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| To amend sections 1901.02 and 2301.02 of the Revised | 1 |
| Code to clarify that the former township of | 2 |
| Northampton is no longer within the jurisdiction | 3 |
| of the Akron Municipal Court and to create one | 4 |
| additional judge for the Summit County Court of | 5 |
| Common Pleas to be elected in 2006. | 6 |
| Section 1. That sections 1901.02 and 2301.02 of the Revised | 7 |
| Code be amended to read as follows: | 8 |
| Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by | 9 |
| section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the | 10 |
| corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or, | 11 |
| for the Clermont county municipal court, within the municipal | 12 |
| corporation or unincorporated territory in which it is | 13 |
| established, and are courts of record. Each of the courts shall be | 14 |
| styled ".................................. municipal court," | 15 |
| inserting the name of the municipal corporation, except the | 16 |
| following courts, which shall be styled as set forth below: | 17 |
| (1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall | 18 |
| be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court"; | 19 |
| (2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall | 20 |
| be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court"; | 21 |
| (3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be | 22 |
| styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court"; | 23 |
| (4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be | 24 |
| styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court"; | 25 |
| (5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be | 26 |
| styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court"; | 27 |
| (6) The municipal court established in London that shall be | 28 |
| styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court"; | 29 |
| (7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be | 30 |
| styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court"; | 31 |
| (8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be | 32 |
| styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court"; | 33 |
| (9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall | 34 |
| be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court"; | 35 |
| (10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be | 36 |
| styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court"; | 37 |
| (11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be | 38 |
| styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court"; | 39 |
| (12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be | 40 |
| styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court"; | 41 |
| (13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be | 42 |
| styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court"; | 43 |
| (14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be | 44 |
| styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court"; | 45 |
| (15) The municipal court established in Springfield that | 46 |
| shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court"; | 47 |
| (16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be | 48 |
| styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court"; | 49 |
| (17) The municipal court established within Clermont county | 50 |
| in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated | 51 |
| territory within Clermont county that is selected by the | 52 |
| legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known | 53 |
| as the "Clermont county municipal court"; | 54 |
| (18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that, | 55 |
| beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton | 56 |
| county municipal court"; | 57 |
| (19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that | 58 |
| shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court"; | 59 |
| (20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that, | 60 |
| beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the | 61 |
| "Fairfield county municipal court"; | 62 |
| (21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county | 63 |
| in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated | 64 |
| territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of | 65 |
| the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the | 66 |
| "Columbiana county municipal court"; | 67 |
| (22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that, | 68 |
| beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the | 69 |
| "Brown county municipal court"; | 70 |
| (23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that, | 71 |
| beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the | 72 |
| "Morrow county municipal court"; | 73 |
| (24) The municipal court established in Greenville that, | 74 |
| beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke | 75 |
| county municipal court." | 76 |
| (B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A) | 77 |
| of this section, the municipal courts established by section | 78 |
| 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows: | 79 |
| The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath, | 80 |
| 81 | |
| municipal corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in | 82 |
| Summit county. | 83 |
| The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within | 84 |
| Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark | 85 |
| county. | 86 |
| The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland | 87 |
| county. | 88 |
| The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within | 89 |
| Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county. | 90 |
| The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 91 |
| Athens county. | 92 |
| The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 93 |
| Auglaize county. | 94 |
| The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 95 |
| municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county. | 96 |
| The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within | 97 |
| Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley | 98 |
| township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and | 99 |
| within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit | 100 |
| county. | 101 |
