As Passed by the Senate

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 

Senators Buehrer, Fedor, Goodman, Harris, Hughes, Miller, D., Morano, Patton, Sawyer, Schiavoni, Seitz, Smith, Strahorn, Turner, Niehaus 

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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,

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1907.11, 2743.48, 2929.15, 2929.24, 2929.25,

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2937.07, 4507.02, 4510.11, 4510.12, 4510.16,

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4549.02, and 4549.021 and to enact section 4510.73

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of the Revised Code to allow, in certain

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circumstances, all issues concerning a person's

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driver's license to be litigated in a single

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court, to create the Putnam County Municipal Court

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in Ottawa on January 1, 2011, to establish one

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full-time judgeship in that court, to provide for

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the nomination of the judge by petition only, to

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abolish the Putnam County County Court on that

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date, to designate the Putnam County Clerk of

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Courts as the clerk of the Putnam County Municipal

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Court, to provide for the election for the Putnam

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County Municipal Court of one full-time judge in

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2011, to make deputy sheriffs and members of a

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township or joint township police force ex officio

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deputy bailiffs of municipal courts, to require

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the Clerk of the Court of Claims to request that

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the Controlling Board, within 60 days after the

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date of the entry of a court's determination that

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a person is a wrongfully imprisoned individual,

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pay 50 per cent of a certain specified amount of

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money to that wrongfully imprisoned individual, to

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permit a trial judge to impose a prison term or

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jail time, to extend the duration of a community

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control sanction, to impose a more restrictive

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sanction when a felony or a misdemeanant violates

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any condition of a community control sanction, to

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allow a judge or magistrate to base a finding on

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the facts contained in a complaint, to authorize

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judicial release of misdemeanants who are serving

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jail sentences, to modify the conditions for

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increased penalties for the offenses of failure to

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stop after an accident and failure to stop after a

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nonpublic road accident, to modify the penalty for

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repeat offenders under "operating a motor vehicle

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without a valid license" who never have held a

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valid driver's or commercial driver's license or

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permit, and to clarify the manner of sentencing

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for that offense and three other traffic offenses

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when they are unclassified misdemeanors.

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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,	45
1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.312, 1901.32, 1901.34, 1907.11, 2743.48,	46
2929.15, 2929.24, 2929.25, 2937.07, 4507.02, 4510.11, 4510.12,	47
4510.16, 4549.02, and 4549.021 be amended and section 4510.73 of	48
the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:	49

Sec. 1901.01.  (A) There is hereby established a municipal	50
court in each of the following municipal corporations:	51

Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake,	52
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green,	53
Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Carrollton, Celina,	54
Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville,	55
Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton,	56
Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East	57
Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay,	58
Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights,	59
Georgetown, Girard, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron,	60
Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon,	61
Lima, Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta,	62
Marion, Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor,	63
Miamisburg, Middletown, Millersburg, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon,	64
Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk,	65
Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, Ottawa, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg,	66
Port Clinton, Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker	67
Heights, Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville,	68
Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana,	69
Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City	70
of Washington in Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court	71
House, Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and	72
Zanesville.	73

(B) There is hereby established a municipal court within	74
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation	75
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is	76
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county	77
municipal court. The municipal court established by this division	78
is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in	79
Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division.	80

(C) There is hereby established a municipal court within	81
Columbiana county in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation	82
or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county, except the	83
municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or St. Clair	84
township, that is selected by the judges of the municipal court	85
pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of the Revised Code.	86

(D) Effective January 1, 2008, there is hereby established a	87
municipal court within Erie county in Milan or in any other	88
municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within Erie	89
county that is within the territorial jurisdiction of the Erie	90
county municipal court and is selected by the legislative	91
authority of that court.	92

(E) The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall remain in	93
existence until December 31, 2008, and shall be replaced by the	94
Stow municipal court on January 1, 2009.	95

(F) Effective January 1, 2009, there is hereby established a	96
municipal court in the municipal corporation of Stow.	97

Sec. 1901.02.  (A) The municipal courts established by	98
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the	99
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or,	100
for the Clermont county municipal court, the Columbiana county	101
municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2008, the Erie county	102
municipal court, within the municipal corporation or	103
unincorporated territory in which they are established, and are	104
courts of record. Each of the courts shall be styled	105
".................................. municipal court," inserting	106
the name of the municipal corporation, except the following	107
courts, which shall be styled as set forth below:	108

(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall	109
be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court";	110

(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall	111
be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court";	112

(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be	113
styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court";	114

(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be	115
styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court";	116

(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be	117
styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court";	118

(6) The municipal court established in London that shall be	119
styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court";	120

(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be	121
styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court";	122

(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be	123
styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court";	124

(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall	125
be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court";	126

(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be	127
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court";	128

(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be	129
styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court";	130

(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be	131
styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court";	132

(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be	133
styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court";	134

(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be	135
styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court";	136

(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that	137
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court";	138

(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be	139
styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court";	140

(17) The municipal court established within Clermont county	141
in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated	142
territory within Clermont county that is selected by the	143
legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known	144
as the "Clermont county municipal court";	145

(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that,	146
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton	147
county municipal court";	148

(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that	149
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court";	150

(20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that,	151
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the	152
"Fairfield county municipal court";	153

(21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county	154
in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated	155
territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of	156
the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the	157
"Columbiana county municipal court";	158

(22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that,	159
beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the	160
"Brown county municipal court";	161

(23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that,	162
beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the	163
"Morrow county municipal court";	164

(24) The municipal court established in Greenville that,	165
beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke	166
county municipal court";	167

(25) The municipal court established in Millersburg that,	168
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the	169
"Holmes county municipal court";	170

(26) The municipal court established in Carrollton that,	171
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the	172
"Carroll county municipal court";	173

(27) The municipal court established within Erie county in	174
Milan or established in any other municipal corporation or	175
unincorporated territory that is within Erie county, is within the	176
territorial jurisdiction of that court, and is selected by the	177
legislative authority of that court that, beginning January 1,	178
2008, shall be styled and known as the "Erie county municipal	179
court."	180

(28) The municipal court established in Ottawa that,	181
beginning January 1, 2011, shall be styled and known as the	182
"Putnam county municipal court."	183

(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A)	184
of this section, the municipal courts established by section	185
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows:	186

The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath,	187
Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the municipal	188
corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in Summit	189
county.	190

The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within	191
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark	192
county.	193

The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland	194
county.	195

The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within	196
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county.	197

The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within	198
Athens county.	199

The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within	200
Auglaize county.	201

The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the	202
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county.	203

The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within	204
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley	205
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and	206
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit	207
county.	208

The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the	209
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow,	210
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange,	211
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within	212
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county.	213

The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within	214
Logan county.	215

The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and	216
Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in	217
Sandusky county.	218

The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the	219
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook	220
Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in	221
Cuyahoga county.	222

The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the	223
municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar,	224
Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton	225
Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun,	226
Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom,	227
Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton,	228
Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston	229
townships in Wood county.	230

Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court	231
has jurisdiction within Brown county.	232

The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams	233
county.	234

The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within	235
Guernsey county.	236

The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within	237
Coitsville township in Mahoning county.	238

The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton,	239
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in	240
Stark county.	241

The Carroll county municipal court has jurisdiction within	242
Carroll county.	243

The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer	244
county.	245

The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within	246
Champaign county.	247

The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga	248
county.	249

The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross	250
county.	251

The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within	252
Pickaway county.	253

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

The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within	256
Clermont county.	257

The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the	258
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county.	259

Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court	260
has jurisdiction within Clinton county.	261

The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within	262
all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation	263
of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair	264
townships.	265

The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within	266
Coshocton county.	267

The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within	268
Crawford county.	269

Until December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court	270
has jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center,	271
Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal	272
corporations of Boston Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield,	273
Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg,	274
and Macedonia, in Summit county.	275

Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court	276
has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal	277
corporation of Bradford.	278

The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance	279
county.	280

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

The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within	283
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county.	284

The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble	285
county.	286

The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the	287
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville,	288
and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and	289
LaGrange townships, in Lorain county.	290

Beginning January 1, 2008, the Erie county municipal court	291
has jurisdiction within Erie county except within the townships of	292
Florence, Huron, Perkins, and Vermilion and the municipal	293
corporations of Bay View, Castalia, Huron, Sandusky, and	294
Vermilion.	295

The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the	296
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and	297
Beavercreek townships in Greene county.	298

Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal	299
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county.	300

The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	301
Hancock county except within Washington township.	302

The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon	303
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township	304
in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood county.	305

The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin	306
township in Warren county.	307

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

The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville	310
and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county.	311

The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia	312
county.	313

The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within	314
the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley	315
View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and	316
Brecksville in Cuyahoga county.	317

The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty,	318
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county.	319

The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and	320
St. Clair townships in Butler county.	321

The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within	322
Hamilton county.	323

The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within	324
Hardin county.	325

The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	326
Highland county except within Madison township.	327

The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within	328
Hocking county.	329

The Holmes county municipal court has jurisdiction within	330
Holmes county.	331

The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	332
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal	333
corporation of Sandusky.	334

The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid,	335
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington	336
townships in Lawrence county.	337

The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within	338
Jackson county.	339

The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the	340
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within	341
Washington township, in Montgomery county.	342

Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has	343
jurisdiction within Fairfield county.	344

The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within	345
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and	346
Windsor in Lawrence county.	347

The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within	348
Turtlecreek township in Warren county.	349

The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within	350
Licking county.	351

The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen	352
county.	353

The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the	354
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield	355
township, in Lorain county.	356

The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the	357
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield,	358
Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county.	359

The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within	360
Madison county.	361

The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within	362
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy,	363
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships,	364
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in	365
Richland county.	366

The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within	367
Washington county.	368

The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion	369
county.	370

The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union	371
county.	372

The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield	373
township in Warren county.	374

The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within	375
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson	376
townships in Stark county.	377

The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the	378
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within	379
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of	380
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the	381
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county.	382

The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the	383
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick,	384
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of	385
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette,	386
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York	387
townships, in Medina county.	388

The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the	389
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county.	390

The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within	391
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of	392
Bradford that is located in Darke county.	393

The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the	394
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and	395
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county.	396

The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within	397
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within	398
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county.	399

Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court	400
has jurisdiction within Morrow county.	401

The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox	402
county.	403

The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry	404
county.	405

The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within	406
the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks,	407
Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin,	408
Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas	409
county.	410

The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within	411
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington,	412
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county.	413

The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the	414
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield	415
township in Trumbull county.	416

The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of	417
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue	418
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships.	419

The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the	420
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South	421
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden,	422
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and	423
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except	424
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county.	425

The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the	426
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem	427
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake	428
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the	429
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the	430
Toledo municipal court.	431

The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within	432
Ottawa county.	433

The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within	434
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake	435
county.	436

The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the	437
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North	438
Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in	439
Cuyahoga county.	440

The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the	441
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford,	442
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in	443
Wood county.	444

The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within	445
Portage county.	446

The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto	447
county.	448

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

The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the	451
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park,	452
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga	453
county.	454

The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the	455
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within	456
Perkins township, in Erie county.	457

The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within	458
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood,	459
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county.	460

The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon,	461
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within	462
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in	463
Richland county.	464

The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby	465
county.	466

Beginning January 1, 2009, the Stow municipal court has	467
jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore	468
Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal	469
corporations of Boston Heights, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Munroe	470
Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow,	471
Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and Macedonia, in Summit county.	472

The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the	473
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland,	474
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county.	475

The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the	476
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania,	477
Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those	478
portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying	479
north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in	480
Lucas county.	481

The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big	482
Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed,	483
Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county.	484

The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington	485
township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in	486
Lucas county.	487

The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within	488
Wyandot county.	489

The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the	490
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and	491
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery	492
county.	493

The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert	494
county.	495

The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the	496
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all	497
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of	498
Lorain, in Lorain county.	499

The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the	500
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and	501
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon,	502
Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county.	503

The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and	504
Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except	505
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county.	506

The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction	507
within Fayette county.	508

The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within	509
Wayne county.	510

The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the	511
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick,	512
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill,	513
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake	514
county.	515

Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has	516
jurisdiction within Clinton county.	517

The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within	518
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross,	519
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in	520
Greene county.	521

(C) As used in this section:

522

(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not	523
limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is	524
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that	525
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is	526
governmentally a part of the township.	527

(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within	528
the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any	529
townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation.	530

Sec. 1901.03.  As used in this chapter:

531

(A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which	532
municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 1901.01	533
and 1901.02 of the Revised Code.	534

(B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority	535
of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other	536
than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the	537
respective board of county commissioners of the county in which a	538
county-operated municipal court is located.	539

(C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the	540
municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	541
county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the	542
respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the	543
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located.	544

(D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal	545
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	546
county-operated municipal court, is located.	547

(E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal	548
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a	549
county-operated municipal court, is located.	550

(F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize	551
county, Brown county, Carroll county, Clermont county, Columbiana	552
county, Crawford county, Darke county, Hamilton county, Hocking	553
county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, Madison	554
county, Miami county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, Portage	555
county, Putnam county, or Wayne county municipal court and,	556
effective January 1, 2008, also includes the Erie county municipal	557
court.	558

(G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is	559
located" includes each municipal corporation named in section	560
1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a	561
judge sits pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code.	562

Sec. 1901.07.  (A) All municipal court judges shall be	563
elected on the nonpartisan ballot for terms of six years. In a	564
municipal court in which only one judge is to be elected in any	565
one year, that judge's term commences on the first day of January	566
after the election. In a municipal court in which two or more	567
judges are to be elected in any one year, their terms commence on	568
successive days beginning the first day of January, following the	569
election, unless otherwise provided by section 1901.08 of the	570
Revised Code.	571

(B) All candidates for municipal court judge may be nominated	572
either by nominating petition or by primary election, except that	573
if the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends only to the	574
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which the court	575
is located and that municipal corporation operates under a	576
charter, all candidates shall be nominated in the same manner	577
provided in the charter for the office of municipal court judge	578
or, if no specific provisions are made in the charter for the	579
office of municipal court judge, in the same manner as the charter	580
prescribes for the nomination and election of the legislative	581
authority of the municipal corporation.	582

