As Passed by the House

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

Sub. H. B. No. 338

Representatives Book, Uecker 

Cosponsors: Representatives Evans, Domenick, Harwood, Okey, Bolon, Oelslager, Huffman, Mecklenborg, Coley, Stebelton, Blessing, Bubp, Carney, Chandler, Combs, Daniels, DeBose, DeGeeter, Derickson, Dodd, Garland, Gerberry, Harris, Hite, Koziura, Letson, Luckie, Mallory, Murray, Patten, Sayre, Wachtmann, Weddington, Williams, B., Yuko 

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A BILL

To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07,

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1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.312, 1901.32, 1901.34, and

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1907.11 and to enact section 4510.73 of the

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Revised Code to allow, in certain circumstances,

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all issues concerning a person's driver's license

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to be litigated in a single court, to create the

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Putnam County Municipal Court in Ottawa on January

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1, 2011, to establish one full-time judgeship in

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that court, to provide for the nomination of the

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judge by petition only, to abolish the Putnam

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County County Court on that date, to designate the

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Putnam County Clerk of Courts as the clerk of the

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Putnam County Municipal Court, to provide for the

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election for the Putnam County Municipal Court of

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one full-time judge in 2011, and to make deputy

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sheriffs and members of a township or joint

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township police force ex officio deputy bailiffs

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of municipal courts.

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

Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07,	19
1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.312, 1901.32, 1901.34, and 1907.11 be	20
amended and section 4510.73 of the Revised Code be enacted to read	21
as follows:	22

Sec. 1901.01.  (A) There is hereby established a municipal	23
court in each of the following municipal corporations:	24

Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake,	25
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green,	26
Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Carrollton, Celina,	27
Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville,	28
Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton,	29
Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East	30
Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay,	31
Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights,	32
Georgetown, Girard, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron,	33
Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon,	34
Lima, Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta,	35
Marion, Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor,	36
Miamisburg, Middletown, Millersburg, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon,	37
Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk,	38
Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, Ottawa, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg,	39
Port Clinton, Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker	40
Heights, Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville,	41
Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana,	42
Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City	43
of Washington in Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court	44
House, Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and	45
Zanesville.	46

(B) There is hereby established a municipal court within	47
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation	48
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is	49
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county	50
municipal court. The municipal court established by this division	51
is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in	52
Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division.	53

(C) There is hereby established a municipal court within	54
Columbiana county in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation	55
or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county, except the	56
municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or St. Clair	57
township, that is selected by the judges of the municipal court	58
pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of the Revised Code.	59

(D) Effective January 1, 2008, there is hereby established a	60
municipal court within Erie county in Milan or in any other	61
municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within Erie	62
county that is within the territorial jurisdiction of the Erie	63
county municipal court and is selected by the legislative	64
authority of that court.	65

(E) The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall remain in	66
existence until December 31, 2008, and shall be replaced by the	67
Stow municipal court on January 1, 2009.	68

(F) Effective January 1, 2009, there is hereby established a	69
municipal court in the municipal corporation of Stow.	70

Sec. 1901.02.  (A) The municipal courts established by	71
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the	72
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or,	73
for the Clermont county municipal court, the Columbiana county	74
municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2008, the Erie county	75
municipal court, within the municipal corporation or	76
unincorporated territory in which they are established, and are	77
courts of record. Each of the courts shall be styled	78
".................................. municipal court," inserting	79
the name of the municipal corporation, except the following	80
courts, which shall be styled as set forth below:	81

(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall	82
be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court";	83

(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall	84
be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court";	85

(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be	86
styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court";	87

(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be	88
styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court";	89

(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be	90
styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court";	91

(6) The municipal court established in London that shall be	92
styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court";	93

(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be	94
styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court";	95

(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be	96
styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court";	97

(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall	98
be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court";	99

(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be	100
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court";	101

(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be	102
styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court";	103

(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be	104
styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court";	105

(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be	106
styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court";	107

(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be	108
styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court";	109

(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that	110
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court";	111

(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be	112
styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court";	113

(17) The municipal court established within Clermont county	114
in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated	115
territory within Clermont county that is selected by the	116
legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known	117
as the "Clermont county municipal court";	118

(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that,	119
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton	120
county municipal court";	121

(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that	122
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court";	123

(20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that,	124
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the	125
"Fairfield county municipal court";	126

(21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county	127
in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated	128
territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of	129
the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the	130
"Columbiana county municipal court";	131

(22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that,	132
beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the	133
"Brown county municipal court";	134

(23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that,	135
beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the	136
"Morrow county municipal court";	137

(24) The municipal court established in Greenville that,	138
beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke	139
county municipal court";	140

(25) The municipal court established in Millersburg that,	141
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the	142
"Holmes county municipal court";	143

(26) The municipal court established in Carrollton that,	144
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the	145
"Carroll county municipal court";	146

(27) The municipal court established within Erie county in	147
Milan or established in any other municipal corporation or	148
unincorporated territory that is within Erie county, is within the	149
territorial jurisdiction of that court, and is selected by the	150
legislative authority of that court that, beginning January 1,	151
2008, shall be styled and known as the "Erie county municipal	152
court."	153

(28) The municipal court established in Ottawa that,	154
beginning January 1, 2011, shall be styled and known as the	155
"Putnam county municipal court."	156

(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A)	157
of this section, the municipal courts established by section	158
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows:	159

The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath,	160
Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the municipal	161
corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in Summit	162
county.	163

The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within	164
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark	165
county.	166

The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland	167
county.	168

The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within	169
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county.	170

The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within	171
Athens county.	172

The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within	173
Auglaize county.	174

The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the	175
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county.	176

The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within	177
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley	178
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and	179
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit	180
county.	181

The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the	182
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow,	183
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange,	184
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within	185
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county.	186

The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within	187
Logan county.	188

The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and	189
Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in	190
Sandusky county.	191

The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the	192
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook	193
Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in	194
Cuyahoga county.	195

The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the	196
municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar,	197
Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton	198
Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun,	199
Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom,	200
Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton,	201
Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston	202
townships in Wood county.	203

Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court	204
has jurisdiction within Brown county.	205

The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams	206
county.	207

The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within	208
Guernsey county.	209

The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within	210
Coitsville township in Mahoning county.	211

The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton,	212
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in	213
Stark county.	214

The Carroll county municipal court has jurisdiction within	215
Carroll county.	216

The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer	217
county.	218

The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within	219
Champaign county.	220

The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga	221
county.	222

The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross	223
county.	224

The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within	225
Pickaway county.	226

The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within	227
Clark county.	228

The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within	229
Clermont county.	230

The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the	231
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county.	232

Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court	233
has jurisdiction within Clinton county.	234

The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within	235
all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation	236
of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair	237
townships.	238

The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within	239
Coshocton county.	240

The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within	241
Crawford county.	242

Until December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court	243
has jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center,	244
Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal	245
corporations of Boston Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield,	246
Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg,	247
and Macedonia, in Summit county.	248

Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court	249
has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal	250
corporation of Bradford.	251

The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance	252
county.	253

The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware	254
county.	255

The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within	256
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county.	257

The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble	258
county.	259

The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the	260
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville,	261
and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and	262
LaGrange townships, in Lorain county.	263

Beginning January 1, 2008, the Erie county municipal court	264
has jurisdiction within Erie county except within the townships of	265
Florence, Huron, Perkins, and Vermilion and the municipal	266
corporations of Bay View, Castalia, Huron, Sandusky, and	267
Vermilion.	268

The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the	269
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and	270
Beavercreek townships in Greene county.	271

Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal	272
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county.	273

The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	274
Hancock county except within Washington township.	275

The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon	276
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township	277
in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood county.	278

The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin	279
township in Warren county.	280

The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within	281
Franklin county.	282

The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville	283
and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county.	284

