shall proceed as if 279
the request has been received from a school district board of 280
education under division (F)(2) of this section.281

       (4) When the superintendent of the bureau receives a request 282
for information under section 3319.291 of the Revised Code, the 283
superintendent shall proceed as if the request has been received 284
from a school district board of education under division (F)(2) of 285
this section.286

       (5) When a recipient of a classroom reading improvement grant 287
paid under section 3301.86 of the Revised Code requests, with 288
respect to any individual who applies to participate in providing 289
any program or service funded in whole or in part by the grant, 290
the information that a school district board of education is 291
authorized to request under division (F)(2)(a) of this section, 292
the superintendent of the bureau shall proceed as if the request 293
has been received from a school district board of education under 294
division (F)(2)(a) of this section.295

       (G) In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is 296
required to be made under section 3701.881, 3712.09, 3721.121, or 297
3722.151 of the Revised Code with respect to an individual who has 298
applied for employment in a position that involves providing 299
direct care to an older adult, the chief administrator of a home 300
health agency, hospice care program, home licensed under Chapter 301
3721. of the Revised Code, adult day-care program operated 302
pursuant to rules adopted under section 3721.04 of the Revised 303
Code, or adult care facility may request that the superintendent 304
of the bureau investigate and determine, with respect to any 305
individual who has applied after January 27, 1997, for employment 306
in a position that does not involve providing direct care to an 307
older adult, whether the bureau has any information gathered under 308
division (A) of this section that pertains to that individual. 309

       In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is 310
required to be made under section 173.27 of the Revised Code with 311
respect to an individual who has applied for employment in a 312
position that involves providing ombudsperson services to 313
residents of long-term care facilities or recipients of 314
community-based long-term care services, the state long-term care 315
ombudsperson, ombudsperson's designee, or director of health may 316
request that the superintendent investigate and determine, with 317
respect to any individual who has applied for employment in a 318
position that does not involve providing such ombudsperson 319
services, whether the bureau has any information gathered under 320
division (A) of this section that pertains to that applicant.321

       In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is 322
required to be made under section 173.394 of the Revised Code with 323
respect to an individual who has applied for employment in a 324
position that involves providing direct care to an individual, the 325
chief administrator of a community-based long-term care agency may 326
request that the superintendent investigate and determine, with 327
respect to any individual who has applied for employment in a 328
position that does not involve providing direct care, whether the 329
bureau has any information gathered under division (A) of this 330
section that pertains to that applicant.331

       On receipt of a request under this division, the332
superintendent shall determine whether that information exists333
and, on request of the individual requesting information, shall 334
also request from the federal bureau of investigation any criminal 335
records it has pertaining to the applicant. The superintendent or 336
the superintendent's designee also may request criminal history 337
records from other states or the federal government pursuant to 338
the national crime prevention and privacy compact set forth in 339
section 109.571 of the Revised Code. Within thirty days of the 340
date a request is received, the superintendent shall send to the 341
requester a report of any information determined to exist, 342
including information contained in records that have been sealed 343
under section 2953.32 of the Revised Code, and, within thirty days 344
of its receipt, shall send the requester a report of any345
information received from the federal bureau of investigation,346
other than information the dissemination of which is prohibited by 347
federal law.348

       (H) Information obtained by a government entity or person 349
under this section is confidential and shall not be released or 350
disseminated.351

       (I) The superintendent may charge a reasonable fee for352
providing information or criminal records under division (F)(2) or 353
(G) of this section.354

       Sec. 109.60.  (A)(1) The sheriffs of the several counties and 355
the chiefs of police of cities, immediately upon the arrest of any 356
person for any felony, on suspicion of any felony, for a crime 357
constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on 358
subsequent offenses, or for any misdemeanor described in division 359
(A)(1)(a) or (A)(10)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, 360
and immediately upon the arrest or taking into custody of any 361
child under eighteen years of age for committing an act that would 362
be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult or 363
upon probable cause to believe that a child of that age may have 364
committed an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence 365
if committed by an adult, shall take the person's or child's 366
fingerprints, or cause the same to be taken, according to the 367
fingerprint system of identification on the forms furnished by the 368
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and 369
investigation, and immediately shall forward copies of the 370
completed forms, any other description that may be required, and371
the history of the offense committed to the bureau to be 372
classified and filed and to the clerk of the court having 373
jurisdiction over the prosecution of the offense or over the374
adjudication relative to the act.375

       (2) IfExcept as provided in division (B) of this section, if 376
a person or child has not been arrested and first appears before a 377
court or magistrate in response to a summons, or if a sheriff or 378
chief of police has not taken, or caused to be taken, a person's 379
or child's fingerprints in accordance with division (A)(1) of this 380
section by the time of the arraignment or first appearance of the 381
person or child, the court shall order the person or child to 382
appear before the sheriff or chief of police within twenty-four 383
hours to have the person's or child's fingerprints taken. The 384
sheriff or chief of police shall take the person's or child's 385
fingerprints, or cause the fingerprints to be taken, according to 386
the fingerprint system of identification on the forms furnished by 387
the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and388
investigation and, immediately after the person's or child's 389
arraignment or first appearance, forward copies of the completed390
forms, any other description that may be required, and the history 391
of the offense committed to the bureau to be classified and filed 392
and to the clerk of the court.393

       (3) Every court with jurisdiction over a case involving a 394
person or child with respect to whom division (A)(1) or (2) of 395
this section requires a sheriff or chief of police to take the 396
person's or child's fingerprints shall inquire at the time of the 397
person's or child's sentencing or adjudication whether or not the 398
person or child has been fingerprinted pursuant to division (A)(1) 399
or (2) of this section for the original arrest upon which the 400
sentence or adjudication is based. If the person or child was not 401
fingerprinted for the original arrest or court appearance upon 402
which the sentence or adjudication is based, the court shall order 403
the person or child to appear before the sheriff or chief of 404
police within twenty-four hours to have the person's or child's 405
fingerprints taken. The sheriff or chief of police shall take the 406
person's or child's fingerprints, or cause the fingerprints to be 407
taken, according to the fingerprint system of identification on 408
the forms furnished by the superintendent of the bureau of409
criminal identification and investigation and immediately forward 410
copies of the completed forms, any other description that may be 411
required, and the history of the offense committed to the bureau 412
to be classified and filed and to the clerk of the court.413

       (4) If a person or child is in the custody of a law414
enforcement agency or a detention facility, as defined in section 415
2921.01 of the Revised Code, and the chief law enforcement officer 416
or chief administrative officer of the detention facility 417
discovers that a warrant has been issued or a bill of information 418
has been filed alleging the person or child to have committed an 419
offense or act other than the offense or act for which the person420
or child is in custody, and the other alleged offense or act is 421
one for which fingerprints are to be taken pursuant to division422
(A)(1) of this section, the law enforcement agency or detention 423
facility shall take the fingerprints of the person or child, or 424
cause the fingerprints to be taken, according to the fingerprint 425
system of identification on the forms furnished by the 426
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and427
investigation and immediately forward copies of the completed 428
forms, any other description that may be required, and the history 429
of the offense committed to the bureau to be classified and filed 430
and to the clerk of the court that issued the warrant or with 431
which the bill of information was filed.432

       (5) If an accused is found not guilty of the offense charged 433
or a nolle prosequi is entered in any case, or if any accused 434
child under eighteen years of age is found not to be a delinquent435
child for committing an act that would be a felony or an offense 436
of violence if committed by an adult or not guilty of the felony 437
or offense of violence charged or a nolle prosequi is entered in 438
that case, the fingerprints and description shall be given to the 439
accused upon the accused's request.440

       (6) The superintendent shall compare the description received 441
with those already on file in the bureau, and, if the 442
superintendent finds that the person arrested or taken into 443
custody has a criminal record or a record as a delinquent child 444
for having committed an act that would be a felony or an offense 445
of violence if committed by an adult or is a fugitive from justice 446
or wanted by any jurisdiction in this or another state, the United 447
States, or a foreign country for any offense, the superintendent 448
at once shall inform the arresting officer, the officer taking the 449
person into custody, or the chief administrative officer of the 450
county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or 451
multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based 452
correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential 453
facility, or state correctional institution in which the person or454
child is in custody of that fact and give appropriate notice to 455
the proper authorities in the jurisdiction in which the person is456
wanted, or, if that jurisdiction is a foreign country, give457
appropriate notice to federal authorities for transmission to the 458
foreign country. The names, under which each person whose459
identification is filed is known, shall be alphabetically indexed 460
by the superintendent.461

       (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a violator 462
of a city ordinance unless the officers have reason to believe 463
that the violator is a past offender or the crime is one 464
constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on 465
subsequent offenses, or unless it is advisable for the purpose of 466
subsequent identification. This section does not apply to any 467
child under eighteen years of age who was not arrested or 468
otherwise taken into custody for committing an act that would be a469
felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult or upon 470
probable cause to believe that a child of that age may have471
committed an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence 472
if committed by an adult, except as provided in section 2151.313 473
of the Revised Code.474

       (C)(1) For purposes of division (C) of this section, a law 475
enforcement agency shall be considered to have arrested a person 476
if any law enforcement officer who is employed by, appointed by, 477
or serves that agency arrests the person. As used in division (C) 478
of this section:479

        (a) "Illegal methamphetamine manufacturing laboratory" has 480
the same meaning as in section 3745.13 of the Revised Code.481

        (b) "Methamphetamine or a methamphetamine product" means 482
methamphetamine, any salt, isomer, or salt of an isomer of 483
methamphetamine, or any compound, mixture, preparation, or 484
substance containing methamphetamine or any salt, isomer, or salt 485
of an isomer of methamphetamine.486

        (2) Each law enforcement agency that, in any calendar year, 487
arrests any person for a violation of section 2925.04 of the 488
Revised Code that is based on the manufacture of methamphetamine 489
or a methamphetamine product, a violation of section 2925.041 of 490
the Revised Code that is based on the possession of chemicals 491
sufficient to produce methamphetamine or a methamphetamine 492
product, or a violation of any other provision of Chapter 2925. or 493
3719. of the Revised Code that is based on the possession of 494
chemicals sufficient to produce methamphetamine or a 495
methamphetamine product shall prepare an annual report covering 496
the calendar year that contains the information specified in 497
division (C)(3) of this section relative to all arrests for 498
violations of those sections committed under those circumstances 499
during that calendar year and relative to illegal methamphetamine 500
manufacturing laboratories, dump sites, and chemical caches as 501
specified in that division and shall send the annual report, not 502
later than the first day of March in the calendar year following 503
the calendar year covered by the report, to the bureau of criminal 504
identification and investigation.505

       The law enforcement agency shall write any annual report 506
prepared and filed under this division on the standard forms 507
furnished by the superintendent of the bureau of criminal 508
identification and investigation pursuant to division (C)(4) of 509
this section. The annual report shall be a statistical report, and 510
nothing in the report or in the information it contains shall 511
identify, or enable the identification of, any person who was 512
arrested and whose arrest is included in the information contained 513
in the report. The annual report in the possession of the bureau 514
and the information it contains are public records for the purpose 515
of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.516

        (3) The annual report prepared and filed by a law enforcement 517
agency under division (C)(2) of this section shall contain all of 518
the following information for the calendar year covered by the 519
report:520

        (a) The total number of arrests made by the agency in that 521
calendar year for a violation of section 2925.04 of the Revised 522
Code that is based on the manufacture of methamphetamine or a 523
methamphetamine product, a violation of section 2925.041 of the 524
Revised Code that is based on the possession of chemicals 525
sufficient to produce methamphetamine or a methamphetamine 526
product, or a violation of any other provision of Chapter 2925. or 527
3719. of the Revised Code that is based on the possession of 528
chemicals sufficient to produce methamphetamine or a 529
methamphetamine product;530

        (b) The total number of illegal methamphetamine manufacturing 531
laboratories at which one or more of the arrests reported under 532
division (C)(3)(a) of this section occurred, or that were 533
discovered in that calendar year within the territory served by 534
the agency but at which none of the arrests reported under 535
division (C)(3)(a) of this section occurred;536

       (c) The total number of dump sites and chemical caches that 537
are, or that are reasonably believed to be, related to illegal 538
methamphetamine manufacturing and that were discovered in that 539
calendar year within the territory served by the agency.540

        (4) The superintendent of the bureau of criminal 541
identification and investigation shall prepare and furnish to each 542
law enforcement agency in this state standard forms for making the 543
annual reports required by division (C)(2) of this section. The 544
standard forms that the superintendent prepares pursuant to this 545
division may be in a tangible format, in an electronic format, or 546
in both a tangible format and an electronic format.547

        (5) The annual report required by division (C)(2) of this 548
section is separate from, and in addition to, any report, 549
materials, or information required under division (A) of this 550
section or under any other provision of sections 109.57 to 109.62 551
of the Revised Code.552

       Sec. 1901.01.  (A) There is hereby established a municipal553
court in each of the following municipal corporations:554

       Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake,555
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green,556
Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Carrollton, Celina, 557
Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville, 558
Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton, 559
Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East 560
Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay, 561
Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights,562
Georgetown, Girard, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron, 563
Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon, 564
Lima, Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta, 565
Marion, Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor,566
Miamisburg, Middletown, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon, Napoleon, 567
Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk, Oakwood, 568
Oberlin, Oregon, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg, Port Clinton, 569
Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker Heights, 570
Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville,571
Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana,572
Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City573
of Washington in Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court574
House, Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and575
Zanesville.576

       (B) There is hereby established a municipal court within577
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation578
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is579
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county580
municipal court. The municipal court established by this division581
is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in582
Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division.583