If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the	583
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is	584
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond	585
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is	586
located and no charter provisions apply, all candidates for party	587
nomination to the office of municipal court judge shall file a	588
declaration of candidacy and petition not later than four p.m. of	589
the ninetieth day before the day of the primary election in the	590
form prescribed by section 3513.07 of the Revised Code. The	591
petition shall conform to the requirements provided for those	592
petitions of candidacy contained in section 3513.05 of the Revised	593
Code, except that the petition shall be signed by at least fifty	594
electors of the territory of the court. If no valid declaration of	595
candidacy is filed for nomination as a candidate of a political	596
party for election to the office of municipal court judge, or if	597
the number of persons filing the declarations of candidacy for	598
nominations as candidates of one political party for election to	599
the office does not exceed the number of candidates that that	600
party is entitled to nominate as its candidates for election to	601
the office, no primary election shall be held for the purpose of	602
nominating candidates of that party for election to the office,	603
and the candidates shall be issued certificates of nomination in	604
the manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	605

If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the	606
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is	607
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond	608
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is	609
located and no charter provisions apply, nonpartisan candidates	610
for the office of municipal court judge shall file nominating	611
petitions not later than four p.m. of the day before the day of	612
the primary election in the form prescribed by section 3513.261 of	613
the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the requirements	614
provided for those petitions of candidacy contained in section	615
3513.257 of the Revised Code, except that the petition shall be	616
signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the court.	617

The nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for a	618
municipal court judge shall contain a designation of the term for	619
which the candidate seeks election. At the following regular	620
municipal election, the candidacies of the judges nominated shall	621
be submitted to the electors of the territory on a nonpartisan,	622
judicial ballot in the same manner as provided for judges of the	623
court of common pleas, except that, in a municipal corporation	624
operating under a charter, all candidates for municipal court	625
judge shall be elected in conformity with the charter if	626
provisions are made in the charter for the election of municipal	627
court judges.	628

(C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, in	629
the following municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated and	630
elected as follows:	631

(1) In the Cleveland municipal court, the judges shall be	632
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	633
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in	634
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the	635
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Cleveland for filing	636
petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each elector shall	637
have the right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to	638
be elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the	639
electors of the territory of the court in the manner provided by	640
law for the election of judges of the court of common pleas.	641

(2) In the Toledo municipal court, the judges shall be	642
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	643
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in	644
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the	645
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Toledo for filing	646
nominating petitions for city council. Each elector shall have the	647
right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to be	648
elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the electors	649
of the territory of the court in the manner provided by law for	650
the election of judges of the court of common pleas.	651

(3) In the Akron municipal court, the judges shall be	652
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	653
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in	654
statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the	655
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Akron for filing	656
nominating petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each	657
elector shall have the right to sign petitions for as many	658
candidates as are to be elected, but no more. The judges shall be	659
elected by the electors of the territory of the court in the	660
manner provided by law for the election of judges of the court of	661
common pleas.	662

(4) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the judges shall	663
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	664
least fifty electors of the territory of the court, which	665
petitions shall be signed, verified, and filed in the manner and	666
within the time required by law for nominating petitions for	667
members of council of the city of Cincinnati. The judges shall be	668
elected by the electors of the territory of the court at the	669
regular municipal election and in the manner provided by law for	670
the election of judges of the court of common pleas.	671

(5) In the Franklin county municipal court, the judges shall	672
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at	673
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. The petition	674
shall be in the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner	675
and within the time prescribed by the charter of the city of	676
Columbus for filing petitions of candidates for municipal offices.	677
The judges shall be elected by the electors of the territory of	678
the court in the manner provided by law for the election of judges	679
of the court of common pleas.	680

(6) In the Auglaize, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Crawford,	681
Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Miami, Morrow, Putnam, and	682
Wayne county municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated only	683
by petition. The petitions shall be signed by at least fifty	684
electors of the territory of the court and shall conform to the	685
provisions of this section.	686

(D) In the Portage county municipal court, the judges shall	687
be nominated either by nominating petition or by primary election,	688
as provided in division (B) of this section.	689

(E) As used in this section, as to an election for either a	690
full or an unexpired term, "the territory within the jurisdiction	691
of the court" means that territory as it will be on the first day	692
of January after the election.	693

Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of,	694
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of	695
their terms shall be as follows:	696

In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be	697
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953,	698
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time	699
judge shall be elected in 1975.	700

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

In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	703
elected in 1951.	704

In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall	705
be elected in 1953.	706

In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge	707
shall be elected in 1967.	708

In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge	709
shall be elected in 1975.	710

In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall	711
be elected in 1957.	712

In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall	713
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	714
1971.	715

In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	716
elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.	717

In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge	718
shall be elected in 1993.	719

In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	720
elected in 1951.	721

In the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	722
elected in 2005.	723

In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge	724
shall be elected in 1983.	725

In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge	726
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the	727
part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed	728
prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall	729
serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court	730
until December 31, 2005.	731

In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	732
elected in 1965.	733

In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall	734
be elected in 1951.	735

In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	736
elected in 1963.	737

In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	738
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and	739
two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977.	740

In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge	741
shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge	742
elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county	743
county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the	744
full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until	745
December 31, 2009.	746

In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	747
elected in 1957.	748

In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge	749
shall be elected in 2001.	750

In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	751
elected in 1963.	752

In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall	753
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	754
1977.	755

In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	756
be elected in 1953.	757

In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge	758
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be	759
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal	760
court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges	761
of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until	762
the end of their respective terms.	763

In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges	764
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected	765
in 1999.	766

In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall	767
be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in	768
1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955.	769

In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	770
shall be elected in 1957.	771

In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge	772
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington	773
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge	774
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the	775
end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997.	776

In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time	777
judges shall be elected in 2001.	778

In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	779
elected in 1953.	780

In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall	781
be elected in 1951.	782

In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge	783
shall be elected in 1977.	784

In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge	785
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected	786
in 1967. Effective December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal	787
court shall cease to exist; however, the judges of the Cuyahoga	788
Falls municipal court who were elected pursuant to this section in	789
2003 and 2007 for terms beginning on January 1, 2004, and January	790
1, 2008, respectively, shall serve as full-time judges of the Stow	791
municipal court until December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2013,	792
respectively.	793

In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge	794
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time	795
judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that	796
date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the	797
full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December	798
31, 2005.	799

In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall	800
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days	801
beginning on the first day of January next after their election,	802
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to	803
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January	804
next after their election.	805

In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	806
elected in 1957.	807

In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	808
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007.	809

In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge	810
shall be elected in 1957.	811

In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge	812
shall be elected in 1953.	813

In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	814
elected in 1973.	815

In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	816
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	817

In the Erie county municipal court, one full-time judge shall	818
be elected in 2007.	819

In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	820
elected in 1951.	821

In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	822
elected in 1977.	823

In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge	824
shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected	825
in 2005.	826

In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall	827
be elected in 1989.	828

In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	829
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993.	830

In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	831
elected in 1975.	832

In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	833
elected in 1951.	834

In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges	835
shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected	836
in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one	837
full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge	838
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected	839
in 1997.	840

In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	841
elected in 1975.	842

In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall	843
be elected in 1981.	844

In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	845
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected	846
in 1981.	847

In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	848
elected in 1963.	849

In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	850
elected in 1953.	851

In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges	852
shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected	853
in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two	854
full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of	855
the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first	856
day of January next after their election, except that the terms of	857
the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on	858
January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the	859
additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January	860
4, 1984, and January 5, 1984.	861

In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge	862
shall be elected in 1989.	863

In the Hillsboro municipal court, one full-time judge shall	864
be elected in 2011. On and after the effective date of this	865
amendmentDecember 30, 2008, the part-time judge of the Hillsboro	866
municipal court who was elected in 2005 shall serve as a full-time	867
judge of the court until the end of that judge's term on December	868
31, 2011.	869

In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge	870
shall be elected in 1977.	871

In the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge	872
shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time	873
judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that	874
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the	875
full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until	876
December 31, 2007.	877

In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	878
elected in 1967.	879

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

In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge	882
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the	883
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was	884
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court	885
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001.	886

In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall	887
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	888
1975.	889

In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	890
elected in 1955.	891

In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall	892
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	893
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the	894
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall	895
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the	896
end of those judges' terms.	897

In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge	898
shall be elected in 1981.	899

In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	900
elected in 1955.	901

In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge	902
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected	903
in 1971.	904

In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	905
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967.	906

In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	907
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	908

In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall	909
be elected in 1957.	910

In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge	911
shall be elected in 1981.	912

In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall	913
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	914
1969.	915

In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	916
elected in 1957.	917

In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	918
elected in 1951.	919

In the Marysville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	920
be elected in 2011. On and after January 18, 2007, the part-time	921
judge of the Marysville municipal court who was elected in 2005	922
shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of	923
that judge's term on December 31, 2011.	924

In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	925
elected in 1965.	926

In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall	927
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	928
1971.	929

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

In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	932
elected in 1957.	933

In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	934
elected in 1971.	935

In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge	936
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected	937
in 1979.	938

In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge shall	939
be elected in 1951.	940

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

In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge	943
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time	944
judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that	945
date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county	946
municipal court until December 31, 2005.	947

In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge	948
shall be elected in 1951.	949

In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	950
elected in 2005.	951

In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge	952
shall be elected in 1975.	953

In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge	954
shall be elected in 1963.	955

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

In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	958
elected in 1975.	959

In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	960
elected in 1953.	961

In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	962
elected in 1989.	963

In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	964
elected in 1963.	965

In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge	966
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port	967
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the	968
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994,	969
until the end of that judge's term.	970

In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	971
be elected in 1951.	972

In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	973
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and	974
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.	975

In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall	976
be elected in 1977.	977

In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges	978
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected	979
in 1971.	980

In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge	981
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton	982
municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of	983
the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the	984
end of that judge's term.	985

In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall	986
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	987
1985.	988

In the Putnam county municipal court, one full-time judge	989
shall be elected in 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, the part-time	990
judge of the Putnam county county court that existed prior to that	991
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the	992
full-time judge of the Putnam county municipal court until	993
December 31, 2011.	994

In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall	995
be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	996
1971.	997

In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	998
elected in 1953.	999

In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	1000
shall be elected in 1957.	1001

In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	1002
elected in 1957.	1003

In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1004
elected in 1995.	1005

In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge	1006
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993,	1007
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until	1008
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on	1009
January 1, 2000.	1010

In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges	1011
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected	1012
in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield	1013
municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of	1014
the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the	1015
end of their respective terms.	1016

In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge	1017
shall be elected in 1953.	1018

In the Stow municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1019
elected in 2009, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013.	1020
Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls	1021
municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term	1022
commenced on January 1, 2008, shall serve as a full-time judge of	1023
the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2013. Beginning	1024
January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court	1025
that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1,	1026
2004, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court	1027
until December 31, 2009.	1028

In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall	1029
be elected in 1963.	1030

In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1031
elected in 1963.	1032

In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1033
elected in 1953.	1034

In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be	1035
elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975,	1036
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	1037

In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge	1038
shall be elected in 2011. The part-time judge elected in 2005,	1039
whose term commenced on January 1, 2006, shall serve as a	1040
full-time judge on and after January 1, 2008, until the expiration	1041
of that judge's term on December 31, 2011, and the office of that	1042
judge is abolished on January 1, 2012.	1043

In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1044
elected in 1959.	1045

In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1046
elected in 1957.	1047

In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall	1048
be elected in 1965.	1049

In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall	1050
be elected in 1981.	1051

In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1052
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.	1053

In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time	1054
judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in	1055
1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until	1056
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on	1057
January 1, 2000.	1058

In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge	1059
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected	1060
in 1979.	1061

In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall	1062
be elected in 1951.	1063

In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall	1064
be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington	1065
municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the	1066
Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of	1067
that judge's term on December 31, 1997.	1068

In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	1069
elected in 1977.	1070

In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall	1071
be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be elected in	1072
1953.	1073

In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	1074
be elected in 1953.	1075

Sec. 1901.31.  The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal	1076
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have	1077
powers and duties as follows:	1078

(A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed or	1079
elected as follows:	1080

(1)(a) Except in the Akron, Barberton, Toledo, Hamilton	1081
county, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts and	1082
through December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, if	1083
the population of the territory equals or exceeds one hundred	1084
thousand at the regular municipal election immediately preceding	1085
the expiration of the term of the present clerk, the clerk shall	1086
be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the	1087
territory in the manner that is provided for the nomination and	1088
election of judges in section 1901.07 of the Revised Code.	1089

The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six	1090
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January	1091
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's	1092
successor is elected and qualified.	1093

(b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of	1094
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal	1095
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the	1096
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in	1097
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners	1098
prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as the	1099
clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the	1100
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth	1101
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common	1102
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the	1103
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of	1104
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county	1105
treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the	1106
annual compensation that is received for the performance of the	1107
duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided in	1108
sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.	1109

(c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts,	1110
the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county shall be	1111
the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and Wayne county	1112
municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each	1113
branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the	1114
Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges of the municipal	1115
court determine are necessary, all of whom shall receive the	1116
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks	1117
of courts of Portage county and Wayne county, acting as the clerks	1118
of the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts and	1119
assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation	1120
payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at	1121
one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of	1122
common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of	1123
the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18	1124
of the Revised Code.	1125

(d) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of	1126
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for	1127
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	1128
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	1129
specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the nomination	1130
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of	1131
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations	1132
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the	1133
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of	1134
clerk of the Akron municipal court shall be signed by at least	1135
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	1136

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1137
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1138
later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the	1139
primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1140
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1141
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1142
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1143
Revised Code.	1144

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1145
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1146
party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron municipal	1147
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of	1148
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.	1149
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and	1150
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1151
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be	1152
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for	1153
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a	1154
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section	1155
3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1156

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1157
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1158
of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the	1159
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	1160
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	1161
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	1162
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	1163
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	1164
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	1165
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	1166
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	1167
qualified.	1168

(e) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(e) of	1169
this section, in the Barberton municipal court, candidates for	1170
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	1171
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	1172
specified in the charter of the city of Barberton for the	1173
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary	1174
provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the	1175
declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and	1176
the nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office	1177
of clerk of the Barberton municipal court shall be signed by at	1178
least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	1179

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1180
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1181
later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the	1182
primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1183
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1184
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1185
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1186
Revised Code.	1187

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1188
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1189
party for election to the office of clerk of the Barberton	1190
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the	1191
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to	1192
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of	1193
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a	1194
particular political party for election to that office, a primary	1195
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a	1196
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the	1197
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the	1198
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1199

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1200
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1201
of the Barberton municipal court shall contain a designation of	1202
the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	1203
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	1204
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	1205
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	1206
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	1207
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	1208
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	1209
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	1210
qualified.	1211