| The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 102 |
| municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow, | 103 |
| Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange, | 104 |
| Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within | 105 |
| Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county. | 106 |
| The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within | 107 |
| Logan county. | 108 |
| The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and | 109 |
| Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in | 110 |
| Sandusky county. | 111 |
| The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 112 |
| municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook | 113 |
| Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in | 114 |
| Cuyahoga county. | 115 |
| The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 116 |
| municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar, | 117 |
| Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton | 118 |
| Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun, | 119 |
| Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom, | 120 |
| Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton, | 121 |
| Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston | 122 |
| townships in Wood county. | 123 |
| Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court | 124 |
| has jurisdiction within Brown county. | 125 |
| The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams | 126 |
| county. | 127 |
| The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within | 128 |
| Guernsey county. | 129 |
| The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within | 130 |
| Coitsville township in Mahoning county. | 131 |
| The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton, | 132 |
| Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in | 133 |
| Stark county. | 134 |
| The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer | 135 |
| county. | 136 |
| The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 137 |
| Champaign county. | 138 |
| The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga | 139 |
| county. | 140 |
| The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross | 141 |
| county. | 142 |
| The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within | 143 |
| Pickaway county. | 144 |
| The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 145 |
| Clark county. | 146 |
| The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 147 |
| Clermont county. | 148 |
| The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 149 |
| municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county. | 150 |
| Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court | 151 |
| has jurisdiction within Clinton county. | 152 |
| The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 153 |
| all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation | 154 |
| of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair | 155 |
| townships. | 156 |
| The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within | 157 |
| Coshocton county. | 158 |
| The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 159 |
| Crawford county. | 160 |
| The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within | 161 |
| Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg | 162 |
| townships, and within the municipal corporations of Boston | 163 |
| Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, | 164 |
| Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and | 165 |
| Macedonia, in Summit county. | 166 |
| Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court | 167 |
| has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal | 168 |
| corporation of Bradford. | 169 |
| The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance | 170 |
| county. | 171 |
| The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware | 172 |
| county. | 173 |
| The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within | 174 |
| Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county. | 175 |
| The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble | 176 |
| county. | 177 |
| The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 178 |
| municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville, | 179 |
| and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and | 180 |
| LaGrange townships, in Lorain county. | 181 |
| The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 182 |
| municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and | 183 |
| Beavercreek townships in Greene county. | 184 |
| Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal | 185 |
| court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county. | 186 |
| The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 187 |
| Hancock county except within Washington township. | 188 |
| The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon | 189 |
| and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township | 190 |
| in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood county. | 191 |
| The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin | 192 |
| township in Warren county. | 193 |
| The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 194 |
| Franklin county. | 195 |
| The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville | 196 |
| and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county. | 197 |
| The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia | 198 |
| county. | 199 |
| The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within | 200 |
| the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley | 201 |
| View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and | 202 |
| Brecksville in Cuyahoga county. | 203 |
| The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty, | 204 |
| Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county. | 205 |
| The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and | 206 |
| St. Clair townships in Butler county. | 207 |
| The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 208 |
| Hamilton county. | 209 |
| The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 210 |
| Hardin county. | 211 |
| The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 212 |
| Highland county except within Madison township. | 213 |
| The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 214 |
| Hocking county. | 215 |