The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia	285
county.	286

The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within	287
the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley	288
View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and	289
Brecksville in Cuyahoga county.	290

The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty,	291
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county.	292

The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and	293
St. Clair townships in Butler county.	294

The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within	295
Hamilton county.	296

The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within	297
Hardin county.	298

The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	299
Highland county except within Madison township.	300

The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within	301
Hocking county.	302

The Holmes county municipal court has jurisdiction within	303
Holmes county.	304

The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	305
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal	306
corporation of Sandusky.	307

The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid,	308
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington	309
townships in Lawrence county.	310

The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within	311
Jackson county.	312

The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the	313
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within	314
Washington township, in Montgomery county.	315

Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has	316
jurisdiction within Fairfield county.	317

The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within	318
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and	319
Windsor in Lawrence county.	320

The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within	321
Turtlecreek township in Warren county.	322

The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within	323
Licking county.	324

The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen	325
county.	326

The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the	327
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield	328
township, in Lorain county.	329

The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the	330
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield,	331
Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county.	332

The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within	333
Madison county.	334

The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within	335
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy,	336
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships,	337
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in	338
Richland county.	339

The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within	340
Washington county.	341

The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion	342
county.	343

The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union	344
county.	345

The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield	346
township in Warren county.	347

The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within	348
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson	349
townships in Stark county.	350

The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the	351
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within	352
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of	353
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the	354
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county.	355

The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the	356
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick,	357
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of	358
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette,	359
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York	360
townships, in Medina county.	361

The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the	362
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county.	363

The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within	364
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of	365
Bradford that is located in Darke county.	366

The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the	367
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and	368
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county.	369

The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within	370
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within	371
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county.	372

Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court	373
has jurisdiction within Morrow county.	374

The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox	375
county.	376

The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry	377
county.	378

The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within	379
the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks,	380
Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin,	381
Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas	382
county.	383

The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within	384
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington,	385
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county.	386

The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the	387
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield	388
township in Trumbull county.	389

The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	390
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue	391
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships.	392

The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the	393
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South	394
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden,	395
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and	396
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except	397
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county.	398

The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the	399
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem	400
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake	401
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the	402
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the	403
Toledo municipal court.	404

The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within	405
Ottawa county.	406

The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within	407
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake	408
county.	409

The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the	410
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North	411
Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in	412
Cuyahoga county.	413

The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the	414
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford,	415
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in	416
Wood county.	417

The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within	418
Portage county.	419

The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto	420
county.	421

The Putnam county municipal court has jurisdiction within	422
Putnam county.	423

The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the	424
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park,	425
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga	426
county.	427

The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the	428
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within	429
Perkins township, in Erie county.	430

The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within	431
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood,	432
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county.	433

The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon,	434
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within	435
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in	436
Richland county.	437

The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby	438
county.	439

Beginning January 1, 2009, the Stow municipal court has	440
jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore	441
Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal	442
corporations of Boston Heights, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Munroe	443
Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow,	444
Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and Macedonia, in Summit county.	445

The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the	446
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland,	447
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county.	448

The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the	449
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania,	450
Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those	451
portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying	452
north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in	453
Lucas county.	454

The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big	455
Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed,	456
Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county.	457

The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington	458
township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in	459
Lucas county.	460

The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within	461
Wyandot county.	462

The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the	463
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and	464
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery	465
county.	466

The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert	467
county.	468

The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the	469
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all	470
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of	471
Lorain, in Lorain county.	472

The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the	473
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and	474
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon,	475
Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county.	476

The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and	477
Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except	478
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county.	479

The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction	480
within Fayette county.	481

The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within	482
Wayne county.	483

The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the	484
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick,	485
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill,	486
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake	487
county.	488

Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has	489
jurisdiction within Clinton county.	490

The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within	491
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross,	492
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in	493
Greene county.	494

(C) As used in this section:

495

(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not	496
limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is	497
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that	498
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is	499
governmentally a part of the township.	500

(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within	501
the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any	502
townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation.	503

Sec. 1901.03.  As used in this chapter:

504

(A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which	505
municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 1901.01	506
and 1901.02 of the Revised Code.	507

(B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority	508
of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other	509
than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the	510
respective board of county commissioners of the county in which a	511
county-operated municipal court is located.	512

(C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the	513
municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	514
county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the	515
respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the	516
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located.	517

(D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal	518
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	519
county-operated municipal court, is located.	520

(E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal	521
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	522
county-operated municipal court, is located.	523

(F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize	524
county, Brown county, Carroll county, Clermont county, Columbiana	525
county, Crawford county, Darke county, Hamilton county, Hocking	526
county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, Madison	527
county, Miami county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, Portage	528
county, Putnam county, or Wayne county municipal court and,	529
effective January 1, 2008, also includes the Erie county municipal	530
court.	531

(G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is	532
located" includes each municipal corporation named in section	533
1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a	534
judge sits pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code.	535

Sec. 1901.07.  (A) All municipal court judges shall be	536
elected on the nonpartisan ballot for terms of six years. In a	537
municipal court in which only one judge is to be elected in any	538
one year, that judge's term commences on the first day of January	539
after the election. In a municipal court in which two or more	540
judges are to be elected in any one year, their terms commence on	541
successive days beginning the first day of January, following the	542
election, unless otherwise provided by section 1901.08 of the	543
Revised Code.	544

(B) All candidates for municipal court judge may be nominated	545
either by nominating petition or by primary election, except that	546
if the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends only to the	547
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which the court	548
is located and that municipal corporation operates under a	549
charter, all candidates shall be nominated in the same manner	550
provided in the charter for the office of municipal court judge	551
or, if no specific provisions are made in the charter for the	552
office of municipal court judge, in the same manner as the charter	553
prescribes for the nomination and election of the legislative	554
authority of the municipal corporation.	555

If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the	556
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is	557
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond	558
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is	559
located and no charter provisions apply, all candidates for party	560
nomination to the office of municipal court judge shall file a	561
declaration of candidacy and petition not later than four p.m. of	562
the seventy-fifth day before the day of the primary election, or	563
if the primary election is a presidential primary election, not	564
later than four p.m. of the sixtieth day before the day of the	565
presidential primary election, in the form prescribed by section	566
3513.07 of the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the	567
requirements provided for those petitions of candidacy contained	568
in section 3513.05 of the Revised Code, except that the petition	569
shall be signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the	570
court. If no valid declaration of candidacy is filed for	571
nomination as a candidate of a political party for election to the	572
office of municipal court judge, or if the number of persons	573
filing the declarations of candidacy for nominations as candidates	574
of one political party for election to the office does not exceed	575
the number of candidates that that party is entitled to nominate	576
as its candidates for election to the office, no primary election	577
shall be held for the purpose of nominating candidates of that	578
party for election to the office, and the candidates shall be	579
issued certificates of nomination in the manner set forth in	580
section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	581

If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the	582
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is	583
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond	584
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is	585
located and no charter provisions apply, nonpartisan candidates	586
for the office of municipal court judge shall file nominating	587
petitions not later than four p.m. of the day before the day of	588
the primary election in the form prescribed by section 3513.261 of	589
the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the requirements	590
provided for those petitions of candidacy contained in section	591
3513.257 of the Revised Code, except that the petition shall be	592
signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the court.	593

The nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for a	594
municipal court judge shall contain a designation of the term for	595
which the candidate seeks election. At the following regular	596
municipal election, the candidacies of the judges nominated shall	597
be submitted to the electors of the territory on a nonpartisan,	598
judicial ballot in the same manner as provided for judges of the	599
court of common pleas, except that, in a municipal corporation	600
operating under a charter, all candidates for municipal court	601
judge shall be elected in conformity with the charter if	602
provisions are made in the charter for the election of municipal	603
court judges.	604

(C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, in	605
the following municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated and	606
elected as follows:	607