       (C) There is hereby established a municipal court within584
Columbiana Countycounty in Lisbon or in any other municipal585
corporation or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county,586
except the municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or 587
St. Clair township, that is selected by the judges of the 588
municipal court pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of 589
the Revised Code.590

       Sec. 1901.02.  (A) The municipal courts established by591
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the592
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or,593
for the Clermont county municipal court, within the municipal594
corporation or unincorporated territory in which it is595
established, and are courts of record. Each of the courts shall be 596
styled ".................................. municipal court,"597
inserting the name of the municipal corporation, except the598
following courts, which shall be styled as set forth below:599

       (1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall600
be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court";601

       (2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall602
be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court";603

       (3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be604
styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court";605

       (4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be606
styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court";607

       (5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be 608
styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court";609

       (6) The municipal court established in London that shall be610
styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court";611

       (7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be612
styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court";613

       (8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be614
styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court";615

       (9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall616
be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court";617

       (10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be618
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court";619

       (11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be 620
styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court";621

       (12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be622
styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court";623

       (13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be624
styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court";625

       (14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be 626
styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court";627

       (15) The municipal court established in Springfield that628
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court";629

       (16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be630
styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court";631

       (17) The municipal court established within Clermont county632
in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated633
territory within Clermont county that is selected by the634
legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known635
as the "Clermont county municipal court";636

       (18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that,637
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton638
county municipal court";639

       (19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that640
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court";641

       (20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that,642
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the643
"Fairfield county municipal court";644

       (21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county 645
in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated646
territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of 647
the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the 648
"Columbiana county municipal court";649

       (22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that,650
beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the651
"Brown county municipal court";652

       (23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that,653
beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the654
"Morrow county municipal court";655

       (24) The municipal court established in Greenville that, 656
beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke 657
county municipal court.";658

       (25)  The municipal court established in Carrollton that, 659
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the 660
"Carroll county municipal court."661

       (B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A) 662
of this section, the municipal courts established by section663
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows:664

       The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath,665
Northampton, Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the666
municipal corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in667
Summit county.668

       The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within669
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark670
county.671

       The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland672
county.673

       The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within674
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county.675

       The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within676
Athens county.677

       The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within678
Auglaize county.679

       The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the680
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county.681

       The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within682
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley683
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and684
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit685
county.686

       The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the687
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow,688
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange,689
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within690
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county.691

       The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within692
Logan county.693

       The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and694
Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in695
Sandusky county.696

       The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the697
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook698
Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in699
Cuyahoga county.700

       The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the701
municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar,702
Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton703
Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun,704
Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom,705
Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton,706
Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston707
townships in Wood county.708

       Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court709
has jurisdiction within Brown county.710

       The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams711
county.712

       The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within713
Guernsey county.714

       The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within715
Coitsville township in Mahoning county.716

       The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton,717
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in718
Stark county.719

       The Carroll county municipal court has jurisdiction within 720
Carroll county.721

       The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer722
county.723

       The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within724
Champaign county.725

       The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga726
county.727

       The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross728
county.729

       The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within730
Pickaway county.731

       The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within732
Clark county.733

       The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within734
Clermont county.735

       The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the736
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county.737

       Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court738
has jurisdiction within Clinton county.739

       The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within740
all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation741
of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair742
townships.743

       The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within744
Coshocton county.745

       The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within746
Crawford county.747

       The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within748
Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg749
townships, and within the municipal corporations of Boston750
Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, Peninsula,751
Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and752
Macedonia, in Summit county.753

       Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court 754
has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal 755
corporation of Bradford.756

       The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance757
county.758

       The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware759
county.760

       The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within761
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county.762

       The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble763
county.764

       The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the765
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville,766
and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and767
LaGrange townships, in Lorain county.768

       The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the769
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and770
Beavercreek townships in Greene county.771

       Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal772
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county.773

       The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of774
Hancock county except within Washington township.775

       The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon776
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township777
in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood county.778

       The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin779
township in Warren county.780

       The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within781
Franklin county.782

       The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville783
and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county.784

       The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia785
county.786

       The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within787
the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley788
View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and789
Brecksville in Cuyahoga county.790

       The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty,791
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county.792

       The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and793
St. Clair townships in Butler county.794

       The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within795
Hamilton county.796

       The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within797
Hardin county.798

       The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of799
Highland county except within Madison township.800

       The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within801
Hocking county.802

       The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of803
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal804
corporation of Sandusky.805

       The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid,806
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington807
townships in Lawrence county.808

       The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within809
Jackson county.810

       The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the811
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within812
Washington township, in Montgomery county.813

       Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has814
jurisdiction within Fairfield county.815

       The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within816
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and817
Windsor in Lawrence county.818

       The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within819
Turtlecreek township in Warren county.820

       The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within821
Licking county.822

       The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen823
county.824

       The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the825
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield826
township, in Lorain county.827

       The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the828
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield,829
Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county.830

       The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within831
Madison county.832

       The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within833
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy,834
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships,835
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in836
Richland county.837

       The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within838
Washington county.839

       The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion840
county.841

       The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union842
county.843

       The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield844
township in Warren county.845

       The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within846
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson847
townships in Stark county.848

       The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the849
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within850
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of851
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the852
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county.853

       The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the854
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick,855
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of856
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette,857
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York858
townships, in Medina county.859

       The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the860
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county.861

       The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within862
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of863
Bradford that is located in Darke county.864

       The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the865
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and866
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county.867

       The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within868
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within869
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county.870

       Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court871
has jurisdiction within Morrow county.872

       The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox873
county.874

       The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry875
county.876

       The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within877
the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks,878
Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin,879
Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas880
county.881

       The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within882
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington,883
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county.884

       The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the885
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield886
township in Trumbull county.887

       The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of888
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue889
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships.890

       The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the891
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South892
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden,893
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and894
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except895
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county.896

       The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the897
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem898
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake899
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the900
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the901
Toledo municipal court.902

       The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within903
Ottawa county.904

       The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within905
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake906
county.907

       The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the908
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North909
Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in910
Cuyahoga county.911

       The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the912
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford,913
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in914
Wood county.915

       The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within916
Portage county.917

       The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto918
county.919

       The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the920
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park,921
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga922
county.923

       The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the924
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within925
Perkins township, in Erie county.926

       The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within927
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood,928
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county.929

       The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon,930
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within931
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in932
Richland county.933

       The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby934
county.935

       The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the936
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland,937
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county.938

       The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the939
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania,940
Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those941
portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying942
north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in943
Lucas county.944

       The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big945
Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed,946
Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county.947

       The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington948
township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in949
Lucas county.950

       The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within951
Wyandot county.952

       The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the953
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and954
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery955
county.956

       The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert957
county.958

       The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the959
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all960
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of961
Lorain, in Lorain county.962

       The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the963
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and964
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon,965
Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county.966

       The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and967
Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except968
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county.969

       The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction970
within Fayette county.971

       The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within972
Wayne county.973

       The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the974
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick,975
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill,976
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake977
county.978

       Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has979
jurisdiction within Clinton county.980

       The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within981
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross,982
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in983
Greene county.984

       (C) As used in this section:985

       (1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not 986
limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is987
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that988
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is989
governmentally a part of the township.990

       (2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within 991
the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any 992
townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation.993

       Sec. 1901.03.  As used in this chapter:994

       (A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which995
municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 1901.01996
and 1901.02 of the Revised Code.997

       (B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority998
of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other999
than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the1000
respective board of county commissioners of the county in which a1001
county-operated municipal court is located.1002

       (C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the1003
municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a1004
county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the1005
respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the1006
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located.1007

       (D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal1008
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a1009
county-operated municipal court, is located.1010

       (E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal1011
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a1012
county-operated municipal court, is located.1013

       (F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize1014
county, Brown county, Carroll county, Clermont county, Columbiana 1015
county, Crawford county, Darke county, Hamilton county, Hocking 1016
county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, Madison county, Miami 1017
county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, Portage county, or Wayne 1018
county municipal court.1019

       (G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is1020
located" includes each municipal corporation named in section1021
1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a1022
judge sits pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code.1023

       Sec. 1901.07.  (A) All municipal court judges shall be1024
elected on the nonpartisan ballot for terms of six years. In a1025
municipal court in which only one judge is to be elected in any1026
one year, that judge's term commences on the first day of January 1027
after the election. In a municipal court in which two or more 1028
judges are to be elected in any one year, their terms commence on1029
successive days beginning the first day of January, following the1030
election, unless otherwise provided by section 1901.08 of the1031
Revised Code.1032

       (B) All candidates for municipal court judge may be nominated1033
either by nominating petition or by primary election, except that1034
if the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends only to the1035
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which the court1036
is located and that municipal corporation operates under a1037
charter, all candidates shall be nominated in the same manner1038
provided in the charter for the office of municipal court judge 1039
or, if no specific provisions are made in the charter for the 1040
office of municipal court judge, in the same manner as the charter 1041
prescribes for the nomination and election of the legislative 1042
authority of the municipal corporation.1043

        If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the 1044
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is 1045
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond 1046
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is 1047
located and no charter provisions apply, all candidates for party1048
nomination to the office of municipal court judge shall file a1049
declaration of candidacy and petition not later than four p.m. of 1050
the seventy-fifth day before the day of the primary election, or 1051
if the primary election is a presidential primary election, not 1052
later than four p.m. of the sixtieth day before the day of the 1053
presidential primary election, in the form prescribed by section 1054
3513.07 of the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the 1055
requirements provided for those petitions of candidacy contained 1056
in section 3513.05 of the Revised Code, except that the petition 1057
shall be signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the 1058
court. If no valid declaration of candidacy is filed for 1059
nomination as a candidate of a political party for election to the 1060
office of municipal court judge, or if the number of persons 1061
filing the declarations of candidacy for nominations as candidates 1062
of one political party for election to the office does not exceed 1063
the number of candidates that that party is entitled to nominate 1064
as its candidates for election to the office, no primary election 1065
shall be held for the purpose of nominating candidates of that 1066
party for election to the office, and the candidates shall be 1067
issued certificates of nomination in the manner set forth in 1068
section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.1069

       If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the 1070
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is 1071
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond 1072
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is 1073
located and no charter provisions apply, nonpartisan candidates 1074
for the office of municipal court judge shall file nominating 1075
petitions not later than four p.m. of the day before the day of 1076
the primary election in the form prescribed by section 3513.261 of 1077
the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the requirements 1078
provided for those petitions of candidacy contained in section 1079
3513.257 of the Revised Code, except that the petition shall be 1080
signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the court.1081

       The nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for a1082
municipal court judge shall contain a designation of the term for 1083
which the candidate seeks election. At the following regular 1084
municipal election, the candidacies of the judges nominated shall 1085
be submitted to the electors of the territory on a nonpartisan,1086
judicial ballot in the same manner as provided for judges of the1087
court of common pleas, except that, in a municipal corporation1088
operating under a charter, all candidates for municipal court 1089
judge shall be elected in conformity with the charter if 1090
provisions are made in the charter for the election of municipal 1091
court judges.1092

       (C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, in 1093
the following municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated and 1094
elected as follows:1095

       (1) In the Cleveland municipal court, the judges shall be1096
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at1097
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in 1098
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the 1099
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Cleveland for filing 1100
petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each elector shall 1101
have the right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to 1102
be elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the 1103
electors of the territory of the court in the manner provided by 1104
law for the election of judges of the court of common pleas.1105

       (2) In the Toledo municipal court, the judges shall be1106
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at1107
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in 1108
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the 1109
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Toledo for filing 1110
nominating petitions for city council. Each elector shall have the 1111
right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to be 1112
elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the electors 1113
of the territory of the court in the manner provided by law for 1114
the election of judges of the court of common pleas.1115

       (3) In the Akron municipal court, the judges shall be1116
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at1117
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in 1118
statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the 1119
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Akron for filing 1120
nominating petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each 1121
elector shall have the right to sign petitions for as many 1122
candidates as are to be elected, but no more. The judges shall be 1123
elected by the electors of the territory of the court in the 1124
manner provided by law for the election of judges of the court of 1125
common pleas.1126

       (4) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the judges shall 1127
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at 1128
least fifty electors of the territory of the court, which 1129
petitions shall be signed, verified, and filed in the manner and 1130
within the time required by law for nominating petitions for 1131
members of council of the city of Cincinnati. The judges shall be 1132
elected by the electors of the territory of the court at the 1133
regular municipal election and in the manner provided by law for 1134
the election of judges of the court of common pleas.1135

       (5) In the Franklin county municipal court, the judges shall 1136
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at 1137
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. The petition 1138
shall be in the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner 1139
and within the time prescribed by the charter of the city of 1140
Columbus for filing petitions of candidates for municipal offices. 1141
The judges shall be elected by the electors of the territory of 1142
the court in the manner provided by law for the election of judges 1143
of the court of common pleas.1144

       (6) In the Auglaize, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Crawford, 1145
Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Miami, Morrow, Portage, and 1146
Wayne county municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated only 1147
by petition. The petitions shall be signed by at least fifty 1148
electors of the territory of the court and shall conform to the 1149
provisions of this section.1150

       (D) As used in this section, as to an election for either a 1151
full or an unexpired term, "the territory within the jurisdiction 1152
of the court" means that territory as it will be on the first day 1153
of January after the election.1154

       Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of,1155
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of1156
their terms shall be as follows:1157

       In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be1158
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953,1159
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time1160
judge shall be elected in 1975.1161

