Sec. 1901.25. (A) A municipal court may provide by rule the | 10 |
manner in which jurors shall be chosen, and may provide that | 11 |
jurors to be used in the court may be chosen and summoned by the | 12 |
jury commissioners of the county as provided in sections 2313.01 | 13 |
to 2313.26 of the Revised Code. Selection shall be made from | 14 |
residents within the territory and those appearing to reside | 15 |
outside the territory shall be returned to the jury wheel, to the | 16 |
automation data processing storage drawer, or to any other | 17 |
automated data processing information storage device used
pursuant | 18 |
to division (C) of section 2313.21 of the Revised Code.
Jurors | 19 |
shall be impaneled in the same manner, shall have the same | 20 |
qualifications, shall be challenged for the same causes, and, | 21 |
except as provided in division (B) of this section,
shall receive | 22 |
the same fees as jurors in the court of common
pleas. The fees of | 23 |
jurors in any criminal case involving the
violation of state law | 24 |
shall be paid out of the county treasury.
The fees of jurors in | 25 |
any criminal case involving a violation of
a municipal ordinance | 26 |
shall be paid out of the treasury of the
municipal corporation in | 27 |
which the violation occurred. | 28 |
(B)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal court by | 29 |
resolution may request the board of county commissioners of the | 30 |
county in which the court is located to fix and prescribe the | 31 |
compensation for jurors in the court in an amount that differs | 32 |
from the compensation of jurors in the court of common pleas of | 33 |
the county. A request under this division shall be in writing and | 34 |
shall specify the amount that the legislative authority believes | 35 |
should be fixed and prescribed as the compensation. | 36 |
Upon receipt of a request from a legislative authority of a | 37 |
municipal court that is made pursuant to this division, the board | 38 |
of county commissioners by resolution shall approve or deny the | 39 |
request. If the board approves the request, the resolution shall | 40 |
specify that the board approves compensation for jurors in the | 41 |
municipal court in an amount that differs from the compensation of | 42 |
jurors in the court of common pleas of the county and shall fix | 43 |
the compensation of each juror. The amount fixed as the | 44 |
compensation of each juror either shall be the amount specified in | 45 |
the request as the amount that the legislative authority believed | 46 |
should be fixed and prescribed as the compensation or a different | 47 |
amount fixed by the board. If the board denies the request, the | 48 |
compensation of jurors in the court shall be the same as for | 49 |
jurors in the court of common pleas. | 50 |
(2) A legislative authority of a municipal court that makes a | 51 |
request pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section may make one | 52 |
or more subsequent requests pursuant to that division. Upon | 53 |
receipt of any subsequent request pursuant to that division, the | 54 |
board of county commissioners shall approve or deny the request in | 55 |
accordance with that division. If the board denies a subsequent | 56 |
request, the compensation of jurors that was in effect at the time | 57 |
of the denial shall remain in effect. | 58 |