(f)(i) Through December 31, 2008, except as otherwise	1212
provided in division (A)(1)(f)(i) of this section, in the Cuyahoga	1213
Falls municipal court, candidates for election to the office of	1214
clerk of the court shall be nominated by primary election. The	1215
primary election shall be held on the day specified in the charter	1216
of the city of Cuyahoga Falls for the nomination of municipal	1217
officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section	1218
3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations of	1219
candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the nominating	1220
petitions of independent candidates for the office of clerk of the	1221
Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall be signed by at least fifty	1222
qualified electors of the territory of the court.	1223

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1224
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1225
later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the	1226
primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1227
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1228
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1229
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1230
Revised Code.	1231

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1232
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1233
party for election to the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls	1234
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the	1235
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to	1236
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of	1237
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a	1238
particular political party for election to that office, a primary	1239
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a	1240
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the	1241
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the	1242
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1243

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1244
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1245
of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall contain a designation	1246
of the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the	1247
following regular municipal election, all candidates for the	1248
office shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the	1249
territory of the court in the manner that is provided in section	1250
1901.07 of the Revised Code for the election of the judges of the	1251
court. The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six	1252
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January	1253
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's	1254
successor is elected and qualified.	1255

(ii) Division (A)(1)(f)(i) of this section shall have no	1256
effect after December 31, 2008.	1257

(g) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(g) of	1258
this section, in the Toledo municipal court, candidates for	1259
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by	1260
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day	1261
specified in the charter of the city of Toledo for the nomination	1262
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of	1263
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations	1264
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the	1265
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of	1266
clerk of the Toledo municipal court shall be signed by at least	1267
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.	1268

The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and	1269
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not	1270
later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the	1271
primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or	1272
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and	1273
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the	1274
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the	1275
Revised Code.	1276

If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by	1277
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1278
party for election to the office of clerk of the Toledo municipal	1279
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of	1280
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.	1281
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and	1282
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political	1283
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be	1284
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for	1285
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a	1286
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section	1287
3513.02 of the Revised Code.	1288

Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating	1289
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk	1290
of the Toledo municipal court shall contain a designation of the	1291
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following	1292
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be	1293
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court	1294
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised	1295
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so	1296
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term	1297
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's	1298
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and	1299
qualified.	1300

(2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, Brown	1301
county, Columbiana county, Holmes county, Putnam county, Lorain,	1302
Massillon, and Youngstown municipal courts, in a municipal court	1303
for which the population of the territory is less than one hundred	1304
thousand, the clerk shall be appointed by the court, and the clerk	1305
shall hold office until the clerk's successor is appointed and	1306
qualified.	1307

(b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown	1308
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office	1309
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section.	1310

(c) In the Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county,	1311
and Putnam county municipal courts, the clerks of courts of	1312
Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county, and Putnam	1313
county shall be the clerks, respectively, of the Auglaize county,	1314
Brown county, and Holmes county, and Putnam county municipal	1315
courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office	1316
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised	1317
Code, and assistant clerks as the judge of the court determines	1318
are necessary, all of whom shall receive the compensation that the	1319
legislative authority prescribes. The clerks of courts of Auglaize	1320
county, Brown county, and Holmes county, and Putnam county, acting	1321
as the clerks of the Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes	1322
county, and Putnam county municipal courts and assuming the duties	1323
of these offices, shall receive compensation payable from the	1324
county treasury in semimonthly installments at one-fourth the rate	1325
that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas as	1326
determined in accordance with the population of the county and the	1327
rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.	1328

(d) In the Columbiana county municipal court, the clerk of	1329
courts of Columbiana county shall be the clerk of the municipal	1330
court, may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office	1331
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised	1332
Code, and may appoint any assistant clerks that the judges of the	1333
court determine are necessary. All of the chief deputy clerks and	1334
assistant clerks shall receive the compensation that the	1335
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of	1336
Columbiana county, acting as the clerk of the Columbiana county	1337
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall	1338
receive in either biweekly installments or semimonthly	1339
installments, as determined by the payroll administrator,	1340
compensation payable from the county treasury at one-fourth the	1341
rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas	1342
as determined in accordance with the population of the county and	1343
the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised	1344
Code.	1345

(3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to illness,	1346
vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a temporary	1347
clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have the same	1348
authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk.	1349

(B) Except in the Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne	1350
county municipal courts, if a vacancy occurs in the office of the	1351
clerk of the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, or Youngstown municipal	1352
court or occurs in the office of the clerk of a municipal court	1353
for which the population of the territory equals or exceeds one	1354
hundred thousand because the clerk ceases to hold the office	1355
before the end of the clerk's term or because a clerk-elect fails	1356
to take office, the vacancy shall be filled, until a successor is	1357
elected and qualified, by a person chosen by the residents of the	1358
territory of the court who are members of the county central	1359
committee of the political party by which the last occupant of	1360
that office or the clerk-elect was nominated. Not less than five	1361
nor more than fifteen days after a vacancy occurs, those members	1362
of that county central committee shall meet to make an appointment	1363
to fill the vacancy. At least four days before the date of the	1364
meeting, the chairperson or a secretary of the county central	1365
committee shall notify each such member of that county central	1366
committee by first class mail of the date, time, and place of the	1367
meeting and its purpose. A majority of all such members of that	1368
county central committee constitutes a quorum, and a majority of	1369
the quorum is required to make the appointment. If the office so	1370
vacated was occupied or was to be occupied by a person not	1371
nominated at a primary election, or if the appointment was not	1372
made by the committee members in accordance with this division,	1373
the court shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy. A	1374
successor shall be elected to fill the office for the unexpired	1375
term at the first municipal election that is held more than one	1376
hundred thirty-five days after the vacancy occurred.	1377

(C)(1) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county,	1378
the Brown county, the Columbiana county, the Holmes county, the	1379
Putnam county, and the Lorain municipal courts, for which the	1380
population of the territory is less than one hundred thousand, the	1381
clerk of the municipal court shall receive the annual compensation	1382
that the presiding judge of the court prescribes, if the revenue	1383
of the court for the preceding calendar year, as certified by the	1384
auditor or chief fiscal officer of the municipal corporation in	1385
which the court is located or, in the case of a county-operated	1386
municipal court, the county auditor, is equal to or greater than	1387
the expenditures, including any debt charges, for the operation of	1388
the court payable under this chapter from the city treasury or, in	1389
the case of a county-operated municipal court, the county treasury	1390
for that calendar year, as also certified by the auditor or chief	1391
fiscal officer. If the revenue of a municipal court, other than	1392
the Auglaize county, the Brown county, the Columbiana county, the	1393
Putnam county, and the Lorain municipal courts, for which the	1394
population of the territory is less than one hundred thousand for	1395
the preceding calendar year as so certified is not equal to or	1396
greater than those expenditures for the operation of the court for	1397
that calendar year as so certified, the clerk of a municipal court	1398
shall receive the annual compensation that the legislative	1399
authority prescribes. As used in this division, "revenue" means	1400
the total of all costs and fees that are collected and paid to the	1401
city treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county	1402
treasury by the clerk of the municipal court under division (F) of	1403
this section and all interest received and paid to the city	1404
treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county	1405
treasury in relation to the costs and fees under division (G) of	1406
this section.	1407

(2) In a municipal court, other than the Hamilton county,	1408
Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, for which the	1409
population of the territory is one hundred thousand or more, and	1410
in the Lorain municipal court, the clerk of the municipal court	1411
shall receive annual compensation in a sum equal to eighty-five	1412
per cent of the salary of a judge of the court.	1413

(3) The compensation of a clerk described in division (C)(1)	1414
or (2) of this section and of the clerk of the Columbiana county	1415
municipal court is payable in either semimonthly installments or	1416
biweekly installments, as determined by the payroll administrator,	1417
from the same sources and in the same manner as provided in	1418
section 1901.11 of the Revised Code, except that the compensation	1419
of the clerk of the Carroll county municipal court is payable in	1420
biweekly installments.	1421

(D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office,	1422
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than	1423
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court,	1424
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties.	1425

(E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the	1426
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue executions	1427
upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a judgment for	1428
unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of the court to all	1429
writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing out of the court;	1430
and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, and undertakings	1431
fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The clerk may refuse to	1432
accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a	1433
person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under	1434
section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain	1435
leave to proceed under that section. The clerk shall do all of the	1436
following: file and safely keep all journals, records, books, and	1437
papers belonging or appertaining to the court; record the	1438
proceedings of the court; perform all other duties that the judges	1439
of the court may prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts	1440
and disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection	1441
at all times.	1442

The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a	1443
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all	1444
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the docket,	1445
the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of an	1446
action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the	1447
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates,	1448
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of	1449
summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings.	1450
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders,	1451
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the	1452
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may order	1453
an extended record of any of the above to be made and entered,	1454
under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the request of	1455
any party to the case, the expense of which record may be taxed as	1456
costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the party	1457
demanding the record, upon order of the court.	1458

(F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect,	1459
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other	1460
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The	1461
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or officers,	1462
and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other	1463
moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 307.515 and	1464
4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the	1465
Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of	1466
any moneys received by a municipal court and except for the	1467
Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal	1468
courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received for violation of	1469
municipal ordinances into the treasury of the municipal	1470
corporation the ordinance of which was violated and shall pay all	1471
fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted	1472
pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or Chapter 504. of the	1473
Revised Code into the treasury of the township the resolution of	1474
which was violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of	1475
the Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and	1476
Ottawa county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent	1477
of the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and	1478
fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township	1479
resolutions adopted pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or	1480
Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of the county.	1481
Subject to sections 307.515, 4511.19, and 5503.04 of the Revised	1482
Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that requires a	1483
specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received by a	1484
municipal court, the clerk shall pay all fines collected for the	1485
violation of state laws into the county treasury. Except in a	1486
county-operated municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and	1487
fees the disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in	1488
the Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a	1489
county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the	1490
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the Revised	1491
Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as security for	1492
costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The clerk shall	1493
keep a separate account of all receipts and disbursements in civil	1494
and criminal cases, which shall be a permanent public record of	1495
the office. On the expiration of the term of the clerk, the clerk	1496
shall deliver the records to the clerk's successor. The clerk	1497
shall have other powers and duties as are prescribed by rule or	1498
order of the court.	1499

(G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted on	1500
the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be	1501
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and	1502
loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised	1503
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon	1504
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, in	1505
a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid into	1506
the treasury of the county in which the court is located.	1507

On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall	1508
make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that were	1509
finally determined more than one year past in which there remains	1510
unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of	1511
a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the	1512
case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties who	1513
are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys of record. All	1514
the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of each	1515
year shall be paid by the clerk to the city treasurer, except	1516
that, in a county-operated municipal court, the moneys shall be	1517
paid to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located.	1518
The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys at any time to the	1519
person who has the right to the moneys upon proper certification	1520
of the clerk.	1521

(H) Deputy clerks of a municipal court other than the Carroll	1522
county municipal court may be appointed by the clerk and shall	1523
receive the compensation, payable in either biweekly installments	1524
or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll	1525
administrator, out of the city treasury, that the clerk may	1526
prescribe, except that the compensation of any deputy clerk of a	1527
county-operated municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury	1528
of the county in which the court is located. The judge of the	1529
Carroll county municipal court may appoint deputy clerks for the	1530
court, and the deputy clerks shall receive the compensation,	1531
payable in biweekly installments out of the county treasury, that	1532
the judge may prescribe. Each deputy clerk shall take an oath of	1533
office before entering upon the duties of the deputy clerk's	1534
office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties appertaining	1535
to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require any of the	1536
deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three thousand	1537
dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy	1538
clerk's duties.	1539

(I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the population	1540
of the territory of a municipal court falls below one hundred	1541
thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the population of the	1542
territory prior to the most recent regular federal census exceeded	1543
one hundred thousand, the legislative authority of the municipal	1544
corporation may declare, by resolution, that the territory shall	1545
be considered to have a population of at least one hundred	1546
thousand.	1547

(J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at all	1548
sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in the	1549
courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors and	1550
receive verdicts.	1551

Sec. 1901.312.  (A) As used in this section, "health care	1552
coverage" has the same meaning as in section 1901.111 of the	1553
Revised Code.	1554

(B) The legislative authority, after consultation with the	1555
clerk and deputy clerks of the municipal court, shall negotiate	1556
and contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure group health care	1557
coverage for the clerk and deputy clerks and their spouses and	1558
dependents from insurance companies authorized to engage in the	1559
business of insurance in this state under Title XXXIX of the	1560
Revised Code or health insuring corporations holding certificates	1561
of authority under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code, except that	1562
if the county or municipal corporation served by the legislative	1563
authority provides group health care coverage for its employees,	1564
the group health care coverage required by this section shall be	1565
provided, if possible, through the policy or plan under which the	1566
group health care coverage is provided for the county or municipal	1567
corporation employees.	1568

(C) The portion of the costs, premiums, or charges for the	1569
group health care coverage procured pursuant to division (B) of	1570
this section that is not paid by the clerk and deputy clerks of	1571
the municipal court, or all of the costs, premiums, or charges for	1572
the group health care coverage if the clerk and deputy clerks will	1573
not be paying any such portion, shall be paid as follows:	1574

(1) If the municipal court is a county-operated municipal	1575
court, the portion of the costs, premiums, or charges or all of	1576
the costs, premiums, or charges shall be paid out of the treasury	1577
of the county.	1578

(2)(a) If the municipal court is not a county-operated	1579
municipal court, the portion of the costs, premiums, or charges in	1580
connection with the clerk or all of the costs, premiums, or	1581
charges in connection with the clerk shall be paid in three-fifths	1582
and two-fifths shares from the city treasury and appropriate	1583
county treasuries as described in division (C) of section 1901.31	1584
of the Revised Code. The three-fifths share of a city treasury is	1585
subject to apportionment under section 1901.026 of the Revised	1586
Code.	1587

(b) If the municipal court is not a county-operated municipal	1588
court, the portion of the costs, premiums, or charges in	1589
connection with the deputy clerks or all of the costs, premiums,	1590
or charges in connection with the deputy clerks shall be paid from	1591
the city treasury and shall be subject to apportionment under	1592
section 1901.026 of the Revised Code.	1593

(D) This section does not apply to the clerk of the Auglaize	1594
county, Hamilton county, Portage county, Putnam county, or Wayne	1595
county municipal court, if health care coverage is provided to the	1596
clerk by virtue of the clerk's employment as the clerk of the	1597
court of common pleas of Auglaize county, Hamilton county, Portage	1598
county, Putnam county, or Wayne county.	1599