       In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1162
elected in 1953.1163

       In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1164
elected in 1951.1165

       In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall1166
be elected in 1953.1167

       In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge1168
shall be elected in 1967.1169

       In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge1170
shall be elected in 1975.1171

       In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall1172
be elected in 1957.1173

       In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall1174
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in1175
1971.1176

       In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1177
elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.1178

       In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge1179
shall be elected in 1993.1180

       In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be1181
elected in 1951.1182

       In the Berea municipal court, one part-time judge shall be1183
elected in 1957, term to commence on the first day of January next1184
after election, and one part-time judge shall be elected in 1981,1185
term to commence on the second day of January next after election.1186
The part-time judge elected in 1987 whose term commenced on1187
January 1, 1988, shall serve until December 31, 1993, and the1188
office of that judge is abolished, effective on the earlier of1189
December 31, 1993, or the date on which that judge resigns,1190
retires, or otherwise vacates judicial office.1191

       In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge1192
shall be elected in 1983.1193

       In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge1194
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the1195
part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed1196
prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall1197
serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court1198
until December 31, 2005.1199

       In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1200
elected in 1965.1201

       In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall1202
be elected in 1951.1203

       In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be1204
elected in 1963.1205

       In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1206
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and1207
two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977.1208

       In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge 1209
shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge 1210
elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county 1211
county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the 1212
full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until 1213
December 31, 2009.1214

       In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1215
elected in 1957.1216

       In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge1217
shall be elected in 2001.1218

       In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be1219
elected in 1963.1220

       In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall1221
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in1222
1977.1223

       In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall1224
be elected in 1953.1225

       In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge1226
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be1227
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal 1228
court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges 1229
of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until 1230
the end of their respective terms.1231

       In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges1232
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected1233
in 1999.1234

       In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall1235
be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in1236
1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955.1237

       In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge1238
shall be elected in 1957.1239

       In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge1240
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington1241
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge1242
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the1243
end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997.1244

       In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time1245
judges shall be elected in 20011246

       In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1247
elected in 1953.1248

       In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall1249
be elected in 1951.1250

       In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge1251
shall be elected in 1977.1252

       In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge1253
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected1254
in 1967.1255

       In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge 1256
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time 1257
judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that 1258
date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the 1259
full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December 1260
31, 2005.1261

       In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall1262
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days1263
beginning on the first day of January next after their election,1264
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to1265
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January1266
next after their election.1267

       In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1268
elected in 1957.1269

       In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1270
elected in 1953.1271

       In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge1272
shall be elected in 1957.1273

       In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge1274
shall be elected in 1953.1275

       In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1276
elected in 1973.1277

       In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1278
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.1279

       In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1280
elected in 1951.1281

       In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1282
elected in 1977.1283

       In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge1284
shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected1285
in 2005.1286

       In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall1287
be elected in 1989.1288

       In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1289
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993.1290

       In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1291
elected in 1975.1292

       In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be1293
elected in 1951.1294

       In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges1295
shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected1296
in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one1297
full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge1298
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected1299
in 1997.1300

       In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1301
elected in 1975.1302

       In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall1303
be elected in 1981.1304

       In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge1305
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected1306
in 1981.1307

       In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1308
elected in 1963.1309

       In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1310
elected in 1953.1311

       In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges1312
shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected1313
in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two1314
full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of1315
the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first1316
day of January next after their election, except that the terms of1317
the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on1318
January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the1319
additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January1320
4, 1984, and January 5, 1984.1321

       In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge1322
shall be elected in 1989.1323

       In the Hillsboro municipal court, one part-time judge shall1324
be elected in 1957.1325

       In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge1326
shall be elected in 1977.1327

       In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be1328
elected in 1967.1329

       In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1330
elected in 1951.1331

       In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge1332
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the1333
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was1334
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court1335
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001.1336

       In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall1337
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in1338
1975.1339

       In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1340
elected in 1955.1341

       In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall1342
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in1343
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the1344
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall1345
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the1346
end of those judges' terms.1347

       In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge1348
shall be elected in 1981.1349

       In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be1350
elected in 1955.1351

       In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge1352
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected1353
in 1971.1354

       In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1355
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967.1356

       In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1357
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.1358

       In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall1359
be elected in 1957.1360

       In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge1361
shall be elected in 1981.1362

       In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall1363
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in1364
1969.1365

       In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1366
elected in 1957.1367

       In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1368
elected in 1951.1369

       In the Marysville municipal court, one part-time judge shall1370
be elected in 1963.1371

       In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be1372
elected in 1965.1373

       In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall1374
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in1375
1971.1376

       In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1377
elected in 1963.1378

       In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1379
elected in 1957.1380

       In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1381
elected in 1971.1382

       In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge1383
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected1384
in 1979.1385

       In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge shall1386
be elected in 1951.1387

       In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall1388
be elected in 1953.1389

       In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge1390
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time1391
judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that1392
date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county1393
municipal court until December 31, 2005.1394

       In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge1395
shall be elected in 1951.1396

       In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1397
elected in 2005.1398

       In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge1399
shall be elected in 1975.1400

       In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge1401
shall be elected in 1963.1402

       In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1403
elected in 1951.1404

       In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1405
elected in 1975.1406

       In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be1407
elected in 1953.1408

       In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1409
elected in 1989.1410

       In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1411
elected in 1963.1412

       In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge1413
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port1414
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the1415
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994,1416
until the end of that judge's term.1417

       In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall1418
be elected in 1951.1419

       In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1420
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and1421
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.1422

       In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall1423
be elected in 1977.1424

       In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges1425
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected1426
in 1971.1427

       In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge1428
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton1429
municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of1430
the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the1431
end of that judge's term.1432

       In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall1433
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in1434
1985.1435

       In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall1436
be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in1437
1971.1438

       In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1439
elected in 1953.1440

       In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge1441
shall be elected in 1957.1442

       In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be1443
elected in 1957.1444

       In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1445
elected in 1995.1446

       In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge1447
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993,1448
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until1449
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on1450
January 1, 2000.1451

       In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges1452
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected1453
in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield1454
municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of1455
the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the1456
end of their respective terms.1457

       In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge1458
shall be elected in 1953.1459

       In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall1460
be elected in 1963.1461

       In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1462
elected in 1963.1463

       In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1464
elected in 1953.1465

       In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be1466
elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975,1467
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.1468

       In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one part-time judge1469
shall be elected in 1957.1470

       In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1471
elected in 1959.1472

       In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1473
elected in 1957.1474

       In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall1475
be elected in 1965.1476

       In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall1477
be elected in 1981.1478

       In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1479
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.1480

       In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time1481
judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in1482
1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until1483
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on1484
January 1, 2000.1485

       In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge1486
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected1487
in 1979.1488

       In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall1489
be elected in 1951.1490

       In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall1491
be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington1492
municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the1493
Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of1494
that judge's term on December 31, 1997.1495

       In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be1496
elected in 1977.1497

       In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall1498
be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be elected in1499
1953.1500

       In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall1501
be elected in 1953.1502

       Sec. 1901.31.  The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal1503
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have1504
powers and duties as follows:1505

       (A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed or1506
elected as follows:1507

       (1)(a) Except in the Akron, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls, 1508
Toledo, Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne county 1509
municipal courts, if the population of the territory equals or 1510
exceeds one hundred thousand at the regular municipal election 1511
immediately preceding the expiration of the term of the present 1512
clerk, the clerk shall be nominated and elected by the qualified 1513
electors of the territory in the manner that is provided for the 1514
nomination and election of judges in section 1901.07 of the 1515
Revised Code.1516

       The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six1517
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January1518
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's1519
successor is elected and qualified.1520

       (b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of1521
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal1522
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the1523
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in1524
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners1525
prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as the1526
clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the1527
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth1528
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common1529
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the1530
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of1531
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county1532
treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the1533
annual compensation that is received for the performance of the1534
duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided in1535
sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.1536

       (c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts,1537
the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county shall be1538
the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and Wayne county1539
municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each1540
branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the1541
Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges of the municipal1542
court determine are necessary, all of whom shall receive the1543
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks 1544
of courts of Portage county and Wayne county, acting as the clerks 1545
of the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts and1546
assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation1547
payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at1548
one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of1549
common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of1550
the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.181551
of the Revised Code.1552

       (d) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of1553
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for1554
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by1555
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day1556
specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the nomination1557
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of 1558
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations 1559
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the 1560
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of 1561
clerk of the Akron municipal court shall be signed by at least 1562
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.1563

       The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and1564
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not1565
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of1566
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or1567
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and1568
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the1569
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the1570
Revised Code.1571

       If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by1572
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political1573
party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron municipal1574
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of1575
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.1576
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and1577
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political1578
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be1579
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for1580
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a1581
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section1582
3513.02 of the Revised Code.1583

       Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating1584
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk1585
of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the1586
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following1587
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be1588
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court1589
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised1590
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so1591
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term1592
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's1593
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and1594
qualified.1595

       (e) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(e) of1596
this section, in the Barberton municipal court, candidates for1597
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by1598
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day1599
specified in the charter of the city of Barberton for the1600
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary 1601
provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the 1602
declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and 1603
the nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office 1604
of clerk of the Barberton municipal court shall be signed by at 1605
least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.1606

       The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and1607
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not1608
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of1609
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or1610
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and1611
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the1612
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the1613
Revised Code.1614

       If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by1615
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political1616
party for election to the office of clerk of the Barberton1617
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the1618
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to1619
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of1620
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a1621
particular political party for election to that office, a primary1622
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a1623
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the1624
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the1625
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.1626

       Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating1627
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk1628
of the Barberton municipal court shall contain a designation of1629
the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following1630
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be1631
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court1632
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised1633
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so1634
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term1635
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's1636
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and1637
qualified.1638

       (f) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(f) of1639
this section, in the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, candidates1640
for election to the office of clerk of the court shall be1641
nominated by primary election. The primary election shall be held1642
on the day specified in the charter of the city of Cuyahoga Falls1643
for the nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any 1644
contrary provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised 1645
Code, the declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan 1646
candidates and the nominating petitions of independent candidates 1647
for the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court 1648
shall be signed by at least fifty qualified electors of the 1649
territory of the court.1650

       The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and1651
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not1652
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of1653
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or1654
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and1655
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the1656
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the1657
Revised Code.1658

       If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by1659
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political1660
party for election to the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls1661
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the1662
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to1663
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of1664
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a1665
particular political party for election to that office, a primary1666
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a1667
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the1668
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the1669
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.1670

       Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating1671
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk1672
of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall contain a designation1673
of the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the1674
following regular municipal election, all candidates for the1675
office shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the1676
territory of the court in the manner that is provided in section1677
1901.07 of the Revised Code for the election of the judges of the1678
court. The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six1679
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January1680
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's1681
successor is elected and qualified.1682

       (g) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(g) of1683
this section, in the Toledo municipal court, candidates for1684
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by1685
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day1686
specified in the charter of the city of Toledo for the nomination1687
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of 1688
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations 1689
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the 1690
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of 1691
clerk of the Toledo municipal court shall be signed by at least 1692
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.1693

       The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and1694
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not1695
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of1696
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or1697
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and1698
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the1699
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the1700
Revised Code.1701

       If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by1702
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political1703
party for election to the office of clerk of the Toledo municipal1704
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of1705
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.1706
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and1707
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political1708
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be1709
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for1710
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a1711
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section1712
3513.02 of the Revised Code.1713

       Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating1714
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk1715
of the Toledo municipal court shall contain a designation of the1716
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following1717
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be1718
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court1719
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised1720
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so1721
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term1722
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's1723
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and1724
qualified.1725

       (2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, Brown1726
county, Columbiana county, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown1727
municipal courts, in a municipal court for which the population of1728
the territory is less than one hundred thousand, the clerk shall1729
be appointed by the court, and the clerk shall hold office until1730
the clerk's successor is appointed and qualified.1731

       (b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown1732
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office1733
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section.1734

       (c) In the Auglaize county and Brown county municipal courts, 1735
the clerks of courts of Auglaize county and Brown county shall be 1736
the clerks, respectively, of the Auglaize county and Brown county 1737
municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each 1738
branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the 1739
Revised Code, and assistant clerks as the judge of the court 1740
determines are necessary, all of whom shall receive the1741
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks 1742
of courts of Auglaize county and Brown county, acting as the 1743
clerks of the Auglaize county and Brown county municipal courts1744
and assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive 1745
compensation payable from the county treasury in semimonthly1746
installments at one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the 1747
clerks of courts of common pleas as determined in accordance with 1748
the population of the county and the rates set forth in sections 1749
325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.1750

       (d) In the Columbiana county municipal court, the clerk of1751
courts of Columbiana county shall be the clerk of the municipal1752
court, may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office1753
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised1754
Code, and may appoint any assistant clerks that the judges of the1755
court determine are necessary. All of the chief deputy clerks and1756
assistant clerks shall receive the compensation that the1757
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of1758
Columbiana county, acting as the clerk of the Columbiana county1759
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall1760
receive in either biweekly installments or semimonthly 1761
installments, as determined by the payroll administrator, 1762
compensation payable from the county treasury at one-fourth the 1763
rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas 1764
as determined in accordance with the population of the county and1765
the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised 1766
Code.1767

       (3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to illness, 1768
vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a temporary 1769
clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have the same 1770
authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk.1771