| The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 216 |
| Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal | 217 |
| corporation of Sandusky. | 218 |
| The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid, | 219 |
| Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington | 220 |
| townships in Lawrence county. | 221 |
| The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 222 |
| Jackson county. | 223 |
| The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 224 |
| municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within | 225 |
| Washington township, in Montgomery county. | 226 |
| Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has | 227 |
| jurisdiction within Fairfield county. | 228 |
| The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 229 |
| the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and | 230 |
| Windsor in Lawrence county. | 231 |
| The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within | 232 |
| Turtlecreek township in Warren county. | 233 |
| The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 234 |
| Licking county. | 235 |
| The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen | 236 |
| county. | 237 |
| The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 238 |
| municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield | 239 |
| township, in Lorain county. | 240 |
| The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 241 |
| municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield, | 242 |
| Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county. | 243 |
| The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 244 |
| Madison county. | 245 |
| The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within | 246 |
| Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy, | 247 |
| Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships, | 248 |
| and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in | 249 |
| Richland county. | 250 |
| The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within | 251 |
| Washington county. | 252 |
| The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion | 253 |
| county. | 254 |
| The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union | 255 |
| county. | 256 |
| The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield | 257 |
| township in Warren county. | 258 |
| The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within | 259 |
| Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson | 260 |
| townships in Stark county. | 261 |
| The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 262 |
| municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within | 263 |
| Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of | 264 |
| Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the | 265 |
| northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county. | 266 |
| The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 267 |
| municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick, | 268 |
| Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of | 269 |
| Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette, | 270 |
| Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York | 271 |
| townships, in Medina county. | 272 |
| The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 273 |
| municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county. | 274 |
| The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 275 |
| Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of | 276 |
| Bradford that is located in Darke county. | 277 |
| The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 278 |
| municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and | 279 |
| within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county. | 280 |
| The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within | 281 |
| Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within | 282 |
| the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county. | 283 |
| Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court | 284 |
| has jurisdiction within Morrow county. | 285 |
| The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox | 286 |
| county. | 287 |
| The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry | 288 |
| county. | 289 |
| The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within | 290 |
| the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks, | 291 |
| Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin, | 292 |
| Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas | 293 |
| county. | 294 |
| The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within | 295 |
| Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington, | 296 |
| Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county. | 297 |
| The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 298 |
| municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield | 299 |
| township in Trumbull county. | 300 |
| The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 301 |
| Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue | 302 |
| and except within Lyme and Sherman townships. | 303 |
| The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 304 |
| municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South | 305 |
| Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden, | 306 |
| Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and | 307 |
| Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except | 308 |
| within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county. | 309 |
| The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 310 |
| municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem | 311 |
| township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake | 312 |
| Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the | 313 |
| easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the | 314 |
| Toledo municipal court. | 315 |
| The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 316 |
| Ottawa county. | 317 |
| The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within | 318 |
| Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake | 319 |
| county. | 320 |
| The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 321 |
| municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North | 322 |
| Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in | 323 |
| Cuyahoga county. | 324 |