(1) In the Cleveland municipal court, the judges shall be	608
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	609
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in	610
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the	611
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Cleveland for filing	612
petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each elector shall	613
have the right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to	614
be elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the	615
electors of the territory of the court in the manner provided by	616
law for the election of judges of the court of common pleas.	617

(2) In the Toledo municipal court, the judges shall be	618
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	619
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in	620
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the	621
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Toledo for filing	622
nominating petitions for city council. Each elector shall have the	623
right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to be	624
elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the electors	625
of the territory of the court in the manner provided by law for	626
the election of judges of the court of common pleas.	627

(3) In the Akron municipal court, the judges shall be	628
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	629
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in	630
statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the	631
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Akron for filing	632
nominating petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each	633
elector shall have the right to sign petitions for as many	634
candidates as are to be elected, but no more. The judges shall be	635
elected by the electors of the territory of the court in the	636
manner provided by law for the election of judges of the court of	637
common pleas.	638

(4) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the judges shall	639
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	640
least fifty electors of the territory of the court, which	641
petitions shall be signed, verified, and filed in the manner and	642
within the time required by law for nominating petitions for	643
members of council of the city of Cincinnati. The judges shall be	644
elected by the electors of the territory of the court at the	645
regular municipal election and in the manner provided by law for	646
the election of judges of the court of common pleas.	647

(5) In the Franklin county municipal court, the judges shall	648
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	649
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. The petition	650
shall be in the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner	651
and within the time prescribed by the charter of the city of	652
Columbus for filing petitions of candidates for municipal offices.	653
The judges shall be elected by the electors of the territory of	654
the court in the manner provided by law for the election of judges	655
of the court of common pleas.	656

(6) In the Auglaize, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Crawford,	657
Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Miami, Morrow, Putnam, and	658
Wayne county municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated only	659
by petition. The petitions shall be signed by at least fifty	660
electors of the territory of the court and shall conform to the	661
provisions of this section.	662

(D) In the Portage county municipal court, the judges shall	663
be nominated either by nominating petition or by primary election,	664
as provided in division (B) of this section.	665

(E) As used in this section, as to an election for either a	666
full or an unexpired term, "the territory within the jurisdiction	667
of the court" means that territory as it will be on the first day	668
of January after the election.	669

Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of,	670
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of	671
their terms shall be as follows:	672

In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be	673
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953,	674
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time	675
judge shall be elected in 1975.	676

In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	677
elected in 1953.	678

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

In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall	681
be elected in 1953.	682

In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge	683
shall be elected in 1967.	684

In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge	685
shall be elected in 1975.	686

In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall	687
be elected in 1957.	688

In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall	689
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	690
1971.	691

In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	692
elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.	693

In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge	694
shall be elected in 1993.	695

In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	696
elected in 1951.	697

In the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	698
elected in 2005.	699

In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge	700
shall be elected in 1983.	701

In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge	702
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the	703
part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed	704
prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall	705
serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court	706
until December 31, 2005.	707

In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	708
elected in 1965.	709

In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall	710
be elected in 1951.	711

In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	712
elected in 1963.	713

In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	714
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and	715
two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977.	716

In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge	717
shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge	718
elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county	719
county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the	720
full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until	721
December 31, 2009.	722

In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	723
elected in 1957.	724

In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge	725
shall be elected in 2001.	726

In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	727
elected in 1963.	728

In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall	729
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	730
1977.	731

In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	732
be elected in 1953.	733

In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge	734
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be	735
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal	736
court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges	737
of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until	738
the end of their respective terms.	739

In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges	740
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected	741
in 1999.	742

In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall	743
be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in	744
1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955.	745

In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	746
shall be elected in 1957.	747

In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge	748
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington	749
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge	750
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the	751
end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997.	752

In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time	753
judges shall be elected in 2001.	754

In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	755
elected in 1953.	756

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

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

In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge	761
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected	762
in 1967. Effective December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal	763
court shall cease to exist; however, the judges of the Cuyahoga	764
Falls municipal court who were elected pursuant to this section in	765
2003 and 2007 for terms beginning on January 1, 2004, and January	766
1, 2008, respectively, shall serve as full-time judges of the Stow	767
municipal court until December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2013,	768
respectively.	769

In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge	770
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time	771
judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that	772
date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the	773
full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December	774
31, 2005.	775

In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall	776
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days	777
beginning on the first day of January next after their election,	778
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to	779
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January	780
next after their election.	781

In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	782
elected in 1957.	783

In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	784
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007.	785

In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge	786
shall be elected in 1957.	787

In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge	788
shall be elected in 1953.	789

In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	790
elected in 1973.	791

In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	792
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	793

In the Erie county municipal court, one full-time judge shall	794
be elected in 2007.	795

In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	796
elected in 1951.	797

In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	798
elected in 1977.	799

In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge	800
shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected	801
in 2005.	802

In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall	803
be elected in 1989.	804

In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	805
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993.	806

In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	807
elected in 1975.	808

In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	809
elected in 1951.	810

In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges	811
shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected	812
in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one	813
full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge	814
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected	815
in 1997.	816

In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	817
elected in 1975.	818

In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall	819
be elected in 1981.	820

In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	821
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected	822
in 1981.	823

In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	824
elected in 1963.	825

In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	826
elected in 1953.	827

In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges	828
shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected	829
in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two	830
full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of	831
the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first	832
day of January next after their election, except that the terms of	833
the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on	834
January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the	835
additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January	836
4, 1984, and January 5, 1984.	837

In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge	838
shall be elected in 1989.	839

In the Hillsboro municipal court, one full-time judge shall	840
be elected in 2011. On and after the effective date of this	841
amendmentDecember 30, 2008, the part-time judge of the Hillsboro	842
municipal court who was elected in 2005 shall serve as a full-time	843
judge of the court until the end of that judge's term on December	844
31, 2011.	845

In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge	846
shall be elected in 1977.	847

In the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge	848
shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time	849
judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that	850
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the	851
full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until	852
December 31, 2007.	853

In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	854
elected in 1967.	855

In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	856
elected in 1951.	857

In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge	858
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the	859
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was	860
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court	861
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001.	862

In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall	863
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	864
1975.	865

In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	866
elected in 1955.	867

In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall	868
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	869
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the	870
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall	871
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the	872
end of those judges' terms.	873

In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge	874
shall be elected in 1981.	875

In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	876
elected in 1955.	877

In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge	878
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected	879
in 1971.	880

In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	881
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967.	882

In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	883
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	884

In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall	885
be elected in 1957.	886

In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge	887
shall be elected in 1981.	888

In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall	889
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	890
1969.	891

In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	892
elected in 1957.	893

In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	894
elected in 1951.	895

In the Marysville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	896
be elected in 2011. On and after January 18, 2007, the part-time	897
judge of the Marysville municipal court who was elected in 2005	898
shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of	899
that judge's term on December 31, 2011.	900

In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	901
elected in 1965.	902

In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall	903
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	904
1971.	905

In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	906
elected in 1963.	907

In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	908
elected in 1957.	909

In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	910
elected in 1971.	911

In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge	912
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected	913
in 1979.	914

In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge shall	915
be elected in 1951.	916

In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall	917
be elected in 1953.	918

In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge	919
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time	920
judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that	921
date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county	922
municipal court until December 31, 2005.	923

In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge	924
shall be elected in 1951.	925

In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	926
elected in 2005.	927

In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge	928
shall be elected in 1975.	929

In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge	930
shall be elected in 1963.	931

In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	932
elected in 1951.	933

In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	934
elected in 1975.	935

In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	936
elected in 1953.	937

In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	938
elected in 1989.	939

In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	940
elected in 1963.	941

In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge	942
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port	943
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the	944
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994,	945
until the end of that judge's term.	946