       (B) Except in the Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne 1772
county municipal courts, if a vacancy occurs in the office of the 1773
clerk of the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, or Youngstown municipal 1774
court or occurs in the office of the clerk of a municipal court 1775
for which the population of the territory equals or exceeds one 1776
hundred thousand because the clerk ceases to hold the office 1777
before the end of the clerk's term or because a clerk-elect fails 1778
to take office, the vacancy shall be filled, until a successor is 1779
elected and qualified, by a person chosen by the residents of the 1780
territory of the court who are members of the county central 1781
committee of the political party by which the last occupant of 1782
that office or the clerk-elect was nominated. Not less than five 1783
nor more than fifteen days after a vacancy occurs, those members 1784
of that county central committee shall meet to make an appointment 1785
to fill the vacancy. At least four days before the date of the 1786
meeting, the chairperson or a secretary of the county central 1787
committee shall notify each such member of that county central 1788
committee by first class mail of the date, time, and place of the 1789
meeting and its purpose. A majority of all such members of that 1790
county central committee constitutes a quorum, and a majority of 1791
the quorum is required to make the appointment. If the office so 1792
vacated was occupied or was to be occupied by a person not 1793
nominated at a primary election, or if the appointment was not 1794
made by the committee members in accordance with this division, 1795
the court shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy. A 1796
successor shall be elected to fill the office for the unexpired 1797
term at the first municipal election that is held more than one 1798
hundred twenty days after the vacancy occurred.1799

       (C)(1) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county,1800
the Brown county, the Columbiana county, and the Lorain municipal1801
courts, for which the population of the territory is less than one1802
hundred thousand, the clerk of the municipal court shall receive1803
the annual compensation that the presiding judge of the court1804
prescribes, if the revenue of the court for the preceding calendar1805
year, as certified by the auditor or chief fiscal officer of the1806
municipal corporation in which the court is located or, in the1807
case of a county-operated municipal court, the county auditor, is1808
equal to or greater than the expenditures, including any debt1809
charges, for the operation of the court payable under this chapter1810
from the city treasury or, in the case of a county-operated1811
municipal court, the county treasury for that calendar year, as1812
also certified by the auditor or chief fiscal officer. If the1813
revenue of a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county, the1814
Brown county, the Columbiana county, and the Lorain municipal1815
courts, for which the population of the territory is less than one1816
hundred thousand for the preceding calendar year as so certified 1817
is not equal to or greater than those expenditures for the1818
operation of the court for that calendar year as so certified, the 1819
clerk of a municipal court shall receive the annual compensation 1820
that the legislative authority prescribes. As used in this 1821
division, "revenue" means the total of all costs and fees that are 1822
collected and paid to the city treasury or, in a county-operated 1823
municipal court, the county treasury by the clerk of the municipal 1824
court under division (F) of this section and all interest received 1825
and paid to the city treasury or, in a county-operated municipal1826
court, the county treasury in relation to the costs and fees under1827
division (G) of this section.1828

       (2) In a municipal court, other than the Hamilton county, 1829
Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, for which the 1830
population of the territory is one hundred thousand or more, and 1831
in the Lorain municipal court, the clerk of the municipal court1832
shall receive annual compensation in a sum equal to eighty-five1833
per cent of the salary of a judge of the court.1834

       (3) The compensation of a clerk described in division (C)(1)1835
or (2) of this section is payable in semimonthly installments from1836
the same sources and in the same manner as provided in section1837
1901.11 of the Revised Code, except that the compensation of the 1838
clerk of the Carroll county municipal court is payable in biweekly 1839
installments.1840

       (D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office,1841
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than1842
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court,1843
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties.1844

       (E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the1845
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue executions 1846
upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a judgment for 1847
unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of the court to all 1848
writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing out of the court; 1849
and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, and undertakings 1850
fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The clerk may refuse to 1851
accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a1852
person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under 1853
section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain 1854
leave to proceed under that section. The clerk shall do all of the 1855
following: file and safely keep all journals, records, books, and 1856
papers belonging or appertaining to the court; record the 1857
proceedings of the court; perform all other duties that the judges 1858
of the court may prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts 1859
and disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection 1860
at all times.1861

       The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a1862
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all1863
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the docket,1864
the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of an1865
action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the1866
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates,1867
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of1868
summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings.1869
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders,1870
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the1871
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may order1872
an extended record of any of the above to be made and entered,1873
under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the request of1874
any party to the case, the expense of which record may be taxed as1875
costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the party1876
demanding the record, upon order of the court.1877

       (F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect,1878
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other1879
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The1880
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or officers,1881
and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other1882
moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 3375.50 and1883
4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the1884
Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of1885
any moneys received by a municipal court and except for the1886
Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal1887
courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received for violation of1888
municipal ordinances into the treasury of the municipal1889
corporation the ordinance of which was violated and shall pay all1890
fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted1891
pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or Chapter 504. of the1892
Revised Code into the treasury of the township the resolution of1893
which was violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of1894
the Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and 1895
Ottawa county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent 1896
of the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and 1897
fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township 1898
resolutions adopted pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or 1899
Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of the county. 1900
Subject to sections 3375.50, 3375.53, 4511.19, and 5503.04 of the 1901
Revised Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that 1902
requires a specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received 1903
by a municipal court, the clerk shall pay all fines collected for 1904
the violation of state laws into the county treasury. Except in a 1905
county-operated municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and 1906
fees the disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in 1907
the Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a1908
county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the1909
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the Revised 1910
Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as security for 1911
costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The clerk shall 1912
keep a separate account of all receipts and disbursements in civil 1913
and criminal cases, which shall be a permanent public record of 1914
the office. On the expiration of the term of the clerk, the clerk 1915
shall deliver the records to the clerk's successor. The clerk 1916
shall have other powers and duties as are prescribed by rule or 1917
order of the court.1918

       (G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted on1919
the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be1920
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and1921
loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised1922
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon1923
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, in1924
a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid into1925
the treasury of the county in which the court is located.1926

       On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall1927
make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that were1928
finally determined more than one year past in which there remains1929
unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of1930
a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the1931
case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties who 1932
are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys of record. All 1933
the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of each 1934
year shall be paid by the clerk to the city treasurer, except1935
that, in a county-operated municipal court, the moneys shall be1936
paid to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located.1937
The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys at any time to the1938
person who has the right to the moneys upon proper certification1939
of the clerk.1940

       (H) Deputy clerks of a municipal court other than the Carroll 1941
county municipal court may be appointed by the clerk and shall1942
receive the compensation, payable in either biweekly installments 1943
or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll 1944
administrator, out of the city treasury, that the clerk may 1945
prescribe, except that the compensation of any deputy clerk of a 1946
county-operated municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury 1947
of the county in which the court is located. The judge of the 1948
Carroll county municipal court may appoint deputy clerks for the 1949
court, and the deputy clerks shall receive the compensation, 1950
payable in biweekly installments out of the county treasury, that 1951
the judge may prescribe. Each deputy clerk shall take an oath of 1952
office before entering upon the duties of the deputy clerk's1953
office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties appertaining1954
to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require any of the1955
deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three thousand1956
dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy1957
clerk's duties.1958

       (I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the population 1959
of the territory of a municipal court falls below one hundred 1960
thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the population of the 1961
territory prior to the most recent regular federal census exceeded 1962
one hundred thousand, the legislative authority of the municipal 1963
corporation may declare, by resolution, that the territory shall 1964
be considered to have a population of at least one hundred 1965
thousand.1966

       (J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at all 1967
sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in the 1968
courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors and 1969
receive verdicts.1970

       Sec. 1901.34.  (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and1971
(D) of this section, the village solicitor, city director of law,1972
or similar chief legal officer for each municipal corporation1973
within the territory of a municipal court shall prosecute all1974
cases brought before the municipal court for criminal offenses1975
occurring within the municipal corporation for which that person1976
is the solicitor, director of law, or similar chief legal officer.1977
Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the village1978
solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer of1979
the municipal corporation in which a municipal court is located1980
shall prosecute all criminal cases brought before the court1981
arising in the unincorporated areas within the territory of the1982
municipal court.1983

       (B) The Auglaize county, Brown county, Clermont county, 1984
Hocking county, Jackson county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, and1985
Portage county prosecuting attorneys shall prosecute in municipal1986
court all violations of state law arising in their respective1987
counties. The Carroll county, Crawford county, Hamilton county, 1988
Madison county, and Wayne county prosecuting attorneys shall 1989
prosecute all violations of state law arising within the 1990
unincorporated areas of their respective counties. The Columbiana 1991
county prosecuting attorney shall prosecute in the Columbiana 1992
county municipal court all violations of state law arising in the 1993
county, except for violations arising in the municipal corporation 1994
of East Liverpool, Liverpool township, or St. Clair township. The 1995
Darke county prosecuting attorney shall prosecute in the Darke 1996
county municipal court all violations of state law arising in the 1997
county, except for violations of state law arising in the 1998
municipal corporation of Greenville and violations of state law 1999
arising in the village of Versailles. The Greene county 2000
prosecuting attorney may, with the concurrence of the Greene 2001
county board of county commissioners, prosecute in the Fairborn 2002
municipal court all violations of state law arising within the 2003
unincorporated areas of Bath and Beavercreek townships in Greene 2004
county and prosecute in the Xenia municipal court all violations 2005
of state law arising within the unincorporated areas of 2006
Ceasarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross, 2007
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in 2008
Greene county.2009

       The prosecuting attorney of any county given the duty of2010
prosecuting in municipal court violations of state law shall2011
receive no additional compensation for assuming these additional2012
duties, except that the prosecuting attorney of Hamilton, Portage,2013
and Wayne counties shall receive compensation at the rate of four2014
thousand eight hundred dollars per year, and the prosecuting2015
attorney of Auglaize county shall receive compensation at the rate2016
of one thousand eight hundred dollars per year, each payable from2017
the county treasury of the respective counties in semimonthly2018
installments.2019

       (C) The village solicitor, city director of law, or similar2020
chief legal officer shall perform the same duties, insofar as they2021
are applicable to the village solicitor, city director of law, or2022
similar chief legal officer, as are required of the prosecuting2023
attorney of the county. The village solicitor, city director of2024
law, similar chief legal officer or any assistants who may be2025
appointed shall receive for such services additional compensation2026
to be paid from the treasury of the county as the board of county2027
commissioners prescribes.2028

       (D) The prosecuting attorney of any county, other than2029
Auglaize, Brown, Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, Morrow, Ottawa, or2030
Portage county, may enter into an agreement with any municipal2031
corporation in the county in which the prosecuting attorney serves2032
pursuant to which the prosecuting attorney prosecutes all criminal2033
cases brought before the municipal court that has territorial2034
jurisdiction over that municipal corporation for criminal offenses2035
occurring within the municipal corporation. The prosecuting2036
attorney of Auglaize, Brown, Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, Morrow,2037
Ottawa, or Portage county may enter into an agreement with any2038
municipal corporation in the county in which the prosecuting2039
attorney serves pursuant to which the respective prosecuting2040
attorney prosecutes all cases brought before the Auglaize county,2041
Brown county, Clermont county, Hocking county, Jackson county,2042
Morrow county, Ottawa county, or Portage county municipal court2043
for violations of the ordinances of the municipal corporation or2044
for criminal offenses other than violations of state law occurring2045
within the municipal corporation. For prosecuting these cases, the 2046
prosecuting attorney and the municipal corporation may agree upon 2047
a fee to be paid by the municipal corporation, which fee shall be 2048
paid into the county treasury, to be used to cover expenses of the 2049
office of the prosecuting attorney.2050

       Sec. 1901.43.  (A) If a sheriff or chief of police has not 2051
taken, or caused to be taken, a person's or child's fingerprints 2052
in accordance with division (A)(1) of section 109.60 of the 2053
Revised Code with respect to a crime or act set forth in that 2054
division by the time of the arraignment or first appearance of the 2055
person or child with respect to that crime or act, the municipal 2056
court shall order the person or child to appear before the sheriff 2057
or chief of police within twenty-four hours of the arraignment or 2058
first appearance to have the person's or child's fingerprints 2059
taken as provided in division (A)(2) of section 109.60 of the 2060
Revised Code.2061

       (B) If the municipal court has jurisdiction over a case 2062
involving a person or child with respect to whom division (A)(1) 2063
or (2) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code requires a sheriff or 2064
chief of police to take the person's or child's fingerprints, the 2065
municipal court shall inquire at the time of the person's or 2066
child's sentencing or adjudication for the crime or act for which 2067
the fingerprints were required to be taken whether or not the 2068
person or child has been fingerprinted pursuant to division (A)(1) 2069
or (2) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code for the original 2070
arrest or court appearance upon which the sentence or adjudication 2071
is based. If a person or child was not fingerprinted for the 2072
original arrest or court appearance, the municipal court shall 2073
order the person or child to appear before the sheriff or chief of 2074
police within twenty-four hours to have the person's or child's 2075
fingerprints taken as provided in division (A)(3) of section 2076
109.60 of the Revised Code.2077

       Sec. 1907.11.  (A) Each county court district shall have the2078
following county court judges, to be elected as follows:2079

       In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall2080
be elected in 1982.2081

       In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge2082
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected2083
in 1982.2084

       In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge shall2085
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two2086
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on2087
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.2088

       In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge shall2089
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two2090
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on2091
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.2092

       In the Carroll county county court, one part-time judge shall2093
be elected in 1982.2094

       In the Erie county county court, one part-time judge shall be2095
elected in 1982.2096

       In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge shall2097
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in2098
1982.2099