| The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 325 |
| municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford, | 326 |
| and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in | 327 |
| Wood county. | 328 |
| The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 329 |
| Portage county. | 330 |
| The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto | 331 |
| county. | 332 |
| The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 333 |
| municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park, | 334 |
| and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga | 335 |
| county. | 336 |
| The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 337 |
| municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within | 338 |
| Perkins township, in Erie county. | 339 |
| The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within | 340 |
| the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood, | 341 |
| Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county. | 342 |
| The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon, | 343 |
| Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within | 344 |
| all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in | 345 |
| Richland county. | 346 |
| The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby | 347 |
| county. | 348 |
| The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 349 |
| municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland, | 350 |
| and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county. | 351 |
| The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 352 |
| municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania, | 353 |
| Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those | 354 |
| portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying | 355 |
| north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in | 356 |
| Lucas county. | 357 |
| The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big | 358 |
| Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed, | 359 |
| Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county. | 360 |
| The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington | 361 |
| township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in | 362 |
| Lucas county. | 363 |
| The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within | 364 |
| Wyandot county. | 365 |
| The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 366 |
| municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and | 367 |
| within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery | 368 |
| county. | 369 |
| The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert | 370 |
| county. | 371 |
| The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 372 |
| townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all | 373 |
| of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of | 374 |
| Lorain, in Lorain county. | 375 |
| The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 376 |
| municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and | 377 |
| Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon, | 378 |
| Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county. | 379 |
| The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and | 380 |
| Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except | 381 |
| within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county. | 382 |
| The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction | 383 |
| within Fayette county. | 384 |
| The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 385 |
| Wayne county. | 386 |
| The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 387 |
| municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick, | 388 |
| Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill, | 389 |
| Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake | 390 |
| county. | 391 |
| Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has | 392 |
| jurisdiction within Clinton county. | 393 |
| The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within | 394 |
| Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross, | 395 |
| Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in | 396 |
| Greene county. | 397 |
| (C) As used in this section: | 398 |
| (1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not | 399 |
| limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is | 400 |
| physically located within the territorial boundaries of that | 401 |
| township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is | 402 |
| governmentally a part of the township. | 403 |
| (2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within | 404 |
| the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any | 405 |
| townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation. | 406 |
| Sec. 2301.02. The number of judges of the court of common | 407 |
| pleas for each county, the time for the next election of the | 408 |
| judges in the several counties, and the beginning of their terms | 409 |
| shall be as follows: | 410 |
| (A) In Adams, Ashland, Fayette, and Pike counties, one judge, | 411 |
| elected in 1956, term to begin February 9, 1957; | 412 |
| In Brown, Crawford, Defiance, Highland, Holmes, Morgan, | 413 |
| Ottawa, and Union counties, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term | 414 |
| to begin February 9, 1955; | 415 |
| In Auglaize county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to | 416 |
| begin January 9, 1957; | 417 |
| In Coshocton, Darke, Fulton, Gallia, Guernsey, Hardin, | 418 |
| Jackson, Knox, Madison, Mercer, Monroe, Paulding, Vinton, and | 419 |
| Wyandot counties, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to begin | 420 |
| January 1, 1957; | 421 |
| In Morrow county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 422 |
| to begin January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 2006, term to | 423 |
| begin January 1, 2007; | 424 |
| In Logan county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 425 |
| to begin January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 2004, term to | 426 |
| begin January 2, 2005; | 427 |
| In Carroll, Champaign, Clinton, Hocking, Meigs, Pickaway, | 428 |
| Preble, Shelby, Van Wert, and Williams counties, one judge, to be | 429 |
| elected in 1952, term to begin January 1, 1953; | 430 |