In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	947
be elected in 1951.	948

In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	949
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and	950
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.	951

In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall	952
be elected in 1977.	953

In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges	954
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected	955
in 1971.	956

In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge	957
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton	958
municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of	959
the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the	960
end of that judge's term.	961

In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall	962
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	963
1985.	964

In the Putnam county municipal court, one full-time judge	965
shall be elected in 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, the part-time	966
judge of the Putnam county county court that existed prior to that	967
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the	968
full-time judge of the Putnam county municipal court until	969
December 31, 2011.	970

In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall	971
be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	972
1971.	973

In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	974
elected in 1953.	975

In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	976
shall be elected in 1957.	977

In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	978
elected in 1957.	979

In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	980
elected in 1995.	981

In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge	982
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993,	983
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until	984
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on	985
January 1, 2000.	986

In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges	987
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected	988
in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield	989
municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of	990
the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the	991
end of their respective terms.	992

In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge	993
shall be elected in 1953.	994

In the Stow municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	995
elected in 2009, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013.	996
Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls	997
municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term	998
commenced on January 1, 2008, shall serve as a full-time judge of	999
the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2013. Beginning	1000
January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court	1001
that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1,	1002
2004, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court	1003
until December 31, 2009.	1004

In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall	1005
be elected in 1963.	1006

In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1007
elected in 1963.	1008

In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1009
elected in 1953.	1010

In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be	1011
elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975,	1012
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	1013

In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge	1014
shall be elected in 2011. The part-time judge elected in 2005,	1015
whose term commenced on January 1, 2006, shall serve as a	1016
full-time judge on and after January 1, 2008, until the expiration	1017
of that judge's term on December 31, 2011, and the office of that	1018
judge is abolished on January 1, 2012.	1019

In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1020
elected in 1959.	1021

In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1022
elected in 1957.	1023

In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall	1024
be elected in 1965.	1025

In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall	1026
be elected in 1981.	1027

In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1028
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.	1029

In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time	1030
judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in	1031
1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until	1032
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on	1033
January 1, 2000.	1034

In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge	1035
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected	1036
in 1979.	1037

In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall	1038
be elected in 1951.	1039

In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall	1040
be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington	1041
municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the	1042
Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of	1043
that judge's term on December 31, 1997.	1044

In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1045
elected in 1977.	1046

In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall	1047
be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be elected in	1048
1953.	1049

In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	1050
be elected in 1953.	1051

Sec. 1901.31.  The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal	1052
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have	1053
powers and duties as follows:	1054

(A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed or	1055
elected as follows:	1056

(1)(a) Except in the Akron, Barberton, Toledo, Hamilton	1057
county, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts and	1058
through December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, if	1059
the population of the territory equals or exceeds one hundred	1060
thousand at the regular municipal election immediately preceding	1061
the expiration of the term of the present clerk, the clerk shall	1062
be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the	1063
territory in the manner that is provided for the nomination and	1064
election of judges in section 1901.07 of the Revised Code.	1065

The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six	1066
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January	1067
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's	1068
successor is elected and qualified.	1069

(b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of	1070
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal	1071
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the	1072
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in	1073
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners	1074
prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as the	1075
clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the	1076
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth	1077
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common	1078
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the	1079
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of	1080
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county	1081
treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the	1082
annual compensation that is received for the performance of the	1083
duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided in	1084
sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.	1085

(c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts,	1086
the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county shall be	1087
the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and Wayne county	1088
municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each	1089
branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the	1090
Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges of the municipal	1091
court determine are necessary, all of whom shall receive the	1092
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks	1093
of courts of Portage county and Wayne county, acting as the clerks	1094
of the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts and	1095
assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation	1096
payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at	1097
one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of	1098
common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of	1099
the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18	1100
of the Revised Code.	1101

(d) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of	1102
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for	1103
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	1104
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	1105
specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the nomination	1106
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of	1107
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations	1108
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the	1109
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of	1110
clerk of the Akron municipal court shall be signed by at least	1111
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	1112

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1113
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1114
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	1115
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1116
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1117
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1118
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1119
Revised Code.	1120

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1121
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1122
party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron municipal	1123
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of	1124
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.	1125
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and	1126
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1127
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be	1128
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for	1129
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a	1130
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section	1131
3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1132

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1133
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1134
of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the	1135
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	1136
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	1137
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	1138
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	1139
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	1140
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	1141
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	1142
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	1143
qualified.	1144

(e) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(e) of	1145
this section, in the Barberton municipal court, candidates for	1146
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	1147
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	1148
specified in the charter of the city of Barberton for the	1149
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary	1150
provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the	1151
declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and	1152
the nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office	1153
of clerk of the Barberton municipal court shall be signed by at	1154
least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	1155

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1156
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1157
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	1158
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1159
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1160
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1161
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1162
Revised Code.	1163

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1164
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1165
party for election to the office of clerk of the Barberton	1166
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the	1167
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to	1168
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of	1169
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a	1170
particular political party for election to that office, a primary	1171
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a	1172
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the	1173
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the	1174
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1175

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1176
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1177
of the Barberton municipal court shall contain a designation of	1178
the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	1179
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	1180
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	1181
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	1182
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	1183
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	1184
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	1185
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	1186
qualified.	1187

(f)(i) Through December 31, 2008, except as otherwise	1188
provided in division (A)(1)(f)(i) of this section, in the Cuyahoga	1189
Falls municipal court, candidates for election to the office of	1190
clerk of the court shall be nominated by primary election. The	1191
primary election shall be held on the day specified in the charter	1192
of the city of Cuyahoga Falls for the nomination of municipal	1193
officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section	1194
3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations of	1195
candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the nominating	1196
petitions of independent candidates for the office of clerk of the	1197
Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall be signed by at least fifty	1198
qualified electors of the territory of the court.	1199

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1200
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1201
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	1202
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1203
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1204
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1205
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1206
Revised Code.	1207

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1208
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1209
party for election to the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls	1210
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the	1211
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to	1212
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of	1213
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a	1214
particular political party for election to that office, a primary	1215
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a	1216
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the	1217
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the	1218
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1219

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1220
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1221
of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall contain a designation	1222
of the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the	1223
following regular municipal election, all candidates for the	1224
office shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the	1225
territory of the court in the manner that is provided in section	1226
1901.07 of the Revised Code for the election of the judges of the	1227
court. The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six	1228
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January	1229
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's	1230
successor is elected and qualified.	1231

(ii) Division (A)(1)(f)(i) of this section shall have no	1232
effect after December 31, 2008.	1233

(g) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(g) of	1234
this section, in the Toledo municipal court, candidates for	1235
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	1236
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	1237
specified in the charter of the city of Toledo for the nomination	1238
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of	1239
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations	1240
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the	1241
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of	1242
clerk of the Toledo municipal court shall be signed by at least	1243
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	1244

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1245
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1246
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of	1247
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1248
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1249
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1250
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1251
Revised Code.	1252

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1253
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1254
party for election to the office of clerk of the Toledo municipal	1255
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of	1256
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.	1257
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and	1258
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1259
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be	1260
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for	1261
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a	1262
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section	1263
3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1264

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1265
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1266
of the Toledo municipal court shall contain a designation of the	1267
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	1268
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	1269
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	1270
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	1271
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	1272
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	1273
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	1274
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	1275
qualified.	1276

(2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, Brown	1277
county, Columbiana county, Holmes county, Putnam county, Lorain,	1278
Massillon, and Youngstown municipal courts, in a municipal court	1279
for which the population of the territory is less than one hundred	1280
thousand, the clerk shall be appointed by the court, and the clerk	1281
shall hold office until the clerk's successor is appointed and	1282
qualified.	1283

(b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown	1284
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office	1285
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section.	1286