       In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge2100
shall be elected in 1982.2101

       In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge2102
shall be elected in 1982.2103

       In the Holmes county county court, one part-time judge shall2104
be elected in 1982.2105

       In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge2106
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and2107
two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence2108
on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.2109

       In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge2110
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and2111
three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence2112
on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1995,2113
respectively.2114

       In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall2115
be elected in 1982.2116

       In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge shall2117
be elected in 1982.2118

       In the Montgomery county county court, three part-time judges2119
shall be elected in 1998, terms to commence on January 1, 1999,2120
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively, and two2121
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on2122
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.2123

       In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge shall2124
be elected in 1982.2125

       In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge2126
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected2127
in 1982.2128

       In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall2129
be elected in 1982.2130

       In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge2131
shall be elected in 1982.2132

       In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall2133
be elected in 1982.2134

       In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall be2135
elected in 1982.2136

       In the Putnam county county court, one part-time judge shall2137
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in2138
1982.2139

       In the Sandusky county county court, two part-time judges2140
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995,2141
and January 2, 1995, respectively.2142

       In the Trumbull county county court, one part-time judge2143
shall be elected in 1992, and one part-time judge shall be elected2144
in 1994.2145

       In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge2146
shall be elected in 1982.2147

       In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge shall2148
be elected in 1982.2149

       In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge shall2150
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in2151
1982.2152

       (B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next regular 2153
election for a county court judge as provided in section 1907.13 2154
of the Revised Code.2155

       (2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from,2156
forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled2157
in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as2158
provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code.2159

       Sec. 1907.181.  (A) If a sheriff or chief of police has not 2160
taken, or caused to be taken, a person's or child's fingerprints 2161
in accordance with division (A)(1) of section 109.60 of the 2162
Revised Code with respect to a crime or act set forth in that 2163
division by the time of the arraignment or first appearance of the 2164
person or child with respect to that crime or act, the county 2165
court shall order the person or child to appear before the sheriff 2166
or chief of police within twenty-four hours of the arraignment or 2167
first appearance to have the person's or child's fingerprints 2168
taken as provided in division (A)(2) of section 109.60 of the 2169
Revised Code.2170

       (B) If the county court has jurisdiction over a case 2171
involving a person or child with respect to whom division (A)(1) 2172
or (2) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code requires a sheriff or 2173
chief of police to take the person's or child's fingerprints, the 2174
county court shall inquire at the time of the person's or child's 2175
sentencing or adjudication for the crime or act for which the 2176
fingerprints were required to be taken whether or not the person 2177
or child has been fingerprinted pursuant to division (A)(1) or (2) 2178
of section 109.60 of the Revised Code for the original arrest or 2179
court appearance upon which the sentence or adjudication is based. 2180
If a person or child was not fingerprinted for the original arrest 2181
or court appearance, the county court shall order the person or 2182
child to appear before the sheriff or chief of police within 2183
twenty-four hours to have the person's or child's fingerprints 2184
taken as provided in division (A)(3) of section 109.60 of the 2185
Revised Code.2186

       Sec. 2301.10.  (A) If a sheriff or chief of police has not 2187
taken, or caused to be taken, a person's or child's fingerprints 2188
in accordance with division (A)(1) of section 109.60 of the 2189
Revised Code with respect to a crime or act set forth in that 2190
division by the time of the arraignment or first appearance of the 2191
person or child with respect to that crime or act, the court of 2192
common pleas shall order the person or child to appear before the 2193
sheriff or chief of police within twenty-four hours of the 2194
arraignment or first appearance to have the person's or child's 2195
fingerprints taken as provided in division (A)(2) of section 2196
109.60 of the Revised Code.2197

       (B) If the court of common pleas has jurisdiction over a case 2198
involving a person or child with respect to whom division (A)(1) 2199
or (2) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code requires a sheriff or 2200
chief of police to take the person's or child's fingerprints, the 2201
court of common pleas shall inquire at the time of the person's or 2202
child's sentencing or adjudication for the crime or act for which 2203
the fingerprints were required to be taken whether or not the 2204
person or child has been fingerprinted pursuant to division (A)(1) 2205
or (2) of section 109.60 of the Revised Code for the original 2206
arrest or court appearance upon which the sentence or adjudication 2207
is based. If a person or child was not fingerprinted for the 2208
original arrest or court appearance, the court of common pleas 2209
shall order the person or child to appear before the sheriff or 2210
chief of police within twenty-four hours to have the person's or 2211
child's fingerprints taken as provided in division (A)(3) of 2212
section 109.60 of the Revised Code.2213

       Sec. 2501.012.  (A) There shall be nine additional judges of 2214
the court of appeals of the eighth district, composed of Cuyahoga 2215
county.2216

       Three of the additional judges of the eighth district court2217
of appeals shall be elected at the general election in 1962 for a2218
term of six years, their terms to commence on successive days2219
beginning on the first day of January, 1963. Three of the2220
additional judges of the eighth district court of appeals shall be 2221
elected at the general election in 1976 for a term of six years, 2222
their terms to commence on successive days beginning on the first 2223
day of January, 1977. Three of the additional judges of the eighth 2224
district court of appeals shall be elected at the general election 2225
in 1990 for a term of six years, their terms to commence on 2226
successive days beginning on February 10, 1991. The additional 2227
judges shall thereafter be elected to hold terms of six years.2228

       In the eighth district, any three judges shall comprise the2229
court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in2230
accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may 2231
be adopted by the judges of the court.2232

       (B) There shall be two additional judges of the court of2233
appeals of the ninth district, composed of Lorain, Medina, Summit, 2234
and Wayne counties.2235

       One of the additional judges of the ninth district court of2236
appeals shall be elected at the general election in 1980 for a2237
term of six years beginning February 10, 1981. One of the2238
additional judges of the ninth district court of appeals shall be2239
elected at the general election in 1986 for a term of six years2240
beginning February 11, 1987. The additional judges shall2241
thereafter be elected to hold terms of six years.2242

       In the ninth district, any three judges shall comprise the2243
court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in2244
accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may 2245
be adopted by the judges of the court.2246

       (C) There shall be five additional judges of the court of2247
appeals of the tenth district, composed of Franklin county.2248

       One of the additional judges of the tenth district court of2249
appeals shall be elected at the general election in 1962 for a2250
term of six years beginning January 1, 1963. One of the additional 2251
judges of the tenth district court of appeals shall be elected at 2252
the general election in 1970 for a term of six years beginning 2253
February 10, 1971. One of the additional judges of the tenth 2254
district court of appeals shall be elected at the general election 2255
in 1980 for a term of six years beginning January 2, 1981. One of 2256
the additional judges of the tenth district court of appeals shall 2257
be elected at the general election in 1986 for a term of six years 2258
beginning January 3, 1987. One of the additional judges of the 2259
tenth district court of appeals shall be elected at the general 2260
election in 1990 for a term of six years beginning July 1, 1991. 2261
The additional judges shall thereafter be elected to hold terms of 2262
six years.2263

       In the tenth district, any three judges shall comprise the2264
court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in2265
accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may 2266
be adopted by the judges of the court.2267

       (D) There shall be two additional judges of the court of2268
appeals of the eleventh district, composed of Lake, Ashtabula,2269
Geauga, Trumbull, and Portage counties.2270

       One of the additional judges of the eleventh district court 2271
of appeals shall be elected at the general election in 1990 for a 2272
term of six years beginning February 10, 1991. One of the 2273
additional judges of the eleventh district court of appeals shall 2274
be elected at the general election in 2000 for a term of six years 2275
beginning February 10, 2001. The additional judges shall 2276
thereafter be elected to hold terms of six years.2277

       In the eleventh district, any three judges shall comprise the 2278
court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in2279
accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may 2280
be adopted by the judges of the court.2281

       (E) There shall be onetwo additional judgejudges of the 2282
court of appeals of the twelfth district, composed of Brown, 2283
Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Preble, and Warren 2284
counties.2285

       TheOne of the additional judgejudges of the twelfth 2286
district court of appeals shall be elected at the general election 2287
in 1986 for a term of six years beginning February 10, 1987. One 2288
of the additional judges of the twelfth district court of appeals 2289
shall be elected at the general election in 2008 for a term of six 2290
years beginning January 1, 2009. The additional judgejudges shall 2291
thereafter be elected to hold terms of six years.2292

       In the twelfth district, any three judges shall comprise the 2293
court of appeals in the hearing and disposition of cases in2294
accordance with any local rules of practice and procedure that may 2295
be adopted by the judges of the court.2296

       (F) Any judge of the court of appeals may be assigned by the 2297
chief justice of the supreme court to hold court in another2298
district and shall hold court in the district to which the judge 2299
is assigned.2300

       Section 2.  That existing sections 109.57, 109.60, 1901.01, 2301
1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.11, and 2302
2501.012 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.2303

       Section 3.  That the versions of sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 2304
1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, and 1907.11 of the Revised 2305
Code that are scheduled to take effect January 18, 2007, be 2306
amended to read as follows:2307

       Sec. 1901.01.  (A) There is hereby established a municipal2308
court in each of the following municipal corporations:2309

       Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake,2310
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green,2311
Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Carrollton, Celina, 2312
Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville, 2313
Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton, 2314
Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East 2315
Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay, 2316
Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights,2317
Georgetown, Girard, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron, 2318
Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon, 2319
Lima, Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta, 2320
Marion, Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor,2321
Miamisburg, Middletown, Millersburg, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon, 2322
Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk, 2323
Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg, Port 2324
Clinton, Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker2325
Heights, Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville,2326
Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana,2327
Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City2328
of Washington in Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court2329
House, Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and2330
Zanesville.2331

       (B) There is hereby established a municipal court within2332
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation2333
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is2334
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county2335
municipal court. The municipal court established by this division2336
is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in2337
Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division.2338

       (C) There is hereby established a municipal court within2339
Columbiana Countycounty in Lisbon or in any other municipal2340
corporation or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county,2341
except the municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or 2342
St. Clair township, that is selected by the judges of the 2343
municipal court pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of 2344
the Revised Code.2345

       (D) Effective January 1, 2008, there is hereby established a 2346
municipal court within Erie county in Milan or in any other 2347
municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within Erie 2348
county that is within the territorial jurisdiction of the Erie 2349
county municipal court and is selected by the legislative 2350
authority of that court.2351

       (E) The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall remain in 2352
existence until December 31, 2008, and shall be replaced by the 2353
Stow municipal court on January 1, 2009.2354

       (F) Effective January 1, 2009, there is hereby established a 2355
municipal court in the municipal corporation of Stow.2356

       Sec. 1901.02.  (A) The municipal courts established by2357
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the2358
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or,2359
for the Clermont county municipal court, the Columbiana county 2360
municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2008, the Erie county 2361
municipal court, within the municipal corporation or 2362
unincorporated territory in which it isthey are established, and2363
are courts of record. Each of the courts shall be styled2364
".................................. municipal court," inserting2365
the name of the municipal corporation, except the following2366
courts, which shall be styled as set forth below:2367

       (1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall2368
be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court";2369

       (2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall2370
be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court";2371

       (3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be2372
styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court";2373

       (4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be2374
styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court";2375

       (5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be 2376
styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court";2377

       (6) The municipal court established in London that shall be2378
styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court";2379

       (7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be2380
styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court";2381

       (8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be2382
styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court";2383

       (9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall2384
be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court";2385

       (10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be2386
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court";2387

       (11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be 2388
styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court";2389

       (12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be2390
styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court";2391

       (13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be2392
styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court";2393

       (14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be 2394
styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court";2395

       (15) The municipal court established in Springfield that2396
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court";2397

       (16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be2398
styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court";2399

       (17) The municipal court established within Clermont county2400
in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated2401
territory within Clermont county that is selected by the2402
legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known2403
as the "Clermont county municipal court";2404

       (18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that,2405
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton2406
county municipal court";2407

       (19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that2408
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court";2409

       (20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that,2410
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the2411
"Fairfield county municipal court";2412

       (21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county 2413
in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated2414
territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of 2415
the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the 2416
"Columbiana county municipal court";2417

       (22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that,2418
beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the2419
"Brown county municipal court";2420

       (23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that,2421
beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the2422
"Morrow county municipal court";2423

       (24) The municipal court established in Greenville that, 2424
beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke 2425
county municipal court";2426

       (25) The municipal court established in Millersburg that, 2427
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the 2428
"Holmes county municipal court.";2429

       (26) The municipal court established in Carrollton that, 2430
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the 2431
"Carroll county municipal court";2432

       (27) The municipal court established within Erie county in 2433
Milan or established in any other municipal corporation or 2434
unincorporated territory that is within Erie county, is within the 2435
territorial jurisdiction of that court, and is selected by the 2436
legislative authority of that court that, beginning January 1, 2437
2008, shall be styled and known as the "Erie county municipal 2438
court."2439

       (B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A) 2440
of this section, the municipal courts established by section2441
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows:2442

       The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath,2443
Northampton, Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the2444
municipal corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in2445
Summit county.2446

       The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within2447
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark2448
county.2449

       The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland2450
county.2451

       The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within2452
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county.2453

       The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within2454
Athens county.2455

       The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within2456
Auglaize county.2457

       The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the2458
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county.2459

       The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within2460
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley2461
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and2462
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit2463
county.2464

       The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the2465
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow,2466
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange,2467
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within2468
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county.2469

       The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within2470
Logan county.2471

       The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and2472
Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in2473
Sandusky county.2474

       The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the2475
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook2476
Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in2477
Cuyahoga county.2478