| In Harrison and Noble counties, one judge, to be elected in | 431 |
| 1954, term to begin April 18, 1955; | 432 |
| In Henry county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 433 |
| to begin May 9, 1957, and one to be elected in 2004, term to begin | 434 |
| January 1, 2005; | 435 |
| In Putnam county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to | 436 |
| begin May 9, 1957; | 437 |
| In Huron county, one judge, to be elected in 1952, term to | 438 |
| begin May 14, 1953; | 439 |
| In Perry county, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term to | 440 |
| begin July 6, 1956; | 441 |
| In Sandusky county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 442 |
| term to begin February 10, 1955, and one to be elected in 1978, | 443 |
| term to begin January 1, 1979; | 444 |
| (B) In Allen county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 445 |
| term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1958, | 446 |
| term to begin January 1, 1959, and the third to be elected in | 447 |
| 1992, term to begin January 1, 1993; | 448 |
| In Ashtabula county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 449 |
| term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1960, term to | 450 |
| begin January 1, 1961, and one to be elected in 1978, term to | 451 |
| begin January 2, 1979; | 452 |
| In Athens county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term | 453 |
| to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1990, term to | 454 |
| begin July 1, 1991; | 455 |
| In Erie county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 456 |
| to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1970, term | 457 |
| to begin January 2, 1971, the third to be elected in 2004, term to | 458 |
| begin January 2, 2005, and the fourth to be elected in 2008, term | 459 |
| to begin February 9, 2009; | 460 |
| In Fairfield county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 461 |
| term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970, | 462 |
| term to begin January 1, 1971, and the third to be elected in | 463 |
| 1994, term to begin January 2, 1995; | 464 |
| In Geauga county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 465 |
| to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976, | 466 |
| term to begin January 6, 1977; | 467 |
| In Greene county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 468 |
| term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960, | 469 |
| term to begin January 1, 1961, the third to be elected in 1978, | 470 |
| term to begin January 2, 1979, and the fourth to be elected in | 471 |
| 1994, term to begin January 1, 1995; | 472 |
| In Hancock county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, | 473 |
| term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in | 474 |
| 1978, term to begin January 1, 1979; | 475 |
| In Lawrence county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 476 |
| term to begin February 9, 1955, and the second to be elected in | 477 |
| 1976, term to begin January 1, 1977; | 478 |
| In Marion county, three judges, one to be elected in 1952, | 479 |
| term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1976, | 480 |
| term to begin January 2, 1977, and the third to be elected in | 481 |
| 1998, term to begin February 9, 1999; | 482 |
| In Medina county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 483 |
| term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1966, | 484 |
| term to begin January 1, 1967, and the third to be elected in | 485 |
| 1994, term to begin January 1, 1995; | 486 |
| In Miami county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term | 487 |
| to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1970, term to | 488 |
| begin on January 1, 1971; | 489 |
| In Muskingum county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968, | 490 |
| term to begin August 9, 1969, one to be elected in 1978, term to | 491 |
| begin January 1, 1979, and one to be elected in 2002, term to | 492 |
| begin January 2, 2003; | 493 |
| In Portage county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 494 |
| term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960, | 495 |
| term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in | 496 |
| 1986, term to begin January 2, 1987; | 497 |
| In Ross county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 498 |
| to begin February 9, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976, | 499 |
| term to begin January 1, 1977; | 500 |
| In Scioto county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 501 |
| term to begin February 10, 1955, the second to be elected in 1960, | 502 |
| term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in | 503 |
| 1994, term to begin January 2, 1995; | 504 |
| In Seneca county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 505 |
| to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1986, | 506 |
| term to begin January 2, 1987; | 507 |
| In Warren county, four judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 508 |
| term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970, | 509 |
| term to begin January 1, 1971, the third to be elected in 1986, | 510 |
| term to begin January 1, 1987, and the fourth to be elected in | 511 |
| 2004, term to begin January 2, 2005; | 512 |
| In Washington county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, | 513 |
| term to begin January 1, 1953, and one to be elected in 1986, term | 514 |
| to begin January 1, 1987; | 515 |
| In Wood county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968, term | 516 |
| beginning January 1, 1969, the second to be elected in 1970, term | 517 |
| to begin January 2, 1971, and the third to be elected in 1990, | 518 |
| term to begin January 1, 1991; | 519 |
| In Belmont and Jefferson counties, two judges, to be elected | 520 |
| in 1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, | 521 |
| respectively; | 522 |
| In Clark county, four judges, one to be elected in 1952, term | 523 |
| to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1956, term | 524 |
| to begin January 2, 1957, the third to be elected in 1986, term to | 525 |
| begin January 3, 1987, and the fourth to be elected in 1994, term | 526 |
| to begin January 2, 1995. | 527 |
| In Clermont county, five judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 528 |