Sec. 1901.32.  (A) The bailiffs and deputy bailiffs of a	1600
municipal court shall be provided for, and their duties are, as	1601
follows:	1602

(1) Except for the Hamilton county municipal court, the court	1603
shall appoint a bailiff who shall receive the annual compensation	1604
that the court prescribes payable in either biweekly installments	1605
or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll	1606
administrator, from the same sources and in the same manner as	1607
provided in section 1901.11 of the Revised Code. The court may	1608
provide that the chief of police of the municipal corporation or a	1609
member of the police force be appointed by the court to be the	1610
bailiff of the court. Before entering upon the duties of office,	1611
the bailiff shall take an oath to faithfully perform the duties of	1612
the office and shall give a bond of not less than three thousand	1613
dollars, as the legislative authority prescribes, conditioned for	1614
the faithful performance the duties of chief bailiff.	1615

(2) Except for the Hamilton county municipal court, deputy	1616
bailiffs may be appointed by the court. Deputy bailiffs shall	1617
receive the compensation payable in semimonthly installments out	1618
of the city treasury that the court prescribes, except that the	1619
compensation of deputy bailiffs in a county-operated municipal	1620
court shall be paid out of the treasury of the county in which the	1621
court is located. Each deputy bailiff shall give a bond in an	1622
amount not less than one thousand dollars, and, when so qualified,	1623
may perform the duties pertaining to the office of chief bailiff	1624
of the court.	1625

(3) The bailiff and all deputy bailiffs of the Hamilton	1626
county municipal court shall be appointed by the clerk and shall	1627
receive the compensation payable in semimonthly installments out	1628
of the treasury of Hamilton county that the clerk prescribes. Each	1629
judge of the Hamilton county municipal court may appoint a	1630
courtroom bailiff, each of whom shall receive the compensation	1631
payable in semimonthly installments out of the treasury of	1632
Hamilton county that the court prescribes.	1633

(4) The legislative authority may purchase motor vehicles for	1634
the use of the bailiffs and deputy bailiffs as the court	1635
determines they need to perform the duties of their office. All	1636
expenses, maintenance, and upkeep of the vehicles shall be paid by	1637
the legislative authority upon approval by the court. Any	1638
allowances, costs, and expenses for the operation of private motor	1639
vehicles by bailiffs and deputy bailiffs for official duties,	1640
including the cost of oil, gasoline, and maintenance, shall be	1641
prescribed by the court and, subject to the approval of the	1642
legislative authority, shall be paid from the city treasury,	1643
except that the allowances, costs, and expenses for the bailiffs	1644
and deputy bailiffs of a county-operated municipal court shall be	1645
paid from the treasury of the county in which the court is	1646
located.	1647

(5) Every police officer of any municipal corporation and	1648
police constable of a township within the territory of the court	1649
is ex officio a deputy bailiff of the court in and for the	1650
municipal corporation or township in which commissioned as a	1651
police officer or police constable, and shall perform any duties	1652
in respect to cases within the officerofficer's or constable's	1653
jurisdiction that are required by a judge of the court, or by the	1654
clerk or a bailiff or deputy bailiff of the court, without	1655
additional compensation.	1656

(6) In Putnam county, in addition to the persons who are ex	1657
officio deputy bailiffs under division (A)(5) of this section,	1658
every deputy sheriff of Putnam county is ex officio a deputy	1659
bailiff of the Putnam county municipal court and shall perform	1660
without additional compensation any duties in respect to cases	1661
within the deputy sheriff's jurisdiction that are required by a	1662
judge of the court, by the clerk of the court, or by a bailiff or	1663
deputy bailiff of the court.	1664

(7) The bailiff and deputy bailiffs shall perform for the	1665
court services similar to those performed by the sheriff for the	1666
court of common pleas and shall perform any other duties that are	1667
requested by rule of court.	1668

The bailiff or deputy bailiff may administer oaths to	1669
witnesses and jurors and receive verdicts in the same manner and	1670
form and to the same extent as the clerk or deputy clerks of the	1671
court. The bailiff may approve all undertakings and bonds given in	1672
actions of replevin and all redelivery bonds in attachments.	1673

(B) In the Cleveland municipal court, the chief clerks and	1674
all deputy clerks are in the classified civil service of the city	1675
of Cleveland. The clerk, the chief deputy clerks, the probation	1676
officers, one private secretary, one personal stenographer to the	1677
clerk, and one personal bailiff to each judge are in the	1678
unclassified civil service of the city of Cleveland. Upon demand	1679
of the clerk, the civil service commission of the city of	1680
Cleveland shall certify a list of those eligible for the position	1681
of deputy clerk. From the list, the clerk shall designate chief	1682
clerks and the number of deputy clerks that the legislative	1683
authority determines are necessary.	1684

Except as otherwise provided in this division, the bailiff,	1685
chief deputy bailiffs, and all deputy bailiffs of the Cleveland	1686
municipal court appointed after January 1, 1968, and the chief	1687
housing specialist, housing specialists, and housing division	1688
referees of the housing division of the Cleveland municipal court	1689
appointed under section 1901.331 of the Revised Code are in the	1690
unclassified civil service of the city of Cleveland. All deputy	1691
bailiffs of the housing division of the Cleveland municipal court	1692
appointed pursuant to that section are in the classified civil	1693
service of the city of Cleveland. Upon the demand of the judge of	1694
the housing division of the Cleveland municipal court, the civil	1695
service commission of the city of Cleveland shall certify a list	1696
of those eligible for the position of deputy bailiff of the	1697
housing division. From the list, the judge of the housing division	1698
shall designate the number of deputy bailiffs that the judge	1699
determines are necessary.	1700

The chief deputy clerks, the chief clerks, and all other	1701
deputy clerks of the Cleveland municipal court shall receive the	1702
compensation that the clerk prescribes. Except as provided in	1703
division (A)(4)(a) of section 1901.331 of the Revised Code with	1704
respect to officers and employees of the housing division of the	1705
Cleveland municipal court, the bailiff, all deputy bailiffs, and	1706
assignment room personnel of the Cleveland municipal court shall	1707
receive the compensation that the court prescribes.	1708

Any appointee under sections 1901.01 to 1901.37 of the	1709
Revised Code may be dismissed or discharged by the same power that	1710
appointed the appointee. In the case of the removal of any civil	1711
service appointee under those sections, an appeal may be taken	1712
from the decision of the civil service commission to the court of	1713
common pleas of Cuyahoga county to determine the sufficiency of	1714
the cause of removal. The appeal shall be taken within ten days of	1715
the finding of the commission.	1716

In the Cleveland municipal court, the presiding judge may	1717
appoint on a full-time, per diem, or contractual basis any	1718
official court reporters for the civil branch of the court that	1719
the business of the court requires. The compensation of official	1720
court reporters shall be determined by the presiding judge of the	1721
court. The compensation shall be payable from the city treasury	1722
and from the treasury of Cuyahoga county in the same proportion as	1723
designated in section 1901.11 of the Revised Code for the payment	1724
of compensation of municipal judges. In every trial in which the	1725
services of a court reporter so appointed are requested by the	1726
judge, any party, or the attorney for any party, there shall be	1727
taxed for each day's services of the court reporter a fee in the	1728
same amount as may be taxed for similar services in the court of	1729
common pleas under section 2301.21 of the Revised Code, to be	1730
collected as other costs in the case. The fees so collected shall	1731
be paid quarterly by the clerk into the city treasury and the	1732
treasury of Cuyahoga county in the same proportion as the	1733
compensation for the court reporters is paid from the city and	1734
county treasuries and shall be credited to the general funds of	1735
the city and county treasuries.	1736

(C) In the Hamilton county municipal court, all employees,	1737
including the bailiff, deputy bailiff, and courtroom bailiffs, are	1738
in the unclassified civil service.	1739

Sec. 1901.34.  (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and	1740
(D) of this section, the village solicitor, city director of law,	1741
or similar chief legal officer for each municipal corporation	1742
within the territory of a municipal court shall prosecute all	1743
cases brought before the municipal court for criminal offenses	1744
occurring within the municipal corporation for which that person	1745
is the solicitor, director of law, or similar chief legal officer.	1746
Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the village	1747
solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer of	1748
the municipal corporation in which a municipal court is located	1749
shall prosecute all criminal cases brought before the court	1750
arising in the unincorporated areas within the territory of the	1751
municipal court.	1752

(B) The Auglaize county, Brown county, Clermont county,	1753
Hocking county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Morrow county,	1754
Ottawa county, and Portage county, and Putnam county prosecuting	1755
attorneys shall prosecute in municipal court all violations of	1756
state law arising in their respective counties. The Carroll	1757
county, Crawford county, Hamilton county, Madison county, and	1758
Wayne county prosecuting attorneys and beginning January 1, 2008,	1759
the Erie county prosecuting attorney shall prosecute all	1760
violations of state law arising within the unincorporated areas of	1761
their respective counties. The Columbiana county prosecuting	1762
attorney shall prosecute in the Columbiana county municipal court	1763
all violations of state law arising in the county, except for	1764
violations arising in the municipal corporation of East Liverpool,	1765
Liverpool township, or St. Clair township. The Darke county	1766
prosecuting attorney shall prosecute in the Darke county municipal	1767
court all violations of state law arising in the county, except	1768
for violations of state law arising in the municipal corporation	1769
of Greenville and violations of state law arising in the village	1770
of Versailles. The Greene county board of county commissioners may	1771
provide for the prosecution of all violations of state law arising	1772
within the territorial jurisdiction of any municipal court located	1773
in Greene county.	1774

The prosecuting attorney of any county given the duty of	1775
prosecuting in municipal court violations of state law shall	1776
receive no additional compensation for assuming these additional	1777
duties, except that the prosecuting attorney of Hamilton, Portage,	1778
and Wayne counties shall receive compensation at the rate of four	1779
thousand eight hundred dollars per year, and the prosecuting	1780
attorney of Auglaize county shall receive compensation at the rate	1781
of one thousand eight hundred dollars per year, each payable from	1782
the county treasury of the respective counties in semimonthly	1783
installments.	1784

(C) The village solicitor, city director of law, or similar	1785
chief legal officer shall perform the same duties, insofar as they	1786
are applicable to the village solicitor, city director of law, or	1787
similar chief legal officer, as are required of the prosecuting	1788
attorney of the county. The village solicitor, city director of	1789
law, similar chief legal officer or any assistants who may be	1790
appointed shall receive for such services additional compensation	1791
to be paid from the treasury of the county as the board of county	1792
commissioners prescribes.	1793

(D) The prosecuting attorney of any county, other than	1794
Auglaize, Brown, Clermont, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Morrow,	1795
Ottawa, or Portage, or Putnam county, may enter into an agreement	1796
with any municipal corporation in the county in which the	1797
prosecuting attorney serves pursuant to which the prosecuting	1798
attorney prosecutes all criminal cases brought before the	1799
municipal court that has territorial jurisdiction over that	1800
municipal corporation for criminal offenses occurring within the	1801
municipal corporation. The prosecuting attorney of Auglaize,	1802
Brown, Clermont, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Morrow, Ottawa, or	1803
Portage, or Putnam county may enter into an agreement with any	1804
municipal corporation in the county in which the prosecuting	1805
attorney serves pursuant to which the respective prosecuting	1806
attorney prosecutes all cases brought before the Auglaize county,	1807
Brown county, Clermont county, Hocking county, Holmes county,	1808
Jackson county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, or Portage county,	1809
or Putnam county municipal court for violations of the ordinances	1810
of the municipal corporation or for criminal offenses other than	1811
violations of state law occurring within the municipal	1812
corporation. For prosecuting these cases, the prosecuting attorney	1813
and the municipal corporation may agree upon a fee to be paid by	1814
the municipal corporation, which fee shall be paid into the county	1815
treasury, to be used to cover expenses of the office of the	1816
prosecuting attorney.	1817

Sec. 1907.11.  (A) Each county court district shall have the	1818
following county court judges, to be elected as follows:	1819

In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall	1820
be elected in 1982.	1821

In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge	1822
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected	1823
in 1982.	1824

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

In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge shall	1829
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two	1830
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	1831
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1832

Until December 31, 2007, in the Erie county county court, one	1833
part-time judge shall be elected in 1982. Effective January 1,	1834
2008, the Erie county county court shall cease to exist.	1835

In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge shall	1836
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	1837
1982.	1838

In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge	1839
shall be elected in 1982.	1840

In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge	1841
shall be elected in 1982.	1842

In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge	1843
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and	1844
two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence	1845
on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1846

In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge	1847
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and	1848
three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence	1849
on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1995,	1850
respectively.	1851

In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall	1852
be elected in 1982.	1853

In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge shall	1854
be elected in 1982.	1855

In the Montgomery county county court, three part-time judges	1856
shall be elected in 1998, terms to commence on January 1, 1999,	1857
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively, and two	1858
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on	1859
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1860

In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge shall	1861
be elected in 1982.	1862

In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge	1863
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected	1864
in 1982.	1865

In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall	1866
be elected in 1982.	1867

In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge	1868
shall be elected in 1982.	1869

In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall	1870
be elected in 1982.	1871

In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall be	1872
elected in 1982.	1873

In the Putnam county county court, one part-time judge shall	1874
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	1875
1982.	1876

In the Sandusky county county court, two part-time judges	1877
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995,	1878
and January 2, 1995, respectively.	1879

In the Trumbull county county court, one part-time judge	1880
shall be elected in 1992, and one part-time judge shall be elected	1881
in 1994.	1882

In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge	1883
shall be elected in 1982.	1884

In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge shall	1885
be elected in 1982.	1886

In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge shall	1887
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in	1888
1982.	1889

(B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next regular	1890
election for a county court judge as provided in section 1907.13	1891
of the Revised Code.	1892

(2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from,	1893
forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled	1894
in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as	1895
provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code.	1896

Sec. 2743.48.  (A) As used in this section and section	1897
2743.49 of the Revised Code, a "wrongfully imprisoned individual"	1898
means an individual who satisfies each of the following:	1899

(1) The individual was charged with a violation of a section	1900
of the Revised Code by an indictment or information prior to, or	1901
on or after, September 24, 1986, and the violation charged was an	1902
aggravated felony or felony.	1903

(2) The individual was found guilty of, but did not plead	1904
guilty to, the particular charge or a lesser-included offense by	1905
the court or jury involved, and the offense of which the	1906
individual was found guilty was an aggravated felony or felony.	1907

(3) The individual was sentenced to an indefinite or definite	1908
term of imprisonment in a state correctional institution for the	1909
offense of which the individual was found guilty.	1910