       The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the2479
municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar,2480
Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton2481
Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun,2482
Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom,2483
Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton,2484
Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston2485
townships in Wood county.2486

       Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court2487
has jurisdiction within Brown county.2488

       The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams2489
county.2490

       The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within2491
Guernsey county.2492

       The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within2493
Coitsville township in Mahoning county.2494

       The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton,2495
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in2496
Stark county.2497

       The Carroll county municipal court has jurisdiction within 2498
Carroll county.2499

       The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer2500
county.2501

       The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within2502
Champaign county.2503

       The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga2504
county.2505

       The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross2506
county.2507

       The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within2508
Pickaway county.2509

       The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within2510
Clark county.2511

       The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within2512
Clermont county.2513

       The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the2514
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county.2515

       Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court2516
has jurisdiction within Clinton county.2517

       The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within2518
all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation2519
of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair2520
townships.2521

       The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within2522
Coshocton county.2523

       The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within2524
Crawford county.2525

       TheUntil December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal 2526
court has jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, 2527
Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal 2528
corporations of Boston Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, 2529
Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, 2530
and Macedonia, in Summit county.2531

       Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court 2532
has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal 2533
corporation of Bradford.2534

       The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance2535
county.2536

       The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware2537
county.2538

       The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within2539
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county.2540

       The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble2541
county.2542

       The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the2543
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville,2544
and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and2545
LaGrange townships, in Lorain county.2546

       Beginning January 1, 2008, the Erie county municipal court 2547
has jurisdiction within Erie county except within the townships of 2548
Florence, Huron, Perkins, and Vermilion and the municipal 2549
corporations of Bay View, Castalia, Huron, Sandusky, and 2550
Vermilion.2551

       The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the2552
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and2553
Beavercreek townships in Greene county.2554

       Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal2555
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county.2556

       The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of2557
Hancock county except within Washington township.2558

       The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon2559
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township2560
in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood county.2561

       The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin2562
township in Warren county.2563

       The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within2564
Franklin county.2565

       The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville2566
and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county.2567

       The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia2568
county.2569

       The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within2570
the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley2571
View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and2572
Brecksville in Cuyahoga county.2573

       The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty,2574
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county.2575

       The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and2576
St. Clair townships in Butler county.2577

       The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within2578
Hamilton county.2579

       The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within2580
Hardin county.2581

       The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of2582
Highland county except within Madison township.2583

       The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within2584
Hocking county.2585

       The Holmes county municipal court has jurisdiction within 2586
Holmes county.2587

       The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of2588
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal2589
corporation of Sandusky.2590

       The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid,2591
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington2592
townships in Lawrence county.2593

       The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within2594
Jackson county.2595

       The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the2596
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within2597
Washington township, in Montgomery county.2598

       Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has2599
jurisdiction within Fairfield county.2600

       The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within2601
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and2602
Windsor in Lawrence county.2603

       The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within2604
Turtlecreek township in Warren county.2605

       The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within2606
Licking county.2607

       The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen2608
county.2609

       The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the2610
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield2611
township, in Lorain county.2612

       The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the2613
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield,2614
Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county.2615

       The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within2616
Madison county.2617

       The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within2618
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy,2619
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships,2620
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in2621
Richland county.2622

       The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within2623
Washington county.2624

       The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion2625
county.2626

       The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union2627
county.2628

       The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield2629
township in Warren county.2630

       The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within2631
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson2632
townships in Stark county.2633

       The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the2634
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within2635
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of2636
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the2637
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county.2638

       The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the2639
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick,2640
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of2641
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette,2642
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York2643
townships, in Medina county.2644

       The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the2645
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county.2646

       The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within2647
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of2648
Bradford that is located in Darke county.2649

       The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the2650
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and2651
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county.2652

       The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within2653
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within2654
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county.2655

       Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court2656
has jurisdiction within Morrow county.2657

       The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox2658
county.2659

       The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry2660
county.2661

       The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within2662
the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks,2663
Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin,2664
Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas2665
county.2666

       The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within2667
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington,2668
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county.2669

       The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the2670
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield2671
township in Trumbull county.2672

       The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of2673
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue2674
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships.2675

       The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the2676
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South2677
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden,2678
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and2679
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except2680
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county.2681

       The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the2682
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem2683
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake2684
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the2685
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the2686
Toledo municipal court.2687

       The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within2688
Ottawa county.2689

       The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within2690
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake2691
county.2692

       The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the2693
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North2694
Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in2695
Cuyahoga county.2696

       The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the2697
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford,2698
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in2699
Wood county.2700

       The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within2701
Portage county.2702

       The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto2703
county.2704

       The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the2705
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park,2706
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga2707
county.2708

       The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the2709
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within2710
Perkins township, in Erie county.2711

       The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within2712
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood,2713
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county.2714

       The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon,2715
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within2716
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in2717
Richland county.2718

       The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby2719
county.2720

       Beginning January 1, 2009, the Stow municipal court has 2721
jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore 2722
Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal 2723
corporations of Boston Heights, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Munroe 2724
Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, 2725
Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and Macedonia, in Summit county.2726

       The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the2727
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland,2728
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county.2729

       The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the2730
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania,2731
Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those2732
portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying2733
north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in2734
Lucas county.2735

       The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big2736
Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed,2737
Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county.2738

       The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington2739
township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in2740
Lucas county.2741

       The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within2742
Wyandot county.2743

       The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the2744
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and2745
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery2746
county.2747

       The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert2748
county.2749

       The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the2750
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all2751
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of2752
Lorain, in Lorain county.2753

       The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the2754
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and2755
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon,2756
Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county.2757

       The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and2758
Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except2759
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county.2760

       The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction2761
within Fayette county.2762

       The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within2763
Wayne county.2764

       The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the2765
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick,2766
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill,2767
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake2768
county.2769

       Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has2770
jurisdiction within Clinton county.2771

       The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within2772
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross,2773
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in2774
Greene county.2775

       (C) As used in this section:2776

       (1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not 2777
limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is2778
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that2779
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is2780
governmentally a part of the township.2781

       (2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within 2782
the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any 2783
townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation.2784

       Sec. 1901.03.  As used in this chapter:2785

       (A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which2786
municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 1901.012787
and 1901.02 of the Revised Code.2788

       (B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority2789
of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other2790
than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the2791
respective board of county commissioners of the county in which a2792
county-operated municipal court is located.2793

       (C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the2794
municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a2795
county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the2796
respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the2797
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located.2798

       (D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal2799
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a2800
county-operated municipal court, is located.2801

       (E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal2802
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a2803
county-operated municipal court, is located.2804

       (F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize2805
county, Brown county, Carroll county, Clermont county, Columbiana 2806
county, Crawford county, Darke county, Hamilton county, Hocking 2807
county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, Madison 2808
county, Miami county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, Portage2809
county, or Wayne county municipal court and, effective January 1, 2810
2008, also includes the Erie county municipal court.2811

       (G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is2812
located" includes each municipal corporation named in section2813
1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a2814
judge sits pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code.2815

       Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of,2816
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of2817
their terms shall be as follows:2818

       In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be2819
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953,2820
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time2821
judge shall be elected in 1975.2822

       In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2823
elected in 1953.2824

       In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2825
elected in 1951.2826

       In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall2827
be elected in 1953.2828

       In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge2829
shall be elected in 1967.2830

       In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge2831
shall be elected in 1975.2832

       In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall2833
be elected in 1957.2834

       In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall2835
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in2836
1971.2837

       In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2838
elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.2839

       In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge2840
shall be elected in 1993.2841

       In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be2842
elected in 1951.2843

       In the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2844
elected in 2005.2845

       In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge2846
shall be elected in 1983.2847

       In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge2848
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the2849
part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed2850
prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall2851
serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court2852
until December 31, 2005.2853

       In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2854
elected in 1965.2855

       In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall2856
be elected in 1951.2857

       In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be2858
elected in 1963.2859

       In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2860
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and2861
two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977.2862

       In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge 2863
shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge 2864
elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county 2865
county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the 2866
full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until 2867
December 31, 2009.2868

       In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2869
elected in 1957.2870

       In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge2871
shall be elected in 2001.2872

       In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be2873
elected in 1963.2874

       In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall2875
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in2876
1977.2877

       In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall2878
be elected in 1953.2879

       In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge2880
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be2881
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal 2882
court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges 2883
of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until 2884
the end of their respective terms.2885

       In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges2886
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected2887
in 1999.2888

       In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall2889
be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in2890
1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955.2891

       In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge2892
shall be elected in 1957.2893

       In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge2894
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington2895
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge2896
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the2897
end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997.2898

       In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time2899
judges shall be elected in 2001.2900

       In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2901
elected in 1953.2902

       In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall2903
be elected in 1951.2904

       In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge2905
shall be elected in 1977.2906

       In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge2907
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected2908
in 1967. Effective December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal 2909
court shall cease to exist; however, the judges of the Cuyahoga 2910
Falls municipal court who were elected pursuant to this section in 2911
2003 and 2007 for terms beginning on January 1, 2004, and January 2912
1, 2008, respectively, shall serve as full-time judges of the Stow 2913
municipal court until December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2013, 2914
respectively.2915

       In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge 2916
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time 2917
judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that 2918
date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the 2919
full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December 2920
31, 2005.2921

       In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall2922
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days2923
beginning on the first day of January next after their election,2924
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to2925
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January2926
next after their election.2927

       In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2928
elected in 1957.2929

       In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2930
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007.2931

       In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge2932
shall be elected in 1957.2933

       In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge2934
shall be elected in 1953.2935

       In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2936
elected in 1973.2937

       In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2938
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.2939

       In the Erie county municipal court, one full-time judge shall 2940
be elected in 2007.2941

       In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2942
elected in 1951.2943

       In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2944
elected in 1977.2945

       In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge2946
shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected2947
in 2005.2948

       In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall2949
be elected in 1989.2950

       In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2951
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993.2952

       In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2953
elected in 1975.2954

       In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be2955
elected in 1951.2956

       In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges2957
shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected2958
in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one2959
full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge2960
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected2961
in 1997.2962

       In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2963
elected in 1975.2964

       In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall2965
be elected in 1981.2966

       In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge2967
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected2968
in 1981.2969

       In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2970
elected in 1963.2971

       In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2972
elected in 1953.2973

       In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges2974
shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected2975
in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two2976
full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of2977
the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first2978
day of January next after their election, except that the terms of2979
the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on2980
January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the2981
additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January2982
4, 1984, and January 5, 1984.2983

       In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge2984
shall be elected in 1989.2985

       In the Hillsboro municipal court, one part-time judge shall2986
be elected in 1957.2987

       In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge2988
shall be elected in 1977.2989

       In the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge 2990
shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time 2991
judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that 2992
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the 2993
full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until 2994
December 31, 2007.2995

       In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be2996
elected in 1967.2997

       In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be2998
elected in 1951.2999

       In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge3000
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the3001
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was3002
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court3003
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001.3004

       In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall3005
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in3006
1975.3007

       In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3008
elected in 1955.3009

       In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall3010
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in3011
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the3012
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall3013
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the3014
end of those judges' terms.3015

       In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge3016
shall be elected in 1981.3017

       In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be3018
elected in 1955.3019

       In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge3020
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected3021
in 1971.3022

       In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3023
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967.3024

       In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3025
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.3026

       In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall3027
be elected in 1957.3028

       In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge3029
shall be elected in 1981.3030

       In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall3031
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in3032
1969.3033

       In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3034
elected in 1957.3035

       In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3036
elected in 1951.3037

       In the Marysville municipal court, one full-time judge shall3038
be elected in 2011. On and after the effective date of this 3039
amendmentJanuary 18, 2007, the part-time judge of the Marysville 3040
municipal court who was elected in 2005 shall serve as a full-time 3041
judge of the court until the end of that judge's term on December 3042
31, 2011.3043

       In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be3044
elected in 1965.3045

       In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall3046
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in3047
1971.3048

       In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3049
elected in 1963.3050

       In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3051
elected in 1957.3052

       In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3053
elected in 1971.3054

       In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge3055
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected3056
in 1979.3057

       In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge shall3058
be elected in 1951.3059

       In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall3060
be elected in 1953.3061

       In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge3062
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time3063
judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that3064
date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county3065
municipal court until December 31, 2005.3066

       In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge3067
shall be elected in 1951.3068

       In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3069
elected in 2005.3070

       In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge3071
shall be elected in 1975.3072

       In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge3073
shall be elected in 1963.3074

       In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3075
elected in 1951.3076

       In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3077
elected in 1975.3078

       In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be3079
elected in 1953.3080

       In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3081
elected in 1989.3082

       In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3083
elected in 1963.3084

       In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge3085
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port3086
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the3087
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994,3088
until the end of that judge's term.3089

       In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall3090
be elected in 1951.3091

       In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3092
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and3093
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.3094

       In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall3095
be elected in 1977.3096

       In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges3097
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected3098
in 1971.3099

       In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge3100
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton3101
municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of3102
the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the3103
end of that judge's term.3104

       In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall3105
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in3106
1985.3107

       In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall3108
be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in3109
1971.3110

       In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3111
elected in 1953.3112

       In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge3113
shall be elected in 1957.3114

       In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be3115
elected in 1957.3116

       In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3117
elected in 1995.3118

       In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge3119
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993,3120
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until3121
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on3122
January 1, 2000.3123