(c) In the Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county,	1287
and Putnam county municipal courts, the clerks of courts of	1288
Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county, and Putnam	1289
county shall be the clerks, respectively, of the Auglaize county,	1290
Brown county, and Holmes county, and Putnam county municipal	1291
courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office	1292
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised	1293
Code, and assistant clerks as the judge of the court determines	1294
are necessary, all of whom shall receive the compensation that the	1295
legislative authority prescribes. The clerks of courts of Auglaize	1296
county, Brown county, and Holmes county, and Putnam county,	1297
acting as the clerks of the Auglaize county, Brown county, and	1298
Holmes county, and Putnam county municipal courts and assuming the	1299
duties of these offices, shall receive compensation payable from	1300
the county treasury in semimonthly installments at one-fourth the	1301
rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas	1302
as determined in accordance with the population of the county and	1303
the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised	1304
Code.	1305

(d) In the Columbiana county municipal court, the clerk of	1306
courts of Columbiana county shall be the clerk of the municipal	1307
court, may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office	1308
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised	1309
Code, and may appoint any assistant clerks that the judges of the	1310
court determine are necessary. All of the chief deputy clerks and	1311
assistant clerks shall receive the compensation that the	1312
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of	1313
Columbiana county, acting as the clerk of the Columbiana county	1314
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall	1315
receive in either biweekly installments or semimonthly	1316
installments, as determined by the payroll administrator,	1317
compensation payable from the county treasury at one-fourth the	1318
rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas	1319
as determined in accordance with the population of the county and	1320
the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised	1321
Code.	1322

(3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to illness,	1323
vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a temporary	1324
clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have the same	1325
authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk.	1326

(B) Except in the Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne	1327
county municipal courts, if a vacancy occurs in the office of the	1328
clerk of the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, or Youngstown municipal	1329
court or occurs in the office of the clerk of a municipal court	1330
for which the population of the territory equals or exceeds one	1331
hundred thousand because the clerk ceases to hold the office	1332
before the end of the clerk's term or because a clerk-elect fails	1333
to take office, the vacancy shall be filled, until a successor is	1334
elected and qualified, by a person chosen by the residents of the	1335
territory of the court who are members of the county central	1336
committee of the political party by which the last occupant of	1337
that office or the clerk-elect was nominated. Not less than five	1338
nor more than fifteen days after a vacancy occurs, those members	1339
of that county central committee shall meet to make an appointment	1340
to fill the vacancy. At least four days before the date of the	1341
meeting, the chairperson or a secretary of the county central	1342
committee shall notify each such member of that county central	1343
committee by first class mail of the date, time, and place of the	1344
meeting and its purpose. A majority of all such members of that	1345
county central committee constitutes a quorum, and a majority of	1346
the quorum is required to make the appointment. If the office so	1347
vacated was occupied or was to be occupied by a person not	1348
nominated at a primary election, or if the appointment was not	1349
made by the committee members in accordance with this division,	1350
the court shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy. A	1351
successor shall be elected to fill the office for the unexpired	1352
term at the first municipal election that is held more than one	1353
hundred twenty days after the vacancy occurred.	1354

(C)(1) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county,	1355
the Brown county, the Columbiana county, the Holmes county, the	1356
Putnam county, and the Lorain municipal courts, for which the	1357
population of the territory is less than one hundred thousand, the	1358
clerk of the municipal court shall receive the annual compensation	1359
that the presiding judge of the court prescribes, if the revenue	1360
of the court for the preceding calendar year, as certified by the	1361
auditor or chief fiscal officer of the municipal corporation in	1362
which the court is located or, in the case of a county-operated	1363
municipal court, the county auditor, is equal to or greater than	1364
the expenditures, including any debt charges, for the operation of	1365
the court payable under this chapter from the city treasury or, in	1366
the case of a county-operated municipal court, the county treasury	1367
for that calendar year, as also certified by the auditor or chief	1368
fiscal officer. If the revenue of a municipal court, other than	1369
the Auglaize county, the Brown county, the Columbiana county, the	1370
Putnam county, and the Lorain municipal courts, for which the	1371
population of the territory is less than one hundred thousand for	1372
the preceding calendar year as so certified is not equal to or	1373
greater than those expenditures for the operation of the court for	1374
that calendar year as so certified, the clerk of a municipal court	1375
shall receive the annual compensation that the legislative	1376
authority prescribes. As used in this division, "revenue" means	1377
the total of all costs and fees that are collected and paid to the	1378
city treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county	1379
treasury by the clerk of the municipal court under division (F) of	1380
this section and all interest received and paid to the city	1381
treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county	1382
treasury in relation to the costs and fees under division (G) of	1383
this section.	1384

(2) In a municipal court, other than the Hamilton county,	1385
Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, for which the	1386
population of the territory is one hundred thousand or more, and	1387
in the Lorain municipal court, the clerk of the municipal court	1388
shall receive annual compensation in a sum equal to eighty-five	1389
per cent of the salary of a judge of the court.	1390

(3) The compensation of a clerk described in division (C)(1)	1391
or (2) of this section and of the clerk of the Columbiana county	1392
municipal court is payable in either semimonthly installments or	1393
biweekly installments, as determined by the payroll administrator,	1394
from the same sources and in the same manner as provided in	1395
section 1901.11 of the Revised Code, except that the compensation	1396
of the clerk of the Carroll county municipal court is payable in	1397
biweekly installments.	1398

(D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office,	1399
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than	1400
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court,	1401
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties.	1402

(E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the	1403
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue executions	1404
upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a judgment for	1405
unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of the court to all	1406
writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing out of the court;	1407
and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, and undertakings	1408
fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The clerk may refuse to	1409
accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a	1410
person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under	1411
section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain	1412
leave to proceed under that section. The clerk shall do all of the	1413
following: file and safely keep all journals, records, books, and	1414
papers belonging or appertaining to the court; record the	1415
proceedings of the court; perform all other duties that the judges	1416
of the court may prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts	1417
and disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection	1418
at all times.	1419

The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a	1420
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all	1421
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the docket,	1422
the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of an	1423
action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the	1424
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates,	1425
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of	1426
summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings.	1427
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders,	1428
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the	1429
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may order	1430
an extended record of any of the above to be made and entered,	1431
under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the request of	1432
any party to the case, the expense of which record may be taxed as	1433
costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the party	1434
demanding the record, upon order of the court.	1435

(F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect,	1436
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other	1437
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The	1438
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or officers,	1439
and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other	1440
moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 307.515 and	1441
4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the	1442
Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of	1443
any moneys received by a municipal court and except for the	1444
Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal	1445
courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received for violation of	1446
municipal ordinances into the treasury of the municipal	1447
corporation the ordinance of which was violated and shall pay all	1448
fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted	1449
pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or Chapter 504. of the	1450
Revised Code into the treasury of the township the resolution of	1451
which was violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of	1452
the Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and	1453
Ottawa county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent	1454
of the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and	1455
fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township	1456
resolutions adopted pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or	1457
Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of the county.	1458
Subject to sections 307.515, 4511.19, and 5503.04 of the Revised	1459
Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that requires a	1460
specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received by a	1461
municipal court, the clerk shall pay all fines collected for the	1462
violation of state laws into the county treasury. Except in a	1463
county-operated municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and	1464
fees the disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in	1465
the Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a	1466
county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the	1467
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the Revised	1468
Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as security for	1469
costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The clerk shall	1470
keep a separate account of all receipts and disbursements in civil	1471
and criminal cases, which shall be a permanent public record of	1472
the office. On the expiration of the term of the clerk, the clerk	1473
shall deliver the records to the clerk's successor. The clerk	1474
shall have other powers and duties as are prescribed by rule or	1475
order of the court.	1476

(G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted on	1477
the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be	1478
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and	1479
loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised	1480
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon	1481
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, in	1482
a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid into	1483
the treasury of the county in which the court is located.	1484