(4) The individual's conviction was vacated or was dismissed,	1911
or reversed on appeal, the prosecuting attorney in the case cannot	1912
or will not seek any further appeal of right or upon leave of	1913
court, and no criminal proceeding is pending, can be brought, or	1914
will be brought by any prosecuting attorney, city director of law,	1915
village solicitor, or other chief legal officer of a municipal	1916
corporation against the individual for any act associated with	1917
that conviction.	1918

(5) Subsequent to sentencing and during or subsequent to	1919
imprisonment, an error in procedure resulted in the individual's	1920
release, or it was determined by a court of common pleas that the	1921
offense of which the individual was found guilty, including all	1922
lesser-included offenses, either was not committed by the	1923
individual or was not committed by any person.	1924

(B)(1) When a court of common pleas determines, on or after	1925
September 24, 1986, that a person is a wrongfully imprisoned	1926
individual, the court shall provide the person with a copy of this	1927
section and orally inform the person and the person's attorney of	1928
the person's rights under this section to commence a civil action	1929
against the state in the court of claims because of the person's	1930
wrongful imprisonment and to be represented in that civil action	1931
by counsel of the person's own choice.	1932

(2) The court described in division (B)(1) of this section	1933
shall notify the clerk of the court of claims, in writing and	1934
within seven days after the date of the entry of its determination	1935
that the person is a wrongfully imprisoned individual, of the name	1936
and proposed mailing address of the person and of the fact that	1937
the person has the rights to commence a civil action and to have	1938
legal representation as provided in this section. The clerk of the	1939
court of claims shall maintain in the clerk's office a list of	1940
wrongfully imprisoned individuals for whom notices are received	1941
under this section and shall create files in the clerk's office	1942
for each such individual.	1943

(3) Within sixty days after the date of the entry of a court	1944
of common plea's determination that a person is a wrongfully	1945
imprisoned individual, the clerk of the court of claims shall	1946
forward a preliminary judgment to the president of the controlling	1947
board requesting the payment of fifty per cent of the amount	1948
described in division (E)(2)(b) of this section to the wrongfully	1949
imprisoned individual. The board shall take all actions necessary	1950
to cause the payment of that amount out of the emergency purposes	1951
special purpose account of the board.	1952

(C)(1) In a civil action under this section, a wrongfully	1953
imprisoned individual has the right to have counsel of the	1954
individual's own choice.	1955

(2) If a wrongfully imprisoned individual who is the subject	1956
of a court determination as described in division (B)(1) of this	1957
section does not commence a civil action under this section within	1958
six months after the entry of that determination, the clerk of the	1959
court of claims shall send a letter to the wrongfully imprisoned	1960
individual, at the address set forth in the notice received from	1961
the court of common pleas pursuant to division (B)(2) of this	1962
section or to any later address provided by the wrongfully	1963
imprisoned individual, that reminds the wrongfully imprisoned	1964
individual of the wrongfully imprisoned individual's rights under	1965
this section. Until the statute of limitations provided in	1966
division (H) of this section expires and unless the wrongfully	1967
imprisoned individual commences a civil action under this section,	1968
the clerk of the court of claims shall send a similar letter in a	1969
similar manner to the wrongfully imprisoned individual at least	1970
once each three months after the sending of the first reminder.	1971

(D) Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the	1972
contrary, a wrongfully imprisoned individual has and may file a	1973
civil action against the state, in the court of claims, to recover	1974
a sum of money as described in this section, because of the	1975
individual's wrongful imprisonment. The court of claims shall have	1976
exclusive, original jurisdiction over such a civil action. The	1977
civil action shall proceed, be heard, and be determined as	1978
provided in sections 2743.01 to 2743.20 of the Revised Code,	1979
except that if a provision of this section conflicts with a	1980
provision in any of those sections, the provision in this section	1981
controls.	1982

(E)(1) In a civil action as described in division (D) of this	1983
section, the complainant may establish that the claimant is a	1984
wrongfully imprisoned individual by submitting to the court of	1985
claims a certified copy of the judgment entry of the court of	1986
common pleas associated with the claimant's conviction and	1987
sentencing, and a certified copy of the entry of the determination	1988
of a court of common pleas that the claimant is a wrongfully	1989
imprisoned individual. No other evidence shall be required of the	1990
complainant to establish that the claimant is a wrongfully	1991
imprisoned individual, and the claimant shall be irrebuttably	1992
presumed to be a wrongfully imprisoned individual.	1993

(2) In a civil action as described in division (D) of this	1994
section, upon presentation of requisite proof to the court, a	1995
wrongfully imprisoned individual is entitled to receive a sum of	1996
money that equals the total of each of the following amounts:	1997

(a) The amount of any fine or court costs imposed and paid,	1998
and the reasonable attorney's fees and other expenses incurred by	1999
the wrongfully imprisoned individual in connection with all	2000
associated criminal proceedings and appeals, and, if applicable,	2001
in connection with obtaining the wrongfully imprisoned	2002
individual's discharge from confinement in the state correctional	2003
institution;	2004

(b) For each full year of imprisonment in the state	2005
correctional institution for the offense of which the wrongfully	2006
imprisoned individual was found guilty, forty thousand three	2007
hundred thirty dollars or the adjusted amount determined by the	2008
auditor of state pursuant to section 2743.49 of the Revised Code,	2009
and for each part of a year of being so imprisoned, a pro-rated	2010
share of forty thousand three hundred thirty dollars or the	2011
adjusted amount determined by the auditor of state pursuant to	2012
section 2743.49 of the Revised Code;	2013

(c) Any loss of wages, salary, or other earned income that	2014
directly resulted from the wrongfully imprisoned individual's	2015
arrest, prosecution, conviction, and wrongful imprisonment;	2016

(d) The amount of the following cost debts the department of	2017
rehabilitation and correction recovered from the wrongfully	2018
imprisoned individual who was in custody of the department or	2019
under the department's supervision:	2020

(i) Any user fee or copayment for services at a detention	2021
facility, including, but not limited to, a fee or copayment for	2022
sick call visits;	2023

(ii) The cost of housing and feeding the wrongfully	2024
imprisoned individual in a detention facility;	2025

(iii) The cost of supervision of the wrongfully imprisoned	2026
individual;	2027

(iv) The cost of any ancillary services provided to the	2028
wrongfully imprisoned individual.	2029

(F)(1) If the court of claims determines in a civil action as	2030
described in division (D) of this section that the complainant is	2031
a wrongfully imprisoned individual, it shall enter judgment for	2032
the wrongfully imprisoned individual in the amount of the sum of	2033
money to which the wrongfully imprisoned individual is entitled	2034
under division (E)(2) of this section. In determining that sum,	2035
the court of claims shall not take into consideration any expenses	2036
incurred by the state or any of its political subdivisions in	2037
connection with the arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment of the	2038
wrongfully imprisoned individual, including, but not limited to,	2039
expenses for food, clothing, shelter, and medical services. The	2040
court shall reduce that sum by the amount of the payment to the	2041
wrongfully imprisoned individual described in division (B)(3) of	2042
this section.	2043

(2) If the wrongfully imprisoned individual was represented	2044
in the civil action under this section by counsel of the	2045
wrongfully imprisoned individual's own choice, the court of claims	2046
shall include in the judgment entry referred to in division (F)(1)	2047
of this section an award for the reasonable attorney's fees of	2048
that counsel. These fees shall be paid as provided in division (G)	2049
of this section.	2050

(3) The state consents to be sued by a wrongfully imprisoned	2051
individual because the imprisonment was wrongful, and to liability	2052
on its part because of that fact, only as provided in this	2053
section. However, this section does not affect any liability of	2054
the state or of its employees to a wrongfully imprisoned	2055
individual on a claim for relief that is not based on the fact of	2056
the wrongful imprisonment, including, but not limited to, a claim	2057
for relief that arises out of circumstances occurring during the	2058
wrongfully imprisoned individual's confinement in the state	2059
correctional institution.	2060

(G) The clerk of the court of claims shall forward a	2061
certified copy of a judgment under division (F) of this section to	2062
the president of the controlling board. The board shall take all	2063
actions necessary to cause the payment of the judgment out of the	2064
emergency purposes special purpose account of the board.	2065

(H) To be eligible to recover a sum of money as described in	2066
this section because of wrongful imprisonment, a wrongfully	2067
imprisoned individual shall not have been, prior to September 24,	2068
1986, the subject of an act of the general assembly that	2069
authorized an award of compensation for the wrongful imprisonment	2070
or have been the subject of an action before the former sundry	2071
claims board that resulted in an award of compensation for the	2072
wrongful imprisonment. Additionally, to be eligible to so recover,	2073
the wrongfully imprisoned individual shall commence a civil action	2074
under this section in the court of claims no later than two years	2075
after the date of the entry of the determination of a court of	2076
common pleas that the individual is a wrongfully imprisoned	2077
individual.	2078

Sec. 2929.15.  (A)(1) If in sentencing an offender for a	2079
felony the court is not required to impose a prison term, a	2080
mandatory prison term, or a term of life imprisonment upon the	2081
offender, the court may directly impose a sentence that consists	2082
of one or more community control sanctions authorized pursuant to	2083
section 2929.16, 2929.17, or 2929.18 of the Revised Code. If the	2084
court is sentencing an offender for a fourth degree felony OVI	2085
offense under division (G)(1) of section 2929.13 of the Revised	2086
Code, in addition to the mandatory term of local incarceration	2087
imposed under that division and the mandatory fine required by	2088
division (B)(3) of section 2929.18 of the Revised Code, the court	2089
may impose upon the offender a community control sanction or	2090
combination of community control sanctions in accordance with	2091
sections 2929.16 and 2929.17 of the Revised Code. If the court is	2092
sentencing an offender for a third or fourth degree felony OVI	2093
offense under division (G)(2) of section 2929.13 of the Revised	2094
Code, in addition to the mandatory prison term or mandatory prison	2095
term and additional prison term imposed under that division, the	2096
court also may impose upon the offender a community control	2097
sanction or combination of community control sanctions under	2098
section 2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code, but the offender	2099
shall serve all of the prison terms so imposed prior to serving	2100
the community control sanction.	2101

The duration of all community control sanctions imposed upon	2102
an offender under this division shall not exceed five years. If	2103
the offender absconds or otherwise leaves the jurisdiction of the	2104
court in which the offender resides without obtaining permission	2105
from the court or the offender's probation officer to leave the	2106
jurisdiction of the court, or if the offender is confined in any	2107
institution for the commission of any offense while under a	2108
community control sanction, the period of the community control	2109
sanction ceases to run until the offender is brought before the	2110
court for its further action. If the court sentences the offender	2111
to one or more nonresidential sanctions under section 2929.17 of	2112
the Revised Code, the court shall impose as a condition of the	2113
nonresidential sanctions that, during the period of the sanctions,	2114
the offender must abide by the law and must not leave the state	2115
without the permission of the court or the offender's probation	2116
officer. The court may impose any other conditions of release	2117
under a community control sanction that the court considers	2118
appropriate, including, but not limited to, requiring that the	2119
offender not ingest or be injected with a drug of abuse and submit	2120
to random drug testing as provided in division (D) of this section	2121
to determine whether the offender ingested or was injected with a	2122
drug of abuse and requiring that the results of the drug test	2123
indicate that the offender did not ingest or was not injected with	2124
a drug of abuse.	2125

(2)(a) If a court sentences an offender to any community	2126
control sanction or combination of community control sanctions	2127
authorized pursuant to section 2929.16, 2929.17, or 2929.18 of the	2128
Revised Code, the court shall place the offender under the general	2129
control and supervision of a department of probation in the county	2130
that serves the court for purposes of reporting to the court a	2131
violation of any condition of the sanctions, any condition of	2132
release under a community control sanction imposed by the court, a	2133
violation of law, or the departure of the offender from this state	2134
without the permission of the court or the offender's probation	2135
officer. Alternatively, if the offender resides in another county	2136
and a county department of probation has been established in that	2137
county or that county is served by a multicounty probation	2138
department established under section 2301.27 of the Revised Code,	2139
the court may request the court of common pleas of that county to	2140
receive the offender into the general control and supervision of	2141
that county or multicounty department of probation for purposes of	2142
reporting to the court a violation of any condition of the	2143
sanctions, any condition of release under a community control	2144
sanction imposed by the court, a violation of law, or the	2145
departure of the offender from this state without the permission	2146
of the court or the offender's probation officer, subject to the	2147
jurisdiction of the trial judge over and with respect to the	2148
person of the offender, and to the rules governing that department	2149
of probation.	2150

If there is no department of probation in the county that	2151
serves the court, the court shall place the offender, regardless	2152
of the offender's county of residence, under the general control	2153
and supervision of the adult parole authority for purposes of	2154
reporting to the court a violation of any of the sanctions, any	2155
condition of release under a community control sanction imposed by	2156
the court, a violation of law, or the departure of the offender	2157
from this state without the permission of the court or the	2158
offender's probation officer.	2159

(b) If the court imposing sentence upon an offender sentences	2160
the offender to any community control sanction or combination of	2161
community control sanctions authorized pursuant to section	2162
2929.16, 2929.17, or 2929.18 of the Revised Code, and if the	2163
offender violates any condition of the sanctions, any condition of	2164
release under a community control sanction imposed by the court,	2165
violates any law, or departs the state without the permission of	2166
the court or the offender's probation officer, the public or	2167
private person or entity that operates or administers the sanction	2168
or the program or activity that comprises the sanction shall	2169
report the violation or departure directly to the sentencing	2170
court, or shall report the violation or departure to the county or	2171
multicounty department of probation with general control and	2172
supervision over the offender under division (A)(2)(a) of this	2173
section or the officer of that department who supervises the	2174
offender, or, if there is no such department with general control	2175
and supervision over the offender under that division, to the	2176
adult parole authority. If the public or private person or entity	2177
that operates or administers the sanction or the program or	2178
activity that comprises the sanction reports the violation or	2179
departure to the county or multicounty department of probation or	2180
the adult parole authority, the department's or authority's	2181
officers may treat the offender as if the offender were on	2182
probation and in violation of the probation, and shall report the	2183
violation of the condition of the sanction, any condition of	2184
release under a community control sanction imposed by the court,	2185
the violation of law, or the departure from the state without the	2186
required permission to the sentencing court.	2187

(3) If an offender who is eligible for community control	2188
sanctions under this section admits to being drug addicted or the	2189
court has reason to believe that the offender is drug addicted,	2190
and if the offense for which the offender is being sentenced was	2191
related to the addiction, the court may require that the offender	2192
be assessed by a properly credentialed professional within a	2193
specified period of time and shall require the professional to	2194
file a written assessment of the offender with the court. If a	2195
court imposes treatment and recovery support services as a	2196
community control sanction, the court shall direct the level and	2197
type of treatment and recovery support services after	2198
consideration of the written assessment, if available at the time	2199
of sentencing, and recommendations of the professional and other	2200
treatment and recovery support services providers.	2201