| term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1964, | 529 |
| term to begin January 1, 1965, the third to be elected in 1982, | 530 |
| term to begin January 2, 1983, the fourth to be elected in 1986, | 531 |
| term to begin January 2, 1987; and the fifth to be elected in | 532 |
| 2006, term to begin January 3, 2007; | 533 |
| In Columbiana county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, | 534 |
| term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in | 535 |
| 1956, term to begin January 1, 1957; | 536 |
| In Delaware county, two judges, one to be elected in 1990, | 537 |
| term to begin February 9, 1991, the second to be elected in 1994, | 538 |
| term to begin January 1, 1995; | 539 |
| In Lake county, six judges, one to be elected in 1958, term | 540 |
| to begin January 1, 1959, the second to be elected in 1960, term | 541 |
| to begin January 2, 1961, the third to be elected in 1964, term to | 542 |
| begin January 3, 1965, the fourth and fifth to be elected in 1978, | 543 |
| terms to begin January 4, 1979, and January 5, 1979, respectively, | 544 |
| and the sixth to be elected in 2000, term to begin January 6, | 545 |
| 2001; | 546 |
| In Licking county, four judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 547 |
| term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1964, term to | 548 |
| begin January 1, 1965, one to be elected in 1990, term to begin | 549 |
| January 1, 1991, and one to be elected in 2004, term to begin | 550 |
| January 1, 2005; | 551 |
| In Lorain county, ten judges, two to be elected in 1952, | 552 |
| terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953, respectively, | 553 |
| one to be elected in 1958, term to begin January 3, 1959, one to | 554 |
| be elected in 1968, term to begin January 1, 1969, two to be | 555 |
| elected in 1988, terms to begin January 4, 1989, and January 5, | 556 |
| 1989, respectively, two to be elected in 1998, terms to begin | 557 |
| January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively; one to be | 558 |
| elected in 2006, term to begin January 6, 2007; and one to be | 559 |
| elected in 2008, term to begin February 9, 2009, as described in | 560 |
| division (C)(1)(c) of section 2301.03 of the Revised Code; | 561 |
| In Butler county, eleven judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 562 |
| term to begin January 1, 1957; two to be elected in 1954, terms to | 563 |
| begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; one to | 564 |
| be elected in 1968, term to begin January 2, 1969; one to be | 565 |
| elected in 1986, term to begin January 3, 1987; two to be elected | 566 |
| in 1988, terms to begin January 1, 1989, and January 2, 1989, | 567 |
| respectively; one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 4, | 568 |
| 1993; two to be elected in 2002, terms to begin January 2, 2003, | 569 |
| and January 3, 2003, respectively; and one to be elected in 2006, | 570 |
| term to begin January 3, 2007; | 571 |
| In Richland county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 572 |
| term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960, | 573 |
| term to begin February 9, 1961, the third to be elected in 1968, | 574 |
| term to begin January 2, 1969, and the fourth to be elected in | 575 |
| 2004, term to begin January 3, 2005; | 576 |
| In Tuscarawas county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 577 |
| term to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in | 578 |
| 1960, term to begin January 2, 1961; | 579 |
| In Wayne county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 580 |
| beginning January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 1968, term to | 581 |
| begin January 2, 1969; | 582 |
| In Trumbull county, six judges, one to be elected in 1952, | 583 |
| term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1954, | 584 |
| term to begin January 1, 1955, the third to be elected in 1956, | 585 |
| term to begin January 1, 1957, the fourth to be elected in 1964, | 586 |
| term to begin January 1, 1965, the fifth to be elected in 1976, | 587 |
| term to begin January 2, 1977, and the sixth to be elected in | 588 |
| 1994, term to begin January 3, 1995; | 589 |
| (C) In Cuyahoga county, thirty-nine judges; eight to be | 590 |
| elected in 1954, terms to begin on successive days beginning from | 591 |
| January 1, 1955, to January 7, 1955, and February 9, 1955, | 592 |
| respectively; eight to be elected in 1956, terms to begin on | 593 |
| successive days beginning from January 1, 1957, to January 8, | 594 |
| 1957; three to be elected in 1952, terms to begin from January 1, | 595 |
| 1953, to January 3, 1953; two to be elected in 1960, terms to | 596 |
| begin on January 8, 1961, and January 9, 1961, respectively; two | 597 |
| to be elected in 1964, terms to begin January 4, 1965, and January | 598 |
| 5, 1965, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin on | 599 |
| January 10, 1967; four to be elected in 1968, terms to begin on | 600 |
| successive days beginning from January 9, 1969, to January 12, | 601 |
| 1969; two to be elected in 1974, terms to begin on January 18, | 602 |
| 1975, and January 19, 1975, respectively; five to be elected in | 603 |
| 1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning January 6, 1977, | 604 |
| to January 10, 1977; two to be elected in 1982, terms to begin | 605 |
| January 11, 1983, and January 12, 1983, respectively; and two to | 606 |
| be elected in 1986, terms to begin January 13, 1987, and January | 607 |
| 14, 1987, respectively; | 608 |
| In Franklin county, twenty-two judges; two to be elected in | 609 |
| 1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, | 610 |
| respectively; four to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January | 611 |
| 1, 1957, to January 4, 1957; four to be elected in 1958, terms to | 612 |
| begin January 1, 1959, to January 4, 1959; three to be elected in | 613 |
| 1968, terms to begin January 5, 1969, to January 7, 1969; three to | 614 |
| be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning | 615 |
| January 5, 1977, to January 7, 1977; one to be elected in 1982, | 616 |
| term to begin January 8, 1983; one to be elected in 1986, term to | 617 |
| begin January 9, 1987; two to be elected in 1990, terms to begin | 618 |
| July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991, respectively; one to be elected in | 619 |