On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall	1485
make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that were	1486
finally determined more than one year past in which there remains	1487
unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of	1488
a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the	1489
case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties who	1490
are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys of record. All	1491
the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of each	1492
year shall be paid by the clerk to the city treasurer, except	1493
that, in a county-operated municipal court, the moneys shall be	1494
paid to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located.	1495
The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys at any time to the	1496
person who has the right to the moneys upon proper certification	1497
of the clerk.	1498

(H) Deputy clerks of a municipal court other than the Carroll	1499
county municipal court may be appointed by the clerk and shall	1500
receive the compensation, payable in either biweekly installments	1501
or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll	1502
administrator, out of the city treasury, that the clerk may	1503
prescribe, except that the compensation of any deputy clerk of a	1504
county-operated municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury	1505
of the county in which the court is located. The judge of the	1506
Carroll county municipal court may appoint deputy clerks for the	1507
court, and the deputy clerks shall receive the compensation,	1508
payable in biweekly installments out of the county treasury, that	1509
the judge may prescribe. Each deputy clerk shall take an oath of	1510
office before entering upon the duties of the deputy clerk's	1511
office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties appertaining	1512
to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require any of the	1513
deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three thousand	1514
dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy	1515
clerk's duties.	1516

(I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the population	1517
of the territory of a municipal court falls below one hundred	1518
thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the population of the	1519
territory prior to the most recent regular federal census exceeded	1520
one hundred thousand, the legislative authority of the municipal	1521
corporation may declare, by resolution, that the territory shall	1522
be considered to have a population of at least one hundred	1523
thousand.	1524

(J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at all	1525
sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in the	1526
courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors and	1527
receive verdicts.	1528

Sec. 1901.312.  (A) As used in this section, "health care	1529
coverage" has the same meaning as in section 1901.111 of the	1530
Revised Code.	1531

(B) The legislative authority, after consultation with the	1532
clerk and deputy clerks of the municipal court, shall negotiate	1533
and contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure group health care	1534
coverage for the clerk and deputy clerks and their spouses and	1535
dependents from insurance companies authorized to engage in the	1536
business of insurance in this state under Title XXXIX of the	1537
Revised Code or health insuring corporations holding certificates	1538
of authority under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code, except that	1539
if the county or municipal corporation served by the legislative	1540
authority provides group health care coverage for its employees,	1541
the group health care coverage required by this section shall be	1542
provided, if possible, through the policy or plan under which the	1543
group health care coverage is provided for the county or municipal	1544
corporation employees.	1545

(C) The portion of the costs, premiums, or charges for the	1546
group health care coverage procured pursuant to division (B) of	1547
this section that is not paid by the clerk and deputy clerks of	1548
the municipal court, or all of the costs, premiums, or charges for	1549
the group health care coverage if the clerk and deputy clerks will	1550
not be paying any such portion, shall be paid as follows:	1551

(1) If the municipal court is a county-operated municipal	1552
court, the portion of the costs, premiums, or charges or all of	1553
the costs, premiums, or charges shall be paid out of the treasury	1554
of the county.	1555

(2)(a) If the municipal court is not a county-operated	1556
municipal court, the portion of the costs, premiums, or charges in	1557
connection with the clerk or all of the costs, premiums, or	1558
charges in connection with the clerk shall be paid in three-fifths	1559
and two-fifths shares from the city treasury and appropriate	1560
county treasuries as described in division (C) of section 1901.31	1561
of the Revised Code. The three-fifths share of a city treasury is	1562
subject to apportionment under section 1901.026 of the Revised	1563
Code.	1564

(b) If the municipal court is not a county-operated municipal	1565
court, the portion of the costs, premiums, or charges in	1566
connection with the deputy clerks or all of the costs, premiums,	1567
or charges in connection with the deputy clerks shall be paid from	1568
the city treasury and shall be subject to apportionment under	1569
section 1901.026 of the Revised Code.	1570

(D) This section does not apply to the clerk of the Auglaize	1571
county, Hamilton county, Portage county, Putnam county, or Wayne	1572
county municipal court, if health care coverage is provided to the	1573
clerk by virtue of the clerk's employment as the clerk of the	1574
court of common pleas of Auglaize county, Hamilton county, Portage	1575
county, Putnam county, or Wayne county.	1576

Sec. 1901.32.  (A) The bailiffs and deputy bailiffs of a	1577
municipal court shall be provided for, and their duties are, as	1578
follows:	1579

(1) Except for the Hamilton county municipal court, the court	1580
shall appoint a bailiff who shall receive the annual compensation	1581
that the court prescribes payable in either biweekly installments	1582
or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll	1583
administrator, from the same sources and in the same manner as	1584
provided in section 1901.11 of the Revised Code. The court may	1585
provide that the chief of police of the municipal corporation or a	1586
member of the police force be appointed by the court to be the	1587
bailiff of the court. Before entering upon the duties of office,	1588
the bailiff shall take an oath to faithfully perform the duties of	1589
the office and shall give a bond of not less than three thousand	1590
dollars, as the legislative authority prescribes, conditioned for	1591
the faithful performance the duties of chief bailiff.	1592

(2) Except for the Hamilton county municipal court, deputy	1593
bailiffs may be appointed by the court. Deputy bailiffs shall	1594
receive the compensation payable in semimonthly installments out	1595
of the city treasury that the court prescribes, except that the	1596
compensation of deputy bailiffs in a county-operated municipal	1597
court shall be paid out of the treasury of the county in which the	1598
court is located. Each deputy bailiff shall give a bond in an	1599
amount not less than one thousand dollars, and, when so qualified,	1600
may perform the duties pertaining to the office of chief bailiff	1601
of the court.	1602

(3) The bailiff and all deputy bailiffs of the Hamilton	1603
county municipal court shall be appointed by the clerk and shall	1604
receive the compensation payable in semimonthly installments out	1605
of the treasury of Hamilton county that the clerk prescribes. Each	1606
judge of the Hamilton county municipal court may appoint a	1607
courtroom bailiff, each of whom shall receive the compensation	1608
payable in semimonthly installments out of the treasury of	1609
Hamilton county that the court prescribes.	1610

(4) The legislative authority may purchase motor vehicles for	1611
the use of the bailiffs and deputy bailiffs as the court	1612
determines they need to perform the duties of their office. All	1613
expenses, maintenance, and upkeep of the vehicles shall be paid by	1614
the legislative authority upon approval by the court. Any	1615
allowances, costs, and expenses for the operation of private motor	1616
vehicles by bailiffs and deputy bailiffs for official duties,	1617
including the cost of oil, gasoline, and maintenance, shall be	1618
prescribed by the court and, subject to the approval of the	1619
legislative authority, shall be paid from the city treasury,	1620
except that the allowances, costs, and expenses for the bailiffs	1621
and deputy bailiffs of a county-operated municipal court shall be	1622
paid from the treasury of the county in which the court is	1623
located.	1624

(5) Every police officer of any municipal corporation and	1625
police constable of a township within the territory of the court	1626
is ex officio a deputy bailiff of the court in and for the	1627
municipal corporation or township in which commissioned as a	1628
police officer or police constable, and shall perform any duties	1629
in respect to cases within the officerofficer's or constable's	1630
jurisdiction that are required by a judge of the court, or by the	1631
clerk or a bailiff or deputy bailiff of the court, without	1632
additional compensation.	1633

(6) In Putnam county, in addition to the persons who are ex	1634
officio deputy bailiffs under division (A)(5) of this section,	1635
every deputy sheriff of Putnam county is ex officio a deputy	1636
bailiff of the Putnam county municipal court and shall perform	1637
without additional compensation any duties in respect to cases	1638
within the deputy sheriff's jurisdiction that are required by a	1639
judge of the court, by the clerk of the court, or by a bailiff or	1640
deputy bailiff of the court.	1641