(4) If an assessment completed pursuant to division (A)(3) of	2202
this section indicates that the offender is addicted to drugs or	2203
alcohol, the court may include in any community control sanction	2204
imposed for a violation of section 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04,	2205
2925.05, 2925.06, 2925.11, 2925.13, 2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.36, or	2206
2925.37 of the Revised Code a requirement that the offender	2207
participate in a treatment and recovery support services program	2208
certified under section 3793.06 of the Revised Code or offered by	2209
another properly credentialed program provider.	2210

(B)(1) If the conditions of a community control sanction are	2211
violated or if the offender violates a law or leaves the state	2212
without the permission of the court or the offender's probation	2213
officer, the sentencing court may impose aupon the violator one	2214
or more of the following penalties:	2215

(a) A longer time under the same sanction if the total time	2216
under the sanctions does not exceed the five-year limit specified	2217
in division (A) of this section, may impose a;	2218

(b) A more restrictive sanction under section 2929.16,	2219
2929.17, or 2929.18 of the Revised Code, or may impose a;	2220

(c) A prison term on the offender pursuant to section 2929.14	2221
of the Revised Code. The	2222

(2) The prison term, if any, imposed upon a violator pursuant	2223
to this division shall be within the range of prison terms	2224
available for the offense for which the sanction that was violated	2225
was imposed and shall not exceed the prison term specified in the	2226
notice provided to the offender at the sentencing hearing pursuant	2227
to division (B)(3) of section 2929.19 of the Revised Code. The	2228
court may reduce the longer period of time that the offender is	2229
required to spend under the longer sanction, the more restrictive	2230
sanction, or a prison term imposed pursuant to this division by	2231
the time the offender successfully spent under the sanction that	2232
was initially imposed.	2233

(C) If an offender, for a significant period of time,	2234
fulfills the conditions of a sanction imposed pursuant to section	2235
2929.16, 2929.17, or 2929.18 of the Revised Code in an exemplary	2236
manner, the court may reduce the period of time under the sanction	2237
or impose a less restrictive sanction, but the court shall not	2238
permit the offender to violate any law or permit the offender to	2239
leave the state without the permission of the court or the	2240
offender's probation officer.	2241

(D)(1) If a court under division (A)(1) of this section	2242
imposes a condition of release under a community control sanction	2243
that requires the offender to submit to random drug testing, the	2244
department of probation or the adult parole authority that has	2245
general control and supervision of the offender under division	2246
(A)(2)(a) of this section may cause the offender to submit to	2247
random drug testing performed by a laboratory or entity that has	2248
entered into a contract with any of the governmental entities or	2249
officers authorized to enter into a contract with that laboratory	2250
or entity under section 341.26, 753.33, or 5120.63 of the Revised	2251
Code.	2252

(2) If no laboratory or entity described in division (D)(1)	2253
of this section has entered into a contract as specified in that	2254
division, the department of probation or the adult parole	2255
authority that has general control and supervision of the offender	2256
under division (A)(2)(a) of this section shall cause the offender	2257
to submit to random drug testing performed by a reputable public	2258
laboratory to determine whether the individual who is the subject	2259
of the drug test ingested or was injected with a drug of abuse.	2260

(3) A laboratory or entity that has entered into a contract	2261
pursuant to section 341.26, 753.33, or 5120.63 of the Revised Code	2262
shall perform the random drug tests under division (D)(1) of this	2263
section in accordance with the applicable standards that are	2264
included in the terms of that contract. A public laboratory shall	2265
perform the random drug tests under division (D)(2) of this	2266
section in accordance with the standards set forth in the policies	2267
and procedures established by the department of rehabilitation and	2268
correction pursuant to section 5120.63 of the Revised Code. An	2269
offender who is required under division (A)(1) of this section to	2270
submit to random drug testing as a condition of release under a	2271
community control sanction and whose test results indicate that	2272
the offender ingested or was injected with a drug of abuse shall	2273
pay the fee for the drug test if the department of probation or	2274
the adult parole authority that has general control and	2275
supervision of the offender requires payment of a fee. A	2276
laboratory or entity that performs the random drug testing on an	2277
offender under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section shall	2278
transmit the results of the drug test to the appropriate	2279
department of probation or the adult parole authority that has	2280
general control and supervision of the offender under division	2281
(A)(2)(a) of this section.	2282

Sec. 2929.24.  (A) Except as provided in section 2929.22 or	2283
2929.23 of the Revised Code or division (E) or (F) of this section	2284
and unless another term is required or authorized pursuant to law,	2285
if the sentencing court imposing a sentence upon an offender for a	2286
misdemeanor elects or is required to impose a jail term on the	2287
offender pursuant to this chapter, the court shall impose a	2288
definite jail term that shall be one of the following:	2289

(1) For a misdemeanor of the first degree, not more than one	2290
hundred eighty days;	2291

(2) For a misdemeanor of the second degree, not more than	2292
ninety days;	2293

(3) For a misdemeanor of the third degree, not more than	2294
sixty days;	2295

(4) For a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, not more than	2296
thirty days.	2297

(B)(1) A court that sentences an offender to a jail term	2298
under this section may permit the offender to serve the sentence	2299
in intermittent confinement or may authorize a limited release of	2300
the offender as provided in division (B) of section 2929.26 of the	2301
Revised Code. The court retains jurisdiction over every offender	2302
sentenced to jail to modify the jail sentence imposed at any time,	2303
but the court shall not reduce any mandatory jail term.	2304

(2)(a) If a prosecutor, as defined in section 2935.01 of the	2305
Revised Code, has filed a notice with the court that the	2306
prosecutor wants to be notified about a particular case and if the	2307
court is considering modifying the jail sentence of the offender	2308
in that case, the court shall notify the prosecutor that the court	2309
is considering modifying the jail sentence of the offender in that	2310
case. The prosecutor may request a hearing regarding the court's	2311
consideration of modifying the jail sentence of the offender in	2312
that case, and, if the prosecutor requests a hearing, the court	2313
shall notify the eligible offender of the hearing.	2314

(b) If the prosecutor requests a hearing regarding the	2315
court's consideration of modifying the jail sentence of the	2316
offender in that case, the court shall hold the hearing before	2317
considering whether or not to release the offender from the	2318
offender's jail sentence.	2319

(C) If a court sentences an offender to a jail term under	2320
this section and the court assigns the offender to a county jail	2321
that has established a county jail industry program pursuant to	2322
section 5147.30 of the Revised Code, the court shall specify, as	2323
part of the sentence, whether the offender may be considered for	2324
participation in the program. During the offender's term in the	2325
county jail, the court retains jurisdiction to modify its	2326
specification regarding the offender's participation in the county	2327
jail industry program.	2328

(D) If a person is sentenced to a jail term pursuant to this	2329
section, the court may impose as part of the sentence pursuant to	2330
section 2929.28 of the Revised Code a reimbursement sanction, and,	2331
if the local detention facility in which the term is to be served	2332
is covered by a policy adopted pursuant to section 307.93, 341.14,	2333
341.19, 341.21, 341.23, 753.02, 753.04, 753.16, 2301.56, or	2334
2947.19 of the Revised Code and section 2929.37 of the Revised	2335
Code, both of the following apply:	2336

(1) The court shall specify both of the following as part of	2337
the sentence:	2338

(a) If the person is presented with an itemized bill pursuant	2339
to section 2929.37 of the Revised Code for payment of the costs of	2340
confinement, the person is required to pay the bill in accordance	2341
with that section.	2342

(b) If the person does not dispute the bill described in	2343
division (D)(1)(a) of this section and does not pay the bill by	2344
the times specified in section 2929.37 of the Revised Code, the	2345
clerk of the court may issue a certificate of judgment against the	2346
person as described in that section.	2347

(2) The sentence automatically includes any certificate of	2348
judgment issued as described in division (D)(1)(b) of this	2349
section.	2350

(E) If an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a	2351
violation of division (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code	2352
also is convicted of or also pleads guilty to a specification of	2353
the type described in section 2941.1416 of the Revised Code and if	2354
the court imposes a jail term on the offender for the underlying	2355
offense, the court shall impose upon the offender an additional	2356
definite jail term of not more than six months. The additional	2357
jail term shall not be reduced pursuant to any provision of the	2358
Revised Code. The offender shall serve the additional jail term	2359
consecutively to and prior to the jail term imposed for the	2360
underlying offense and consecutively to any other mandatory term	2361
imposed in relation to the offense.	2362

(F)(1) If an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a	2363
misdemeanor violation of section 2907.23, 2907.24, 2907.241, or	2364
2907.25 of the Revised Code and to a specification of the type	2365
described in section 2941.1421 of the Revised Code and if the	2366
court imposes a jail term on the offender for the misdemeanor	2367
violation, the court may impose upon the offender an additional	2368
definite jail term as follows:	2369

(a) Subject to division (F)(1)(b) of this section, an	2370
additional definite jail term of not more than sixty days;	2371

(b) If the offender previously has been convicted of or	2372
pleaded guilty to one or more misdemeanor or felony violations of	2373
section 2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.24, 2907.241, or 2907.25 of the	2374
Revised Code and also was convicted of or pleaded guilty to a	2375
specification of the type described in section 2941.1421 of the	2376
Revised Code regarding one or more of those violations, an	2377
additional definite jail term of not more than one hundred twenty	2378
days.	2379

(2) In lieu of imposing an additional definite jail term	2380
under division (F)(1) of this section, the court may directly	2381
impose on the offender a sanction that requires the offender to	2382
wear a real-time processing, continual tracking electronic	2383
monitoring device during the period of time specified by the	2384
court. The period of time specified by the court shall equal the	2385
duration of an additional jail term that the court could have	2386
imposed upon the offender under division (F)(1) of this section. A	2387
sanction imposed under this division shall commence on the date	2388
specified by the court, provided that the sanction shall not	2389
commence until after the offender has served the jail term imposed	2390
for the misdemeanor violation of section 2907.23, 2907.24,	2391
2907.241, or 2907.25 of the Revised Code and any residential	2392
sanction imposed for the violation under section 2929.26 of the	2393
Revised Code. A sanction imposed under this division shall be	2394
considered to be a community control sanction for purposes of	2395
section 2929.25 of the Revised Code, and all provisions of the	2396
Revised Code that pertain to community control sanctions shall	2397
apply to a sanction imposed under this division, except to the	2398
extent that they would by their nature be clearly inapplicable.	2399
The offender shall pay all costs associated with a sanction	2400
imposed under this division, including the cost of the use of the	2401
monitoring device.	2402

(G) If an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a	2403
misdemeanor violation of section 2903.13 of the Revised Code and	2404
also is convicted of or pleads guilty to a specification of the	2405
type described in section 2941.1423 of the Revised Code that	2406
charges that the victim of the violation was a woman whom the	2407
offender knew was pregnant at the time of the violation, the court	2408
shall impose on the offender a mandatory jail term that is a	2409
definite term of at least thirty days.	2410

Sec. 2929.25.  (A)(1) Except as provided in sections 2929.22	2411
and 2929.23 of the Revised Code or when a jail term is required by	2412
law, in sentencing an offender for a misdemeanor, other than a	2413
minor misdemeanor, the sentencing court may do either of the	2414
following:	2415

(a) Directly impose a sentence that consists of one or more	2416
community control sanctions authorized by section 2929.26,	2417
2929.27, or 2929.28 of the Revised Code. The court may impose any	2418
other conditions of release under a community control sanction	2419
that the court considers appropriate. If the court imposes a jail	2420
term upon the offender, the court may impose any community control	2421
sanction or combination of community control sanctions in addition	2422
to the jail term.	2423

(b) Impose a jail term under section 2929.24 of the Revised	2424
Code from the range of jail terms authorized under that section	2425
for the offense, suspend all or a portion of the jail term	2426
imposed, and place the offender under a community control sanction	2427
or combination of community control sanctions authorized under	2428
section 2929.26, 2929.27, or 2929.28 of the Revised Code.	2429

(2) The duration of all community control sanctions imposed	2430
upon an offender and in effect for an offender at any time shall	2431
not exceed five years.	2432

(3) At sentencing, if a court directly imposes a community	2433
control sanction or combination of community control sanctions	2434
pursuant to division (A)(1)(a) of this section, the court shall	2435
state the duration of the community control sanctions imposed and	2436
shall notify the offender that if any of the conditions of the	2437
community control sanctions are violated the court may do any of	2438
the following:	2439

(a) Impose a longer time under the same community control	2440
sanction if the total time under all of the offender's community	2441
control sanctions does not exceed the five-year limit specified in	2442
division (A)(2) of this section;	2443

(b) Impose a more restrictive community control sanction	2444
under section 2929.26, 2929.27, or 2929.28 of the Revised Code,	2445
but the court is not required to impose any particular sanction or	2446
sanctions;	2447

(c) Impose a definite jail term from the range of jail terms	2448
authorized for the offense under section 2929.24 of the Revised	2449
Code.	2450

(B)(1) If a court sentences an offender to any community	2451
control sanction or combination of community control sanctions	2452
authorized under section 2929.26, 2929.27, or 2929.28 of the	2453
Revised Code, the court shall place the offender under the general	2454
control and supervision of the court or of a department of	2455
probation in the jurisdiction that serves the court for purposes	2456
of reporting to the court a violation of any of the conditions of	2457
the sanctions imposed. If the offender resides in another	2458
jurisdiction and a department of probation has been established to	2459
serve the municipal court or county court in that jurisdiction,	2460
the sentencing court may request the municipal court or the county	2461
court to receive the offender into the general control and	2462
supervision of that department of probation for purposes of	2463
reporting to the sentencing court a violation of any of the	2464
conditions of the sanctions imposed. The sentencing court retains	2465
jurisdiction over any offender whom it sentences for the duration	2466
of the sanction or sanctions imposed.	2467

(2) The sentencing court shall require as a condition of any	2468
community control sanction that the offender abide by the law and	2469
not leave the state without the permission of the court or the	2470
offender's probation officer. In the interests of doing justice,	2471
rehabilitating the offender, and ensuring the offender's good	2472
behavior, the court may impose additional requirements on the	2473
offender. The offender's compliance with the additional	2474
requirements also shall be a condition of the community control	2475
sanction imposed upon the offender.	2476