       In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges3124
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected3125
in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield3126
municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of3127
the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the3128
end of their respective terms.3129

       In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge3130
shall be elected in 1953.3131

       In the Stow municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 3132
elected in 2009, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013. 3133
Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls 3134
municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term 3135
commenced on January 1, 2008, shall serve as a full-time judge of 3136
the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2013. Beginning 3137
January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court 3138
that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1, 3139
2004, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court 3140
until December 31, 2009.3141

       In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall3142
be elected in 1963.3143

       In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3144
elected in 1963.3145

       In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3146
elected in 1953.3147

       In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be3148
elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975,3149
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.3150

       In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one part-time judge3151
shall be elected in 1957.3152

       In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3153
elected in 1959.3154

       In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3155
elected in 1957.3156

       In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall3157
be elected in 1965.3158

       In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall3159
be elected in 1981.3160

       In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3161
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.3162

       In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time3163
judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in3164
1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until3165
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on3166
January 1, 2000.3167

       In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge3168
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected3169
in 1979.3170

       In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall3171
be elected in 1951.3172

       In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall3173
be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington3174
municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the3175
Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of3176
that judge's term on December 31, 1997.3177

       In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be3178
elected in 1977.3179

       In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall3180
be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be elected in3181
1953.3182

       In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall3183
be elected in 1953.3184

       Sec. 1901.31.  The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal3185
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have3186
powers and duties as follows:3187

       (A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed or3188
elected as follows:3189

       (1)(a) Except in the Akron, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls,3190
Toledo, Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne county 3191
municipal courts and through December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls 3192
municipal court, if the population of the territory equals or 3193
exceeds one hundred thousand at the regular municipal election 3194
immediately preceding the expiration of the term of the present 3195
clerk, the clerk shall be nominated and elected by the qualified 3196
electors of the territory in the manner that is provided for the 3197
nomination and election of judges in section 1901.07 of the 3198
Revised Code.3199

       The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six3200
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January3201
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's3202
successor is elected and qualified.3203

       (b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of3204
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal3205
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the3206
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in3207
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners3208
prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as the3209
clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the3210
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth3211
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common3212
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the3213
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of3214
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county3215
treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the3216
annual compensation that is received for the performance of the3217
duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided in3218
sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.3219

       (c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts,3220
the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county shall be3221
the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and Wayne county3222
municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each3223
branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the3224
Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges of the municipal3225
court determine are necessary, all of whom shall receive the3226
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks 3227
of courts of Portage county and Wayne county, acting as the clerks 3228
of the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts and3229
assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation3230
payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at3231
one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of3232
common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of3233
the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.183234
of the Revised Code.3235

       (d) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of3236
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for3237
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by3238
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day3239
specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the nomination3240
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of 3241
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations 3242
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the 3243
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of 3244
clerk of the Akron municipal court shall be signed by at least 3245
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.3246

       The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and3247
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not3248
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of3249
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or3250
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and3251
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the3252
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the3253
Revised Code.3254

       If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by3255
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political3256
party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron municipal3257
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of3258
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.3259
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and3260
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political3261
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be3262
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for3263
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a3264
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section3265
3513.02 of the Revised Code.3266

       Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating3267
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk3268
of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the3269
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following3270
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be3271
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court3272
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised3273
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so3274
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term3275
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's3276
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and3277
qualified.3278

       (e) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(e) of3279
this section, in the Barberton municipal court, candidates for3280
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by3281
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day3282
specified in the charter of the city of Barberton for the3283
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary 3284
provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the 3285
declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and 3286
the nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office 3287
of clerk of the Barberton municipal court shall be signed by at 3288
least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.3289

       The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and3290
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not3291
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of3292
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or3293
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and3294
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the3295
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the3296
Revised Code.3297

       If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by3298
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political3299
party for election to the office of clerk of the Barberton3300
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the3301
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to3302
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of3303
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a3304
particular political party for election to that office, a primary3305
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a3306
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the3307
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the3308
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.3309

       Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating3310
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk3311
of the Barberton municipal court shall contain a designation of3312
the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following3313
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be3314
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court3315
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised3316
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so3317
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term3318
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's3319
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and3320
qualified.3321

       (f) Except(i) Through December 31, 2008, except as otherwise 3322
provided in division (A)(1)(f)(i) of this section, in the Cuyahoga 3323
Falls municipal court, candidates for election to the office of 3324
clerk of the court shall be nominated by primary election. The 3325
primary election shall be held on the day specified in the charter 3326
of the city of Cuyahoga Falls for the nomination of municipal 3327
officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 3328
3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations of 3329
candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the nominating 3330
petitions of independent candidates for the office of clerk of the 3331
Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall be signed by at least fifty 3332
qualified electors of the territory of the court.3333

       The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and3334
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not3335
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of3336
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or3337
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and3338
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the3339
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the3340
Revised Code.3341

       If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by3342
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political3343
party for election to the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls3344
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the3345
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to3346
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of3347
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a3348
particular political party for election to that office, a primary3349
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a3350
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the3351
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the3352
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.3353

       Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating3354
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk3355
of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall contain a designation3356
of the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the3357
following regular municipal election, all candidates for the3358
office shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the3359
territory of the court in the manner that is provided in section3360
1901.07 of the Revised Code for the election of the judges of the3361
court. The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six3362
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January3363
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's3364
successor is elected and qualified.3365

       (ii) Division (A)(1)(f)(i) of this section shall have no 3366
effect after December 31, 2008.3367

       (g) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(g) of3368
this section, in the Toledo municipal court, candidates for3369
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by3370
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day3371
specified in the charter of the city of Toledo for the nomination3372
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of 3373
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations 3374
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the 3375
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of 3376
clerk of the Toledo municipal court shall be signed by at least 3377
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.3378

       The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and3379
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not3380
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of3381
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or3382
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and3383
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the3384
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the3385
Revised Code.3386

       If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by3387
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political3388
party for election to the office of clerk of the Toledo municipal3389
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of3390
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.3391
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and3392
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political3393
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be3394
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for3395
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a3396
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section3397
3513.02 of the Revised Code.3398

       Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating3399
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk3400
of the Toledo municipal court shall contain a designation of the3401
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following3402
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be3403
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court3404
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised3405
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so3406
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term3407
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's3408
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and3409
qualified.3410

       (2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, Brown3411
county, Columbiana county, Holmes county, Lorain, Massillon, and 3412
Youngstown municipal courts, in a municipal court for which the 3413
population of the territory is less than one hundred thousand, the3414
clerk shall be appointed by the court, and the clerk shall hold3415
office until the clerk's successor is appointed and qualified.3416

       (b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown3417
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office3418
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section.3419

       (c) In the Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county3420
municipal courts, the clerks of courts of Auglaize county, Brown3421
county, and Holmes county shall be the clerks, respectively, of 3422
the Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county municipal 3423
courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office 3424
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised 3425
Code, and assistant clerks as the judge of the court determines 3426
are necessary, all of whom shall receive the compensation that the3427
legislative authority prescribes. The clerks of courts of Auglaize3428
county, Brown county, and Holmes county, acting as the clerks of 3429
the Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county municipal 3430
courts and assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive 3431
compensation payable from the county treasury in semimonthly3432
installments at one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the 3433
clerks of courts of common pleas as determined in accordance with 3434
the population of the county and the rates set forth in sections 3435
325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.3436

       (d) In the Columbiana county municipal court, the clerk of3437
courts of Columbiana county shall be the clerk of the municipal3438
court, may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office3439
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised3440
Code, and may appoint any assistant clerks that the judges of the3441
court determine are necessary. All of the chief deputy clerks and3442
assistant clerks shall receive the compensation that the3443
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of3444
Columbiana county, acting as the clerk of the Columbiana county3445
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall3446
receive in either biweekly installments or semimonthly 3447
installments, as determined by the payroll administrator, 3448
compensation payable from the county treasury at one-fourth the 3449
rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas 3450
as determined in accordance with the population of the county and3451
the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised 3452
Code.3453

       (3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to illness, 3454
vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a temporary 3455
clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have the same 3456
authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk.3457

       (B) Except in the Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne 3458
county municipal courts, if a vacancy occurs in the office of the 3459
clerk of the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, or Youngstown municipal 3460
court or occurs in the office of the clerk of a municipal court 3461
for which the population of the territory equals or exceeds one 3462
hundred thousand because the clerk ceases to hold the office 3463
before the end of the clerk's term or because a clerk-elect fails 3464
to take office, the vacancy shall be filled, until a successor is 3465
elected and qualified, by a person chosen by the residents of the 3466
territory of the court who are members of the county central 3467
committee of the political party by which the last occupant of 3468
that office or the clerk-elect was nominated. Not less than five 3469
nor more than fifteen days after a vacancy occurs, those members 3470
of that county central committee shall meet to make an appointment 3471
to fill the vacancy. At least four days before the date of the 3472
meeting, the chairperson or a secretary of the county central 3473
committee shall notify each such member of that county central 3474
committee by first class mail of the date, time, and place of the 3475
meeting and its purpose. A majority of all such members of that 3476
county central committee constitutes a quorum, and a majority of 3477
the quorum is required to make the appointment. If the office so 3478
vacated was occupied or was to be occupied by a person not 3479
nominated at a primary election, or if the appointment was not 3480
made by the committee members in accordance with this division, 3481
the court shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy. A 3482
successor shall be elected to fill the office for the unexpired 3483
term at the first municipal election that is held more than one 3484
hundred twenty days after the vacancy occurred.3485

       (C)(1) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county,3486
the Brown county, the Columbiana county, the Holmes county, and3487
the Lorain municipal courts, for which the population of the3488
territory is less than one hundred thousand, the clerk of the 3489
municipal court shall receive the annual compensation that the3490
presiding judge of the court prescribes, if the revenue of the3491
court for the preceding calendar year, as certified by the auditor3492
or chief fiscal officer of the municipal corporation in which the3493
court is located or, in the case of a county-operated municipal3494
court, the county auditor, is equal to or greater than the3495
expenditures, including any debt charges, for the operation of the3496
court payable under this chapter from the city treasury or, in the3497
case of a county-operated municipal court, the county treasury for3498
that calendar year, as also certified by the auditor or chief3499
fiscal officer. If the revenue of a municipal court, other than3500
the Auglaize county, the Brown county, the Columbiana county, and3501
the Lorain municipal courts, for which the population of the3502
territory is less than one hundred thousand for the preceding 3503
calendar year as so certified is not equal to or greater than 3504
those expenditures for the operation of the court for that 3505
calendar year as so certified, the clerk of a municipal court3506
shall receive the annual compensation that the legislative3507
authority prescribes. As used in this division, "revenue" means3508
the total of all costs and fees that are collected and paid to the3509
city treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county3510
treasury by the clerk of the municipal court under division (F) of3511
this section and all interest received and paid to the city3512
treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county3513
treasury in relation to the costs and fees under division (G) of3514
this section.3515

       (2) In a municipal court, other than the Hamilton county, 3516
Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, for which the 3517
population of the territory is one hundred thousand or more, and 3518
in the Lorain municipal court, the clerk of the municipal court3519
shall receive annual compensation in a sum equal to eighty-five3520
per cent of the salary of a judge of the court.3521

       (3) The compensation of a clerk described in division (C)(1)3522
or (2) of this section is payable in semimonthly installments from3523
the same sources and in the same manner as provided in section3524
1901.11 of the Revised Code, except that the compensation of the 3525
clerk of the Carroll county municipal court is payable in biweekly 3526
installments.3527

       (D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office,3528
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than3529
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court,3530
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties.3531

       (E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the3532
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue executions 3533
upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a judgment for 3534
unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of the court to all 3535
writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing out of the court; 3536
and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, and undertakings 3537
fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The clerk may refuse to 3538
accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a3539
person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under 3540
section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain 3541
leave to proceed under that section. The clerk shall do all of the 3542
following: file and safely keep all journals, records, books, and 3543
papers belonging or appertaining to the court; record the 3544
proceedings of the court; perform all other duties that the judges 3545
of the court may prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts 3546
and disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection 3547
at all times.3548

       The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a3549
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all3550
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the docket,3551
the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of an3552
action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the3553
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates,3554
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of3555
summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings.3556
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders,3557
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the3558
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may order3559
an extended record of any of the above to be made and entered,3560
under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the request of3561
any party to the case, the expense of which record may be taxed as3562
costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the party3563
demanding the record, upon order of the court.3564

       (F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect,3565
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other3566
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The3567
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or officers,3568
and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other3569
moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 3375.50 and3570
4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the3571
Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of3572
any moneys received by a municipal court and except for the3573
Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal3574
courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received for violation of3575
municipal ordinances into the treasury of the municipal3576
corporation the ordinance of which was violated and shall pay all3577
fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted3578
pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or Chapter 504. of the3579
Revised Code into the treasury of the township the resolution of3580
which was violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of3581
the Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and 3582
Ottawa county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent 3583
of the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and 3584
fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township 3585
resolutions adopted pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or 3586
Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of the county. 3587
Subject to sections 3375.50, 3375.53, 4511.19, and 5503.04 of the 3588
Revised Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that 3589
requires a specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received 3590
by a municipal court, the clerk shall pay all fines collected for 3591
the violation of state laws into the county treasury. Except in a 3592
county-operated municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and 3593
fees the disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in 3594
the Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a3595
county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the3596
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the Revised 3597
Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as security for 3598
costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The clerk shall 3599
keep a separate account of all receipts and disbursements in civil 3600
and criminal cases, which shall be a permanent public record of 3601
the office. On the expiration of the term of the clerk, the clerk 3602
shall deliver the records to the clerk's successor. The clerk 3603
shall have other powers and duties as are prescribed by rule or 3604
order of the court.3605