(7) The bailiff and deputy bailiffs shall perform for the	1642
court services similar to those performed by the sheriff for the	1643
court of common pleas and shall perform any other duties that are	1644
requested by rule of court.	1645

The bailiff or deputy bailiff may administer oaths to	1646
witnesses and jurors and receive verdicts in the same manner and	1647
form and to the same extent as the clerk or deputy clerks of the	1648
court. The bailiff may approve all undertakings and bonds given in	1649
actions of replevin and all redelivery bonds in attachments.	1650

(B) In the Cleveland municipal court, the chief clerks and	1651
all deputy clerks are in the classified civil service of the city	1652
of Cleveland. The clerk, the chief deputy clerks, the probation	1653
officers, one private secretary, one personal stenographer to the	1654
clerk, and one personal bailiff to each judge are in the	1655
unclassified civil service of the city of Cleveland. Upon demand	1656
of the clerk, the civil service commission of the city of	1657
Cleveland shall certify a list of those eligible for the position	1658
of deputy clerk. From the list, the clerk shall designate chief	1659
clerks and the number of deputy clerks that the legislative	1660
authority determines are necessary.	1661

Except as otherwise provided in this division, the bailiff,	1662
chief deputy bailiffs, and all deputy bailiffs of the Cleveland	1663
municipal court appointed after January 1, 1968, and the chief	1664
housing specialist, housing specialists, and housing division	1665
referees of the housing division of the Cleveland municipal court	1666
appointed under section 1901.331 of the Revised Code are in the	1667
unclassified civil service of the city of Cleveland. All deputy	1668
bailiffs of the housing division of the Cleveland municipal court	1669
appointed pursuant to that section are in the classified civil	1670
service of the city of Cleveland. Upon the demand of the judge of	1671
the housing division of the Cleveland municipal court, the civil	1672
service commission of the city of Cleveland shall certify a list	1673
of those eligible for the position of deputy bailiff of the	1674
housing division. From the list, the judge of the housing division	1675
shall designate the number of deputy bailiffs that the judge	1676
determines are necessary.	1677

The chief deputy clerks, the chief clerks, and all other	1678
deputy clerks of the Cleveland municipal court shall receive the	1679
compensation that the clerk prescribes. Except as provided in	1680
division (A)(4)(a) of section 1901.331 of the Revised Code with	1681
respect to officers and employees of the housing division of the	1682
Cleveland municipal court, the bailiff, all deputy bailiffs, and	1683
assignment room personnel of the Cleveland municipal court shall	1684
receive the compensation that the court prescribes.	1685

Any appointee under sections 1901.01 to 1901.37 of the	1686
Revised Code may be dismissed or discharged by the same power that	1687
appointed the appointee. In the case of the removal of any civil	1688
service appointee under those sections, an appeal may be taken	1689
from the decision of the civil service commission to the court of	1690
common pleas of Cuyahoga county to determine the sufficiency of	1691
the cause of removal. The appeal shall be taken within ten days of	1692
the finding of the commission.	1693

In the Cleveland municipal court, the presiding judge may	1694
appoint on a full-time, per diem, or contractual basis any	1695
official court reporters for the civil branch of the court that	1696
the business of the court requires. The compensation of official	1697
court reporters shall be determined by the presiding judge of the	1698
court. The compensation shall be payable from the city treasury	1699
and from the treasury of Cuyahoga county in the same proportion as	1700
designated in section 1901.11 of the Revised Code for the payment	1701
of compensation of municipal judges. In every trial in which the	1702
services of a court reporter so appointed are requested by the	1703
judge, any party, or the attorney for any party, there shall be	1704
taxed for each day's services of the court reporter a fee in the	1705
same amount as may be taxed for similar services in the court of	1706
common pleas under section 2301.21 of the Revised Code, to be	1707
collected as other costs in the case. The fees so collected shall	1708
be paid quarterly by the clerk into the city treasury and the	1709
treasury of Cuyahoga county in the same proportion as the	1710
compensation for the court reporters is paid from the city and	1711
county treasuries and shall be credited to the general funds of	1712
the city and county treasuries.	1713

(C) In the Hamilton county municipal court, all employees,	1714
including the bailiff, deputy bailiff, and courtroom bailiffs, are	1715
in the unclassified civil service.	1716

Sec. 1901.34.  (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and	1717
(D) of this section, the village solicitor, city director of law,	1718
or similar chief legal officer for each municipal corporation	1719
within the territory of a municipal court shall prosecute all	1720
cases brought before the municipal court for criminal offenses	1721
occurring within the municipal corporation for which that person	1722
is the solicitor, director of law, or similar chief legal officer.	1723
Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the village	1724
solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer of	1725
the municipal corporation in which a municipal court is located	1726
shall prosecute all criminal cases brought before the court	1727
arising in the unincorporated areas within the territory of the	1728
municipal court.	1729

(B) The Auglaize county, Brown county, Clermont county,	1730
Hocking county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Morrow county,	1731
Ottawa county, and Portage county, and Putnam county prosecuting	1732
attorneys shall prosecute in municipal court all violations of	1733
state law arising in their respective counties. The Carroll	1734
county, Crawford county, Hamilton county, Madison county, and	1735
Wayne county prosecuting attorneys and beginning January 1, 2008,	1736
the Erie county prosecuting attorney shall prosecute all	1737
violations of state law arising within the unincorporated areas of	1738
their respective counties. The Columbiana county prosecuting	1739
attorney shall prosecute in the Columbiana county municipal court	1740
all violations of state law arising in the county, except for	1741
violations arising in the municipal corporation of East Liverpool,	1742
Liverpool township, or St. Clair township. The Darke county	1743
prosecuting attorney shall prosecute in the Darke county municipal	1744
court all violations of state law arising in the county, except	1745
for violations of state law arising in the municipal corporation	1746
of Greenville and violations of state law arising in the village	1747
of Versailles. The Greene county board of county commissioners may	1748
provide for the prosecution of all violations of state law arising	1749
within the territorial jurisdiction of any municipal court located	1750
in Greene county.	1751

The prosecuting attorney of any county given the duty of	1752
prosecuting in municipal court violations of state law shall	1753
receive no additional compensation for assuming these additional	1754
duties, except that the prosecuting attorney of Hamilton, Portage,	1755
and Wayne counties shall receive compensation at the rate of four	1756
thousand eight hundred dollars per year, and the prosecuting	1757
attorney of Auglaize county shall receive compensation at the rate	1758
of one thousand eight hundred dollars per year, each payable from	1759
the county treasury of the respective counties in semimonthly	1760
installments.	1761

(C) The village solicitor, city director of law, or similar	1762
chief legal officer shall perform the same duties, insofar as they	1763
are applicable to the village solicitor, city director of law, or	1764
similar chief legal officer, as are required of the prosecuting	1765
attorney of the county. The village solicitor, city director of	1766
law, similar chief legal officer or any assistants who may be	1767
appointed shall receive for such services additional compensation	1768
to be paid from the treasury of the county as the board of county	1769
commissioners prescribes.	1770

(D) The prosecuting attorney of any county, other than	1771
Auglaize, Brown, Clermont, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Morrow,	1772
Ottawa, or Portage, or Putnam county, may enter into an agreement	1773
with any municipal corporation in the county in which the	1774
prosecuting attorney serves pursuant to which the prosecuting	1775
attorney prosecutes all criminal cases brought before the	1776
municipal court that has territorial jurisdiction over that	1777
municipal corporation for criminal offenses occurring within the	1778
municipal corporation. The prosecuting attorney of Auglaize,	1779
Brown, Clermont, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Morrow, Ottawa, or	1780
Portage, or Putnam county may enter into an agreement with any	1781
municipal corporation in the county in which the prosecuting	1782
attorney serves pursuant to which the respective prosecuting	1783
attorney prosecutes all cases brought before the Auglaize county,	1784
Brown county, Clermont county, Hocking county, Holmes county,	1785
Jackson county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, or Portage county,	1786
or Putnam county municipal court for violations of the ordinances	1787
of the municipal corporation or for criminal offenses other than	1788
violations of state law occurring within the municipal	1789
corporation. For prosecuting these cases, the prosecuting attorney	1790
and the municipal corporation may agree upon a fee to be paid by	1791
the municipal corporation, which fee shall be paid into the county	1792
treasury, to be used to cover expenses of the office of the	1793
prosecuting attorney.	1794