(C)(1) If the court imposing sentence upon an offender	2477
sentences the offender to any community control sanction or	2478
combination of community control sanctions authorized under	2479
section 2929.26, 2929.27, or 2929.28 of the Revised Code, and if	2480
the offender violates any of the conditions of the sanctions, the	2481
public or private person or entity that supervises or administers	2482
the program or activity that comprises the sanction shall report	2483
the violation directly to the sentencing court or to the	2484
department of probation or probation officer with general control	2485
and supervision over the offender. If the public or private person	2486
or entity reports the violation to the department of probation or	2487
probation officer, the department or officer shall report the	2488
violation to the sentencing court.	2489

(2) If an offender violates any condition of a community	2490
control sanction, the sentencing court may impose upon the	2491
violator aone or more of the following penalties:	2492

(a) A longer time under the same community control sanction	2493
if the total time under all of the community control sanctions	2494
imposed on the violator does not exceed the five-year limit	2495
specified in division (A)(2) of this section or may impose on the	2496
violator a;	2497

(b) A more restrictive community control sanction or;

2498

(c) A combination of community control sanctions, including a	2499
jail term. If	2500

(3) If the court imposes a jail term upon a violator pursuant	2501
to this division (C)(2) of this section, the total time spent in	2502
jail for the misdemeanor offense and the violation of a condition	2503
of the community control sanction shall not exceed the maximum	2504
jail term available for the offense for which the sanction that	2505
was violated was imposed. The court may reduce the longer period	2506
of time that the violator is required to spend under the longer	2507
sanction or the more restrictive sanction imposed under division	2508
(C)(2) of this section by all or part of the time the violator	2509
successfully spent under the sanction that was initially imposed.	2510

(D) Except as otherwise provided in this division, if an	2511
offender, for a significant period of time, fulfills the	2512
conditions of a community control sanction imposed pursuant to	2513
section 2929.26, 2929.27, or 2929.28 of the Revised Code in an	2514
exemplary manner, the court may reduce the period of time under	2515
the community control sanction or impose a less restrictive	2516
community control sanction. Fulfilling the conditions of a	2517
community control sanction does not relieve the offender of a duty	2518
to make restitution under section 2929.28 of the Revised Code.	2519

Sec. 2937.07.  If the offense is a misdemeanor and the	2520
accused pleads guilty to the offense, the court or magistrate	2521
shall receive and enter the plea unless the court or magistrate	2522
believes that it was made through fraud, collusion, or mistake. If	2523
the court or magistrate so believes that it was made through	2524
fraud, collusion, or mistake, the court or magistrate shall enter	2525
a plea of not guilty and set the matter for trial pursuant to	2526
Chapter 2938. of the Revised Code. Upon receiving a plea of	2527
guilty, the court or magistrate shall call for an explanation of	2528
the circumstances of the offense from the affiant or complainant	2529
or the affiant's or complainant's representatives unless the	2530
offense to which the accused is pleading is a minor misdemeanor in	2531
which case the court or magistrate is not required to call for an	2532
explanation of the circumstances of the offense. After hearing the	2533
explanation of circumstances, together with any statement of the	2534
accused or after receiving the plea of guilty if an explanation of	2535
the circumstances of the offense is not required, the court or	2536
magistrate shall proceed to pronounce the sentence or shall	2537
continue the matter for the purpose of imposing the sentence.	2538

A plea to a misdemeanor offense of "no contest" or words of	2539
similar import shall constitute a stipulationan admission of the	2540
truth of the facts alleged in the complaint and that the judge or	2541
magistrate may make a finding of guilty or not guilty from the	2542
explanation of the circumstances of the offense. If the offense to	2543
which the accused is entering a plea of "no contest" is a minor	2544
misdemeanor, the judge or magistrate is not required to call for	2545
an explanation of the circumstances of the offense, and the judge	2546
or magistrate may base a finding on the facts alleged in the	2547
complaint. If a finding of guilty is made, the judge or magistrate	2548
shall impose the sentence or continue the case for sentencing	2549
accordingly. A plea of "no contest" or words of similar import	2550
shall not be construed as an admission of any fact at issue in the	2551
criminal charge in any subsequent civil or criminal action or	2552
proceeding.	2553

Sec. 4507.02.  (A)(1) No person shall permit the operation of	2554
a motor vehicle upon any public or private property used by the	2555
public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking knowing the	2556
operator does not have a valid driver's license issued to the	2557
operator by the registrar of motor vehicles under this chapter or	2558
a valid commercial driver's license issued under Chapter 4506. of	2559
the Revised Code. WhoeverExcept as otherwise provided in this	2560
division, whoever violates this division is guilty of an	2561
unclassified misdemeanor. TheWhen the offense is an unclassified	2562
misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to sections	2563
2929.21 to 2929.28 of the Revised Code, except that the offender	2564
shall not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be	2565
sentenced to a community residential sanction pursuant to section	2566
2929.26 of the Revised Code; notwithstanding division (A)(2)(a) of	2567
section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, the offender may be fined up	2568
to one thousand dollars and; and, notwithstanding division (A)(3)	2569
of section 2929.27 of the Revised Code, the offender may be	2570
ordered pursuant to division (B) of that section 2929.27 of the	2571
Revised Code additionally may be ordered to serve a term of	2572
community service of up to five hundred hours. If, within three	2573
years of the offense, the offender previously was convicted of or	2574
pleaded guilty to two or more violations of this section or a	2575
substantially equivalent municipal ordinance within the past three	2576
years, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.	2577

(2) No person shall receive a driver's license, or a	2578
motorcycle operator's endorsement of a driver's or commercial	2579
driver's license, unless and until the person surrenders to the	2580
registrar all valid licenses issued to the person by another	2581
jurisdiction recognized by this state. The registrar shall report	2582
the surrender of a license to the issuing authority, together with	2583
information that a license is now issued in this state. The	2584
registrar shall destroy any such license that is not returned to	2585
the issuing authority. No person shall be permitted to have more	2586
than one valid license at any time.	2587

(B)(1) If a person is convicted of a violation of section	2588
4510.11, 4510.14, 4510.16 when division (B)(3) of that section	2589
applies, or 4510.21 of the Revised Code or if division (F) of	2590
section 4507.164 of the Revised Code applies, the trial judge of	2591
any court, in addition to or independent of any other penalties	2592
provided by law or ordinance, shall impound the identification	2593
license plates of any motor vehicle registered in the name of the	2594
person. If a person is convicted of a violation of section 4510.16	2595
of the Revised Code and division (B)(2) of that section applies,	2596
the trial judge of any court, in addition to or independent of any	2597
other penalties provided by law or ordinance, may impound the	2598
identification license plates of any motor vehicle registered in	2599
the name of the person. The court shall send the impounded license	2600
plates to the registrar, who may retain the license plates until	2601
the driver's or commercial driver's license of the owner has been	2602
reinstated or destroy them pursuant to section 4503.232 of the	2603
Revised Code.	2604

If the license plates of a person convicted of a violation of	2605
any provision of those sections have been impounded in accordance	2606
with the provisions of this division, the court shall notify the	2607
registrar of that action. The notice shall contain the name and	2608
address of the driver, the serial number of the driver's driver's	2609
or commercial driver's license, the serial numbers of the license	2610
plates of the motor vehicle, and the length of time for which the	2611
license plates have been impounded. The registrar shall record the	2612
data in the notice as part of the driver's permanent record.	2613

(2) Any motor vehicle owner who has had the license plates of	2614
a motor vehicle impounded pursuant to division (B)(1) of this	2615
section may apply to the registrar, or to a deputy registrar, for	2616
restricted license plates that shall conform to the requirements	2617
of section 4503.231 of the Revised Code. The registrar or deputy	2618
registrar forthwith shall notify the court of the application and,	2619
upon approval of the court, shall issue restricted license plates	2620
to the applicant. Until the driver's or commercial driver's	2621
license of the owner is reinstated, any new license plates issued	2622
to the owner also shall conform to the requirements of section	2623
4503.231 of the Revised Code.	2624

The registrar or deputy registrar shall charge the owner of a	2625
vehicle the fees provided in section 4503.19 of the Revised Code	2626
for restricted license plates that are issued in accordance with	2627
this division, except upon renewal as specified in section 4503.10	2628
of the Revised Code, when the regular fee as provided in section	2629
4503.04 of the Revised Code shall be charged. The registrar or	2630
deputy registrar shall charge the owner of a vehicle the fees	2631
provided in section 4503.19 of the Revised Code whenever	2632
restricted license plates are exchanged, by reason of the	2633
reinstatement of the driver's or commercial driver's license of	2634
the owner, for those ordinarily issued.	2635

(3) If an owner wishes to sell a motor vehicle during the	2636
time the restricted license plates provided under division (B)(2)	2637
of this section are in use, the owner may apply to the court that	2638
impounded the license plates of the motor vehicle for permission	2639
to transfer title to the motor vehicle. If the court is satisfied	2640
that the sale will be made in good faith and not for the purpose	2641
of circumventing the provisions of this section, it may certify	2642
its consent to the owner and to the registrar of motor vehicles	2643
who shall enter notice of the transfer of the title of the motor	2644
vehicle in the vehicle registration record.	2645

If, during the time the restricted license plates provided	2646
under division (B)(2) of this section are in use, the title to a	2647
motor vehicle is transferred by the foreclosure of a chattel	2648
mortgage, a sale upon execution, the cancellation of a conditional	2649
sales contract, or by order of a court, the court shall notify the	2650
registrar of the action and the registrar shall enter notice of	2651
the transfer of the title to the motor vehicle in the vehicle	2652
registration record.	2653

(C) This section is not intended to change or modify any	2654
provision of Chapter 4503. of the Revised Code with respect to the	2655
taxation of motor vehicles or the time within which the taxes on	2656
motor vehicles shall be paid.	2657

Sec. 4510.11.  (A) No person whose driver's or commercial	2658
driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege has	2659
been suspended under any provision of the Revised Code, other than	2660
Chapter 4509. of the Revised Code, or under any applicable law in	2661
any other jurisdiction in which the person's license or permit was	2662
issued shall operate any motor vehicle upon the public roads and	2663
highways or upon any public or private property used by the public	2664
for purposes of vehicular travel or parking within this state	2665
during the period of suspension unless the person is granted	2666
limited driving privileges and is operating the vehicle in	2667
accordance with the terms of the limited driving privileges.	2668

(B) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon a highway	2669
or any public or private property used by the public for purposes	2670
of vehicular travel or parking in this state in violation of any	2671
restriction of the person's driver's or commercial driver's	2672
license or permit imposed under division (D) of section 4506.10 or	2673
under section 4507.14 of the Revised Code.	2674

(C)(1)(a) Except as provided in division (C)(1)(b) of this	2675
section, whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty	2676
of driving under suspension, a misdemeanor of the first degree.	2677
The court shall impose upon the offender a class seven suspension	2678
of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license,	2679
temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident	2680
operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of	2681
section 4510.02 of the Revised Code.	2682

(b) If the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license	2683
or permit or nonresident operating privilege has been suspended	2684
under section 3123.58 or 4510.22 of the Revised Code, except as	2685
otherwise provided in this division, a violation of division (A)	2686
of this section is an unclassified misdemeanor. TheWhen the	2687
offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be	2688
sentenced pursuant to sections 2929.21 to 2929.28 of the Revised	2689
Code, except that the offender shall not be sentenced to a jail	2690
term; the offender shall not be sentenced to a community	2691
residential sanction pursuant to section 2929.26 of the Revised	2692
Code; notwithstanding division (A)(2)(a) of section 2929.28 of the	2693
Revised Code, the offender may be fined up to one thousand dollars	2694
and; and, notwithstanding division (A)(3) of section 2929.27 of	2695
the Revised Code, the offender may be ordered pursuant to division	2696
(B) of that section 2929.27 of the Revised Code additionally may	2697
be ordered to serve a term of community service of up to five	2698
hundred hours. If, within three years of the offense, the offender	2699
previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more	2700
violations of this section or a substantially equivalent municipal	2701
ordinance within the past three years, the offense is a	2702
misdemeanor of the first degree.	2703

(2) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty	2704
of driving in violation of a license restriction, a misdemeanor of	2705
the first degree.	2706

(3) Except as provided in division (C)(4) or (5) of this	2707
section, the court, in addition to any other penalty that it	2708
imposes on the offender and if the vehicle is registered in the	2709
offender's name, shall order the immobilization of the vehicle	2710
involved in the offense for thirty days in accordance with section	2711
4503.233 of the Revised Code and the impoundment of that vehicle's	2712
license plates for thirty days.	2713

(4) If the offender previously has been convicted of or	2714
pleaded guilty to one violation of this section or of a	2715
substantially similar municipal ordinance, the court, in addition	2716
to any other sentence that it imposes on the offender and if the	2717
vehicle is registered in the offender's name, shall order the	2718
immobilization of the vehicle involved in the offense for sixty	2719
days in accordance with section 4503.233 of the Revised Code and	2720
the impoundment of that vehicle's license plates for sixty days.	2721

(5) If the offender previously has been convicted of or	2722
pleaded guilty to two or more violations of this section or of a	2723
substantially similar municipal ordinance, the court, in addition	2724
to any other sentence that it imposes on the offender and if the	2725
vehicle is registered in the offender's name, shall order the	2726
criminal forfeiture of the vehicle involved in the offense to the	2727
state.	2728

(D) Any order for immobilization and impoundment under this	2729
section shall be issued and enforced under section 4503.233 of the	2730
Revised Code. The court shall not release a vehicle from	2731
immobilization ordered under this section unless the court is	2732
presented with current proof of financial responsibility with	2733
respect to that vehicle.	2734

(E) Any order of criminal forfeiture under this section shall	2735
be issued and enforced under section 4503.234 of the Revised Code.	2736
Upon receipt of the copy of the order from the court, neither the	2737
registrar of motor vehicles nor a deputy registrar shall accept	2738
any application for the registration or transfer of registration	2739
of any motor vehicle owned or leased by the person named in the	2740
declaration of forfeiture. The period of registration denial shall	2741
be five years after the date of the order, unless, during that	2742
period, the court having jurisdiction of the offense that led to	2743
the order terminates the forfeiture and notifies the registrar of	2744
the termination. The registrar then shall take necessary measures	2745
to permit the person to register a vehicle owned or leased by the	2746
person or to transfer registration of the vehicle.	2747

Sec. 4510.12.  (A)(1) No person, except those expressly	2748
exempted under sections 4507.03, 4507.04, and 4507.05 of the	2749
Revised Code, shall operate any motor vehicle upon a public road	2750
or highway or any public or private property used by the public	2751
for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this state unless	2752
the person has a valid driver's license issued under Chapter 4507.	2753
of the Revised Code or a commercial driver's license issued under	2754
Chapter 4506. of the Revised Code.	2755