| 1996, term to begin January 2, 1997; and one to be elected in | 620 |
| 2004, term to begin July 1, 2005; | 621 |
| In Hamilton county, twenty-one judges; eight to be elected in | 622 |
| 1966, terms to begin January 1, 1967, January 2, 1967, and from | 623 |
| February 9, 1967, to February 14, 1967, respectively; five to be | 624 |
| elected in 1956, terms to begin from January 1, 1957, to January | 625 |
| 5, 1957; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 1, 1965; | 626 |
| one to be elected in 1974, term to begin January 15, 1975; one to | 627 |
| be elected in 1980, term to begin January 16, 1981; two to be | 628 |
| elected at large in the general election in 1982, terms to begin | 629 |
| April 1, 1983; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1, | 630 |
| 1991; and two to be elected in 1996, terms to begin January 3, | 631 |
| 1997, and January 4, 1997, respectively; | 632 |
| In Lucas county, fourteen judges; two to be elected in 1954, | 633 |
| terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, | 634 |
| respectively; two to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January 1, | 635 |
| 1957, and October 29, 1957, respectively; two to be elected in | 636 |
| 1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953, | 637 |
| respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3, | 638 |
| 1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 4, 1969; | 639 |
| two to be elected in 1976, terms to begin January 4, 1977, and | 640 |
| January 5, 1977, respectively; one to be elected in 1982, term to | 641 |
| begin January 6, 1983; one to be elected in 1988, term to begin | 642 |
| January 7, 1989; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin January | 643 |
| 2, 1991; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 2, | 644 |
| 1993; | 645 |
| In Mahoning county, seven judges; three to be elected in | 646 |
| 1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and | 647 |
| February 9, 1955, respectively; one to be elected in 1956, term to | 648 |
| begin January 1, 1957; one to be elected in 1952, term to begin | 649 |
| January 1, 1953; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January | 650 |
| 2, 1969; and one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1, | 651 |
| 1991; | 652 |
| In Montgomery county, fifteen judges; three to be elected in | 653 |
| 1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and January | 654 |
| 3, 1955, respectively; four to be elected in 1952, terms to begin | 655 |
| January 1, 1953, January 2, 1953, July 1, 1953, and July 2, 1953, | 656 |
| respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3, | 657 |
| 1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 3, 1969; | 658 |
| three to be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days | 659 |
| beginning January 4, 1977, to January 6, 1977; two to be elected | 660 |
| in 1990, terms to begin July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991, | 661 |
| respectively; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January | 662 |
| 1, 1993. | 663 |
| In Stark county, eight judges; one to be elected in 1958, | 664 |
| term to begin on January 2, 1959; two to be elected in 1954, terms | 665 |
| to begin on January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; | 666 |
| two to be elected in 1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and | 667 |
| April 16, 1953, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to | 668 |
| begin on January 4, 1967; and two to be elected in 1992, terms to | 669 |
| begin January 1, 1993, and January 2, 1993, respectively; | 670 |
| In Summit county, | 671 |
| 1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, January 3, | 672 |
| 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; three to be elected in | 673 |
| 1958, terms to begin January 1, 1959, January 2, 1959, and May 17, | 674 |
| 1959, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin | 675 |
| January 4, 1967; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January | 676 |
|
5, 1969;
one to be elected in 1990, term to begin May 1, 1991;
| 677 |
| one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 6, 1993; and one | 678 |
| to be elected in 2006, term to begin January 3, 2007. | 679 |
| Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, in any county | 680 |
| having two or more judges of the court of common pleas, in which | 681 |
| more than one-third of the judges plus one were previously elected | 682 |
| at the same election, if the office of one of those judges so | 683 |
| elected becomes vacant more than forty days prior to the second | 684 |
| general election preceding the expiration of that judge's term, | 685 |
| the office that that judge had filled shall be abolished as of the | 686 |
| date of the next general election, and a new office of judge of | 687 |
| the court of common pleas shall be created. The judge who is to | 688 |
| fill that new office shall be elected for a six-year term at the | 689 |
| next general election, and the term of that judge shall commence | 690 |
| on the first day of the year following that general election, on | 691 |
| which day no other judge's term begins, so that the number of | 692 |
| judges that the county shall elect shall not be reduced. | 693 |
| Judges of the probate division of the court of common pleas | 694 |
| are judges of the court of common pleas but shall be elected | 695 |
| pursuant to sections 2101.02 and 2101.021 of the Revised Code, | 696 |
| except in Adams, Harrison, Henry, Morgan, Noble, and Wyandot | 697 |
| counties in which the judge of the court of common pleas elected | 698 |
| pursuant to this section also shall serve as judge of the probate | 699 |
| division, except in Lorain county in which the judges of the | 700 |
| domestic relations division of the Lorain county court of common | 701 |
| pleas elected pursuant to this section also shall perform the | 702 |
| duties and functions of the judge of the probate division, and | 703 |
| except in Morrow county in which the successors to the judge of | 704 |
| the court of common pleas elected in 1956 pursuant to this section | 705 |
| also shall serve as judge of the probate division. | 706 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 1901.02 and 2301.02 of the | 707 |
| Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 708 |