Sec. 1907.11.  (A) Each county court district shall have the	1795
following county court judges, to be elected as follows:	1796

In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall	1797
be elected in 1982.	1798

In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge	1799
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected	1800
in 1982.	1801

In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge shall	1802
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two	1803
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	1804
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1805

In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge shall	1806
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two	1807
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	1808
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1809

Until December 31, 2007, in the Erie county county court, one	1810
part-time judge shall be elected in 1982. Effective January 1,	1811
2008, the Erie county county court shall cease to exist.	1812

In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge shall	1813
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	1814
1982.	1815

In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge	1816
shall be elected in 1982.	1817

In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge	1818
shall be elected in 1982.	1819

In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge	1820
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and	1821
two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence	1822
on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1823

In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge	1824
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and	1825
three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence	1826
on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1995,	1827
respectively.	1828

In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall	1829
be elected in 1982.	1830

In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge shall	1831
be elected in 1982.	1832

In the Montgomery county county court, three part-time judges	1833
shall be elected in 1998, terms to commence on January 1, 1999,	1834
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively, and two	1835
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	1836
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1837

In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge shall	1838
be elected in 1982.	1839

In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge	1840
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected	1841
in 1982.	1842

In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall	1843
be elected in 1982.	1844

In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge	1845
shall be elected in 1982.	1846

In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall	1847
be elected in 1982.	1848

In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall be	1849
elected in 1982.	1850

In the Putnam county county court, one part-time judge shall	1851
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	1852
1982.	1853

In the Sandusky county county court, two part-time judges	1854
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995,	1855
and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1856

In the Trumbull county county court, one part-time judge	1857
shall be elected in 1992, and one part-time judge shall be elected	1858
in 1994.	1859

In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge	1860
shall be elected in 1982.	1861

In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge shall	1862
be elected in 1982.	1863

In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge shall	1864
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	1865
1982.	1866

(B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next regular	1867
election for a county court judge as provided in section 1907.13	1868
of the Revised Code.	1869

(2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from,	1870
forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled	1871
in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as	1872
provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code.	1873

Sec. 4510.73.  (A) It is the intent of this section to allow	1874
all issues concerning driver's licenses to be litigated in a	1875
single forum, not to eliminate any forum venue in existence on the	1876
effective date of this section.	1877

(B) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the	1878
contrary, any court whose jurisdiction has been invoked under this	1879
chapter or any other chapter of the Revised Code regarding a	1880
driver's license matter, other than a matter involving a	1881
commercial driver's license, is hereby conferred concurrent	1882
jurisdiction to adjudicate all issues and appeals regarding that	1883
driver's license matter, including issues of validity, suspension,	1884
and, with regard to any suspension imposed by the bureau of motor	1885
vehicles, driving privileges. Nothing in this section shall be	1886
construed as applying to any issue involving a commercial driver's	1887
license, except that a court may adjudicate an issue that does not	1888
relate to a commercial driver's license but involves a holder of a	1889
commercial driver's license so long as the court does not alter	1890
the status of that holder's commercial driver's license. In the	1891
event that another court has obtained jurisdiction over one or	1892
more driver's license suspensions imposed by the bureau involving	1893
the same driver's license holder, that jurisdiction may not be	1894
divested by an action filed under this section unless that court	1895
transfers its jurisdiction over that holder's driver's license	1896
issue by issuance of a court order.	1897

(C)(1) The court's jurisdiction over a particular driver's	1898
license issue may be invoked by a motion, appeal, or petition	1899
filed by a holder of a driver's license. Any such motion, appeal,	1900
or petition shall state the issue with respect to which the	1901
court's jurisdiction is invoked.	1902

(2) When a court's jurisdiction over a driver's license issue	1903
is properly invoked, that court shall adjudicate all issues and	1904
appeals brought before the court regarding that issue, unless the	1905
motion, appeal, or petition is withdrawn.	1906

(D) Any court whose jurisdiction is invoked under this	1907
section shall have the discretionary authority to issue a stay of	1908
any suspension pending resolution of the matters before the court.	1909
This provision does not alter or eliminate any automatic stay	1910
provision provided for elsewhere in the Revised Code.	1911

(E) Any court whose jurisdiction is invoked under this	1912
section, in its discretion, may order the bureau to renew the	1913
holder's driver's license pending resolution of the matters before	1914
the court, provided that the license is not more than six months	1915
expired prior to the date of application for renewal. The court,	1916
in its discretion, also may order the bureau to renew the holder's	1917
driver's license in its final judgment, provided that the license	1918
is not more than six months expired prior to the date of	1919
application for renewal.	1920

(F) If jurisdiction is invoked under this section in a court	1921
of common pleas or county court, the prosecuting attorney of the	1922
county in which the case is pending shall represent the registrar	1923
in the proceedings; provided, that if the driver's license holder	1924
resides in a municipal corporation that lies within the	1925
jurisdiction of a county court, the city director of law, village	1926
solicitor, or similar chief legal officer of the municipal	1927
corporation shall represent the registrar in the proceedings. In a	1928
municipal court, the registrar shall be represented in the	1929
resulting proceedings as provided in section 1901.34 of the	1930
Revised Code. At the election of the registrar, the attorney	1931
general may enter the proceedings at any time and henceforth	1932
represent the registrar in the case.	1933

(G) Either party may appeal the final judgment of the court.	1934
Any such appeal shall be taken as provided in section 1901.30 or	1935
1907.30 of the Revised Code and shall conform with Chapter 2505.	1936
of the Revised Code.	1937

Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03,	1938
1901.07, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.312, 1901.32, 1901.34, and 1907.11	1939
of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.	1940

Section 3. (A) Effective January 1, 2011, the Putnam County	1941
County Court is abolished.	1942

(B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in	1943
the Putnam County County Court at the close of business on	1944
December 31, 2010, shall be transferred to and proceed in the	1945
Putnam County Municipal Court on January 1, 2011, as if originally	1946
instituted in the Putnam County Municipal Court. Parties to those	1947
causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings may make any	1948
amendments to their pleadings that are required to conform them to	1949
the rules of the Putnam County Municipal Court. The Clerk of the	1950
Putnam County County Court or other custodian shall transfer to	1951
the Putnam County Municipal Court all pleadings, orders, entries,	1952
dockets, bonds, papers, records, books, exhibits, files, moneys,	1953
property, and persons that belong to, are in the possession of, or	1954
are subject to the jurisdiction of the Putnam County County Court,	1955
or any officer of that court, at the close of business on December	1956
31, 2010, and that pertain to those causes, judgments, executions,	1957
and proceedings.	1958

(C) All employees of the Putnam County County Court shall be	1959
transferred to and shall become employees of the Putnam County	1960
Municipal Court on January 1, 2011.	1961

(D) Effective January 1, 2011, the part-time judgeship in the	1962
Putnam County County Court is abolished.	1963

Section 4. Sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07,	1964
1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.312, 1901.32, 1901.34, and 1907.11 of the	1965
Revised Code, as amended by this act, shall take effect January 1,	1966
2011.	1967

Section 5.  Section 1901.31 of the Revised Code is presented	1968
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am.	1969
Sub. H.B. 420 of the 127th General Assembly and Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of	1970
the 128th General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the	1971
principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised	1972
Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of	1973
simultaneous operation, finds that the composite is the resulting	1974
version of the section in effect prior to the effective date of	1975
the section as presented in this act.	1976