       (G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted on3606
the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be3607
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and3608
loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised3609
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon3610
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, in3611
a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid into3612
the treasury of the county in which the court is located.3613

       On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall3614
make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that were3615
finally determined more than one year past in which there remains3616
unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of3617
a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the3618
case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties who 3619
are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys of record. All 3620
the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of each 3621
year shall be paid by the clerk to the city treasurer, except3622
that, in a county-operated municipal court, the moneys shall be3623
paid to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located.3624
The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys at any time to the3625
person who has the right to the moneys upon proper certification3626
of the clerk.3627

       (H) Deputy clerks of a municipal court other than the Carroll 3628
county municipal court may be appointed by the clerk and shall3629
receive the compensation, payable in either biweekly installments 3630
or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll 3631
administrator, out of the city treasury, that the clerk may 3632
prescribe, except that the compensation of any deputy clerk of a 3633
county-operated municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury 3634
of the county in which the court is located. The judge of the 3635
Carroll county municipal court may appoint deputy clerks for the 3636
court, and the deputy clerks shall receive the compensation, 3637
payable in biweekly installments out of the county treasury, that 3638
the judge may prescribe. Each deputy clerk shall take an oath of 3639
office before entering upon the duties of the deputy clerk's3640
office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties appertaining3641
to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require any of the3642
deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three thousand3643
dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy3644
clerk's duties.3645

       (I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the population 3646
of the territory of a municipal court falls below one hundred 3647
thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the population of the 3648
territory prior to the most recent regular federal census exceeded 3649
one hundred thousand, the legislative authority of the municipal 3650
corporation may declare, by resolution, that the territory shall 3651
be considered to have a population of at least one hundred 3652
thousand.3653

       (J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at all 3654
sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in the 3655
courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors and 3656
receive verdicts.3657

       Sec. 1901.34.  (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and3658
(D) of this section, the village solicitor, city director of law,3659
or similar chief legal officer for each municipal corporation3660
within the territory of a municipal court shall prosecute all3661
cases brought before the municipal court for criminal offenses3662
occurring within the municipal corporation for which that person3663
is the solicitor, director of law, or similar chief legal officer.3664
Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the village3665
solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer of3666
the municipal corporation in which a municipal court is located3667
shall prosecute all criminal cases brought before the court3668
arising in the unincorporated areas within the territory of the3669
municipal court.3670

       (B) The Auglaize county, Brown county, Clermont county, 3671
Hocking county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Morrow county, 3672
Ottawa county, and Portage county prosecuting attorneys shall 3673
prosecute in municipal court all violations of state law arising 3674
in their respective counties. The Carroll county, Crawford county, 3675
Hamilton county, Madison county, and Wayne county prosecuting 3676
attorneys and beginning January 1, 2008, the Erie county 3677
prosecuting attorney shall prosecute all violations of state law3678
arising within the unincorporated areas of their respective3679
counties. The Columbiana county prosecuting attorney shall3680
prosecute in the Columbiana county municipal court all violations3681
of state law arising in the county, except for violations arising3682
in the municipal corporation of East Liverpool, Liverpool3683
township, or St. Clair township. The Darke county prosecuting 3684
attorney shall prosecute in the Darke county municipal court all 3685
violations of state law arising in the county, except for 3686
violations of state law arising in the municipal corporation of 3687
Greenville and violations of state law arising in the village of 3688
Versailles. The Greene county prosecuting attorney may, with the 3689
concurrence of the Greene county board of county commissioners, 3690
prosecute in the Fairborn municipal court all violations of state 3691
law arising within the unincorporated areas of Bath and 3692
Beavercreek townships in Greene county and prosecute in the Xenia 3693
municipal court all violations of state law arising within the 3694
unincorporated areas of Ceasarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, 3695
New Jasper, Ross, Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and 3696
Xenia townships in Greene county.3697

       The prosecuting attorney of any county given the duty of3698
prosecuting in municipal court violations of state law shall3699
receive no additional compensation for assuming these additional3700
duties, except that the prosecuting attorney of Hamilton, Portage,3701
and Wayne counties shall receive compensation at the rate of four3702
thousand eight hundred dollars per year, and the prosecuting3703
attorney of Auglaize county shall receive compensation at the rate3704
of one thousand eight hundred dollars per year, each payable from3705
the county treasury of the respective counties in semimonthly3706
installments.3707

       (C) The village solicitor, city director of law, or similar3708
chief legal officer shall perform the same duties, insofar as they3709
are applicable to the village solicitor, city director of law, or3710
similar chief legal officer, as are required of the prosecuting3711
attorney of the county. The village solicitor, city director of3712
law, similar chief legal officer or any assistants who may be3713
appointed shall receive for such services additional compensation3714
to be paid from the treasury of the county as the board of county3715
commissioners prescribes.3716

       (D) The prosecuting attorney of any county, other than3717
Auglaize, Brown, Clermont, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Morrow, 3718
Ottawa, or Portage county, may enter into an agreement with any 3719
municipal corporation in the county in which the prosecuting 3720
attorney serves pursuant to which the prosecuting attorney 3721
prosecutes all criminal cases brought before the municipal court 3722
that has territorial jurisdiction over that municipal corporation 3723
for criminal offenses occurring within the municipal corporation. 3724
The prosecuting attorney of Auglaize, Brown, Clermont, Hocking, 3725
Holmes, Jackson, Morrow, Ottawa, or Portage county may enter into 3726
an agreement with any municipal corporation in the county in which 3727
the prosecuting attorney serves pursuant to which the respective 3728
prosecuting attorney prosecutes all cases brought before the 3729
Auglaize county, Brown county, Clermont county, Hocking county, 3730
Holmes county, Jackson county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, or3731
Portage county municipal court for violations of the ordinances of3732
the municipal corporation or for criminal offenses other than3733
violations of state law occurring within the municipal3734
corporation. For prosecuting these cases, the prosecuting attorney 3735
and the municipal corporation may agree upon a fee to be paid by 3736
the municipal corporation, which fee shall be paid into the county3737
treasury, to be used to cover expenses of the office of the3738
prosecuting attorney.3739

       Sec. 1907.11.  (A) Each county court district shall have the3740
following county court judges, to be elected as follows:3741

       In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall3742
be elected in 1982.3743

       In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge3744
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected3745
in 1982.3746

       In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge shall3747
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two3748
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on3749
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.3750

       In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge shall3751
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two3752
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on3753
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.3754

       In the Carroll county county court, one part-time judge shall3755
be elected in 1982.3756

       InUntil December 31, 2007, in the Erie county county court, 3757
one part-time judge shall be elected in 1982. Effective January 1, 3758
2008, the Erie county county court shall cease to exist.3759

       In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge shall3760
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in3761
1982.3762

       In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge3763
shall be elected in 1982.3764

       In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge3765
shall be elected in 1982.3766

       In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge3767
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and3768
two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence3769
on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.3770

       In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge3771
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and3772
three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence3773
on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1995,3774
respectively.3775

       In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall3776
be elected in 1982.3777

       In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge shall3778
be elected in 1982.3779

       In the Montgomery county county court, three part-time judges3780
shall be elected in 1998, terms to commence on January 1, 1999,3781
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively, and two3782
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on3783
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.3784

       In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge shall3785
be elected in 1982.3786

       In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge3787
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected3788
in 1982.3789

       In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall3790
be elected in 1982.3791

       In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge3792
shall be elected in 1982.3793

       In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall3794
be elected in 1982.3795

       In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall be3796
elected in 1982.3797

       In the Putnam county county court, one part-time judge shall3798
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in3799
1982.3800

       In the Sandusky county county court, two part-time judges3801
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995,3802
and January 2, 1995, respectively.3803

       In the Trumbull county county court, one part-time judge3804
shall be elected in 1992, and one part-time judge shall be elected3805
in 1994.3806

       In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge3807
shall be elected in 1982.3808

       In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge shall3809
be elected in 1982.3810

       In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge shall3811
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in3812
1982.3813

       (B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next regular 3814
election for a county court judge as provided in section 1907.13 3815
of the Revised Code.3816

       (2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from,3817
forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled3818
in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as3819
provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code.3820

       Section 4. That the existing versions of sections 1901.01, 3821
1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, and 1907.11 of the 3822
Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect January 18, 2007, 3823
are hereby repealed.3824

       Section 5. Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall take effect on 3825
January 18, 2007.3826

       Section 6. (A) Effective January 1, 2007, the Carroll County 3827
County Court is abolished.3828

       (B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in 3829
the Carroll County County Court at the close of business on 3830
December 31, 2006, shall be transferred to and proceed in the 3831
Carroll County Municipal Court on January 1, 2007, as if 3832
originally instituted in the Carroll County Municipal Court. 3833
Parties to those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings 3834
may make any amendments to their pleadings that are required to 3835
conform them to the rules of the Carroll County Municipal Court. 3836
The Clerk of the Carroll County County Court or other custodian 3837
shall transfer to the Carroll County Municipal Court all 3838
pleadings, orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, 3839
books, exhibits, files, moneys, property, and persons that belong 3840
to, are in the possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction 3841
of the Carroll County County Court, or any officer of that court, 3842
at the close of business on December 31, 2006, and that pertain to 3843
those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings.3844

       (C) All employees of the Carroll County County Court shall be 3845
transferred to and shall become employees of the Carroll County 3846
Municipal Court on January 1, 2007.3847

       (D) Effective January 1, 2007, the part-time judgeship in the 3848
Carroll County County Court is abolished.3849

       Section 7. (A) Effective January 1, 2008, the Erie County 3850
County Court is abolished.3851

        (B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in 3852
the Erie County County Court at the close of business on December 3853
31, 2007, shall be transferred to and proceed in the Erie County 3854
Municipal Court on January 1, 2008, as if originally instituted in 3855
the Erie County Municipal Court. Parties to those causes, 3856
judgments, executions, and proceedings may make any amendments to 3857
their pleadings that are required to conform them to the rules of 3858
the Erie County Municipal Court. The Clerk of the Erie County 3859
County Court or other custodian shall transfer to the Erie County 3860
Municipal Court all pleadings, orders, entries, dockets, bonds, 3861
papers, records, books, exhibits, files, moneys, property, and 3862
persons that belong to, are in the possession of, or are subject 3863
to the jurisdiction of the Erie County County Court, or any 3864
officer of that court, at the close of business on December 31, 3865
2007, and that pertain to those causes, judgments, executions, and 3866
proceedings.3867

        (C) All employees of the Erie County County Court shall be 3868
transferred to and shall become employees of the Erie County 3869
Municipal Court on January 1, 2008.3870

        (D) Effective January 1, 2008, the part-time judgeship in the 3871
Erie County County Court is abolished.3872

       Section 8. (A) Effective January 1, 2009, the Cuyahoga Falls 3873
Municipal Court and the two full-time judgeships of that court are 3874
abolished.3875

       (B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in 3876
the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court at the close of business on 3877
December 31, 2008, shall be transferred to and proceed in the Stow 3878
Municipal Court on January 1, 2009, as if originally instituted in 3879
the Stow Municipal Court. Parties to those causes, judgments, 3880
executions, and proceedings may make any amendments to their 3881
pleadings that are required to conform them to the rules of the 3882
Stow Municipal Court. The Clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal 3883
Court or other custodian shall transfer to the Stow Municipal 3884
Court all pleadings, orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers, 3885
records, books, exhibits, files, moneys, property, and persons 3886
that belong to, are in the possession of, or are subject to the 3887
jurisdiction of the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court, or any officer 3888
of that court, at the close of business on December 31, 2008, and 3889
that pertain to those causes, judgments, executions, and 3890
proceedings.3891

       (C) All employees of the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court shall 3892
be transferred to and shall become employees of the Stow Municipal 3893
Court on January 1, 2009.3894

       (D) Beginning January 1, 2009, the clerk of the Cuyahoga 3895
Falls Municipal Court that existed prior to that date whose term 3896
commenced on January 1, 2004, shall serve as the clerk of the Stow 3897
Municipal Court until December 31, 2009.3898

       Section 9. Sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.31, 3899
1901.34, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code, as amended by Section 1 3900
of this act, shall take effect January 1, 2007.3901

       Section 10. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency 3902
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public 3903
peace, health, and safety. The reasons for such necessity are that 3904
the creation of the Carroll County Municipal Court on January 1, 3905
2007, is crucial for the proper, timely, and effective 3906
administration of justice in Carroll County and the election of 3907
the full-time judge of the Erie County Municipal Court in 2007, 3908
and thus the effectiveness of this act prior to the filing 3909
deadline for the 2007 primary election, is crucial for the proper, 3910
timely, and effective administration of justice in Erie County. 3911
Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect.3912

       Section 11. Section 1901.31 of the Revised Code is presented 3913
in Section 1 of this act as a composite of the section as amended 3914
by both Am. Sub. H.B. 23 and Am. Sub. H.B. 530 of the 126th 3915
General Assembly. Section 1901.31 of the Revised Code is presented 3916
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by Am. Sub. 3917
H.B. 23, Sub. H.B. 336, and Am. Sub. H.B. 530, all of the 126th 3918
General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle 3919
stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that 3920
amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of3921
simultaneous operation, finds that the composites are the 3922
resulting versions of the section in effect prior to the effective 3923
dates of the versions of the section as presented in this act.3924