(2) No person, except a person expressly exempted under	2756
sections 4507.03, 4507.04, and 4507.05 of the Revised Code, shall	2757
operate any motorcycle upon a public road or highway or any public	2758
or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular	2759
travel or parking in this state unless the person has a valid	2760
license as a motorcycle operator that was issued upon application	2761
by the registrar of motor vehicles under Chapter 4507. of the	2762
Revised Code. The license shall be in the form of an endorsement,	2763
as determined by the registrar, upon a driver's or commercial	2764
driver's license, if the person has a valid license to operate a	2765
motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle, or in the form of a	2766
restricted license as provided in section 4507.14 of the Revised	2767
Code, if the person does not have a valid license to operate a	2768
motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle.	2769

(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of operating a	2770
motor vehicle without a valid license and shall be punished as	2771
follows:	2772

(1) If the trier of fact finds that the offender never has	2773
held a valid driver's or commercial driver's license issued by	2774
this state or any other jurisdiction, or, in a case involving the	2775
operation of a motorcycle by the offender, if the offender has	2776
never held a valid license as a motorcycle operator, either in the	2777
form of an endorsement upon a driver's or commercial driver's	2778
license or in the form of a restricted license, except as	2779
otherwise provided in this division, the offense is an	2780
unclassified misdemeanor. TheWhen the offense is an unclassified	2781
misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to sections	2782
2929.21 to 2929.28 of the Revised Code, except that the offender	2783
shall not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be	2784
sentenced to a community residential sanction pursuant to section	2785
2929.26 of the Revised Code; notwithstanding division (A)(2)(a) of	2786
section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, the offender may be fined up	2787
to one thousand dollars and; and, notwithstanding division (A)(3)	2788
of section 2929.27 of the Revised Code, the offender may be	2789
ordered pursuant to division (B) of that section 2929.27 of the	2790
Revised Code additionally may be ordered to serve a term of	2791
community service of up to five hundred hours. If the offender	2792
previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to any violation of	2793
this section or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance,	2794
the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.	2795

(2)(a) Subject to division (B)(2)(b) of this section, ifIf	2796
the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit	2797
or, in a case involving the operation of a motorcycle by the	2798
offender, the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license	2799
bearing the motorcycle endorsement or the offender's restricted	2800
license was expired at the time of the offense, except as	2801
otherwise provided in this division, the offense is a minor	2802
misdemeanor. If	2803

(b) If, within three years of the offense, the offender	2804
previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more	2805
violations of this section or a substantially equivalent municipal	2806
ordinance within the past three years, the offense is a	2807
misdemeanor of the first degree.	2808

(C) The court shall not impose a license suspension for a	2809
first violation of this section or if more than three years have	2810
passed since the offender's last violation of this section or a	2811
substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.	2812

(D) If the offender is sentenced under division (B)(2) of	2813
this section, if within three years of the offense the offender	2814
previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more	2815
violations of this section or a substantially equivalent municipal	2816
ordinance within the past three years, and if the offender's	2817
license was expired for more than six months at the time of the	2818
offense, the court shall impose a class seven suspension of the	2819
offender's driverdriver's license, commercial driver's license,	2820
temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident	2821
operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of	2822
section 4510.02 of the Revised Code.	2823

Sec. 4510.16.  (A) No person, whose driver's or commercial	2824
driver's license or temporary instruction permit or nonresident's	2825
operating privilege has been suspended or canceled pursuant to	2826
Chapter 4509. of the Revised Code, shall operate any motor vehicle	2827
within this state, or knowingly permit any motor vehicle owned by	2828
the person to be operated by another person in the state, during	2829
the period of the suspension or cancellation, except as	2830
specifically authorized by Chapter 4509. of the Revised Code. No	2831
person shall operate a motor vehicle within this state, or	2832
knowingly permit any motor vehicle owned by the person to be	2833
operated by another person in the state, during the period in	2834
which the person is required by section 4509.45 of the Revised	2835
Code to file and maintain proof of financial responsibility for a	2836
violation of section 4509.101 of the Revised Code, unless proof of	2837
financial responsibility is maintained with respect to that	2838
vehicle.	2839

(B)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of driving	2840
under financial responsibility law suspension or cancellation,.	2841
Except as otherwise provided in this division, the offense is an	2842
unclassified misdemeanor. TheWhen the offense is an unclassified	2843
misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to sections	2844
2929.21 to 2929.28 of the Revised Code, except that the offender	2845
shall not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be	2846
sentenced to a community residential sanction pursuant to section	2847
2929.26 of the Revised Code; notwithstanding division (A)(2)(a) of	2848
section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, the offender may be fined up	2849
to one thousand dollars and; and, notwithstanding division (A)(3)	2850
of section 2929.27 of the Revised Code, the offender may be	2851
ordered pursuant to division (B) of that section 2929.27 of the	2852
Revised Code additionally may be ordered to serve a term of	2853
community service of up to five hundred hours. If, within three	2854
years of the offense, the offender previously was convicted of or	2855
pleaded guilty to two or more violations of this section or a	2856
substantially equivalent municipal ordinance within the past three	2857
years, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree. The court	2858
shall impose a class seven suspension of the offender's driver's	2859
or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating	2860
privilege for the period of time specified in division (A)(7) of	2861
section 4510.02 of the Revised Code.	2862

(2) If the vehicle is registered in the offender's name and	2863
division (B)(3) of this section does not apply, the court, in	2864
addition to or independent of any other sentence that it imposes	2865
upon the offender, may order the immobilization for no more than	2866
thirty days of the vehicle involved in the offense and the	2867
impoundment for no more than thirty days of the license plates of	2868
that vehicle.	2869

(3) If the vehicle is registered in the offender's name and	2870
if, within five years of the offense, the offender has been	2871
convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation of this section or	2872
a substantially similar municipal ordinance, the court, in	2873
addition to or independent of any other sentence that it imposes	2874
on the offender, shall order the immobilization for sixty days of	2875
the vehicle involved in the offense and impoundment for sixty days	2876
of the license plates of that vehicle.	2877

If the vehicle is registered in the offender's name and if,	2878
within five years of the offense, the offender has been convicted	2879
of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of this section or	2880
a substantially similar municipal ordinance, the court, in	2881
addition to or independent of any other sentence that it imposes	2882
upon the offender, shall order the criminal forfeiture to the	2883
state of the vehicle involved in the offense. If title to a motor	2884
vehicle that is subject to an order for criminal forfeiture under	2885
this division is assigned or transferred and division (B)(2) or	2886
(3) of section 4503.234 of the Revised Code applies, in addition	2887
to or independent of any other penalty established by law, the	2888
court may fine the offender the value of the vehicle as determined	2889
by publications of the national auto dealers association. The	2890
proceeds from any fine so imposed shall be distributed in	2891
accordance with division (C)(2) of that section.	2892

(C) Any order for immobilization and impoundment under this	2893
section shall be issued and enforced in accordance with sections	2894
4503.233 and 4507.02 of the Revised Code, as applicable. Any order	2895
of criminal forfeiture shall be issued and enforced in accordance	2896
with section 4503.234 of the Revised Code. The court shall not	2897
release a vehicle from immobilization orders under this section	2898
unless the court is presented with current proof of financial	2899
responsibility with respect to that vehicle.	2900

Sec. 4510.73.  (A) It is the intent of this section to allow	2901
all issues concerning driver's licenses to be litigated in a	2902
single forum, not to eliminate any forum venue in existence on the	2903
effective date of this section.	2904

(B) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the	2905
contrary, any court whose jurisdiction has been invoked under this	2906
chapter or any other chapter of the Revised Code regarding a	2907
driver's license matter, other than a matter involving a	2908
commercial driver's license, is hereby conferred concurrent	2909
jurisdiction to adjudicate all issues and appeals regarding that	2910
driver's license matter, including issues of validity, suspension,	2911
and, with regard to any suspension imposed by the bureau of motor	2912
vehicles, driving privileges. Nothing in this section shall be	2913
construed as applying to any issue involving a commercial driver's	2914
license, except that a court may adjudicate an issue that does not	2915
relate to a commercial driver's license but involves a holder of a	2916
commercial driver's license so long as the court does not alter	2917
the status of that holder's commercial driver's license. In the	2918
event that another court has obtained jurisdiction over one or	2919
more driver's license suspensions imposed by the bureau involving	2920
the same driver's license holder, that jurisdiction may not be	2921
divested by an action filed under this section unless that court	2922
transfers its jurisdiction over that holder's driver's license	2923
issue by issuance of a court order.	2924

(C)(1) The court's jurisdiction over a particular driver's	2925
license issue may be invoked by a motion, appeal, or petition	2926
filed by a holder of a driver's license. Any such motion, appeal,	2927
or petition shall state the issue with respect to which the	2928
court's jurisdiction is invoked.	2929

(2) When a court's jurisdiction over a driver's license issue	2930
is properly invoked, that court shall adjudicate all issues and	2931
appeals brought before the court regarding that issue, unless the	2932
motion, appeal, or petition is withdrawn.	2933

(D) Any court whose jurisdiction is invoked under this	2934
section shall have the discretionary authority to issue a stay of	2935
any suspension pending resolution of the matters before the court.	2936
This provision does not alter or eliminate any automatic stay	2937
provision provided for elsewhere in the Revised Code.	2938

(E) Any court whose jurisdiction is invoked under this	2939
section, in its discretion, may order the bureau to renew the	2940
holder's driver's license pending resolution of the matters before	2941
the court, provided that the license is not more than six months	2942
expired prior to the date of application for renewal. The court,	2943
in its discretion, also may order the bureau to renew the holder's	2944
driver's license in its final judgment, provided that the license	2945
is not more than six months expired prior to the date of	2946
application for renewal.	2947

(F) If jurisdiction is invoked under this section in a court	2948
of common pleas or county court, the prosecuting attorney of the	2949
county in which the case is pending shall represent the registrar	2950
in the proceedings; provided, that if the driver's license holder	2951
resides in a municipal corporation that lies within the	2952
jurisdiction of a county court, the city director of law, village	2953
solicitor, or similar chief legal officer of the municipal	2954
corporation shall represent the registrar in the proceedings. In a	2955
municipal court, the registrar shall be represented in the	2956
resulting proceedings as provided in section 1901.34 of the	2957
Revised Code. At the election of the registrar, the attorney	2958
general may enter the proceedings at any time and henceforth	2959
represent the registrar in the case.	2960

(G) Either party may appeal the final judgment of the court.	2961
Any such appeal shall be taken as provided in section 1901.30 or	2962
1907.30 of the Revised Code and shall conform with Chapter 2505.	2963
of the Revised Code.	2964

Sec. 4549.02.  (A) In case of accident to or collision with	2965
persons or property upon any of the public roads or highways, due	2966
to the driving or operation thereon of any motor vehicle, the	2967
person driving or operating the motor vehicle, having knowledge of	2968
the accident or collision, immediately shall stop the driver's or	2969
operator's motor vehicle at the scene of the accident or collision	2970
and shall remain at the scene of the accident or collision until	2971
the driver or operator has given the driver's or operator's name	2972
and address and, if the driver or operator is not the owner, the	2973
name and address of the owner of that motor vehicle, together with	2974
the registered number of that motor vehicle, to any person injured	2975
in the accident or collision or to the operator, occupant, owner,	2976
or attendant of any motor vehicle damaged in the accident or	2977
collision, or to any police officer at the scene of the accident	2978
or collision.	2979

In the event the injured person is unable to comprehend and	2980
record the information required to be given by this section, the	2981
other driver involved in the accident or collision forthwith shall	2982
notify the nearest police authority concerning the location of the	2983
accident or collision, and the driver's name, address, and the	2984
registered number of the motor vehicle the driver was operating,	2985
and then remain at the scene of the accident or collision until a	2986
police officer arrives, unless removed from the scene by an	2987
emergency vehicle operated by a political subdivision or an	2988
ambulance.	2989

If the accident or collision is with an unoccupied or	2990
unattended motor vehicle, the operator who collides with the motor	2991
vehicle shall securely attach the information required to be given	2992
in this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on the	2993
unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle.	2994

(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty	2995
of failure to stop after an accident, a misdemeanor of the first	2996
degree. If the violationaccident or collision results in serious	2997
physical harm to a person, failure to stop after an accident is a	2998
felony of the fifth degree. If the violationaccident or collision	2999
results in the death of a person, failure to stop after an	3000
accident is a felony of the third degree. The court, in addition	3001
to any other penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the	3002
offender a class five suspension of the offender's driver's	3003
license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction	3004
permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege	3005
from the range specified in division (A)(5) of section 4510.02 of	3006
the Revised Code. No judge shall suspend the first six months of	3007
suspension of an offender's license, permit, or privilege required	3008
by this division.	3009

Sec. 4549.021.  (A) In case of accident or collision	3010
resulting in injury or damage to persons or property upon any	3011
public or private property other than public roads or highways,	3012
due to the driving or operation thereon of any motor vehicle, the	3013
person driving or operating the motor vehicle, having knowledge of	3014
the accident or collision, shall stop, and, upon request of the	3015
person injured or damaged, or any other person, shall give that	3016
person the driver's or operator's name and address, and, if the	3017
driver or operator is not the owner, the name and address of the	3018
owner of that motor vehicle, together with the registered number	3019
of that motor vehicle, and, if available, exhibit the driver's or	3020
operator's driver's or commercial driver's license.	3021

If the owner or person in charge of the damaged property is	3022
not furnished such information, the driver of the motor vehicle	3023
involved in the accident or collision, within twenty-four hours	3024
after the accident or collision, shall forward to the police	3025
department of the city or village in which the accident or	3026
collision occurred or if it occurred outside the corporate limits	3027
of a city or village to the sheriff of the county in which the	3028
accident or collision occurred the same information required to be	3029
given to the owner or person in control of the damaged property	3030
and give the date, time, and location of the accident or	3031
collision.	3032

If the accident or collision is with an unoccupied or	3033
unattended motor vehicle, the operator who collides with the motor	3034
vehicle shall securely attach the information required to be given	3035
in this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on the	3036
unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle.	3037

(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty	3038
of failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident, a misdemeanor	3039
of the first degree. If the violationaccident or collision	3040
results in serious physical harm to a person, failure to stop	3041
after a nonpublic road accident is a felony of the fifth degree.	3042
If the violationaccident or collision results in the death of a	3043
person, failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident is a	3044
felony of the third degree. The court, in addition to any other	3045
penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the offender a class	3046
five suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial	3047
driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary	3048
license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range	3049
specified in division (A)(5) of section 4510.02 of the Revised	3050
Code. No judge shall suspend the first six months of suspension of	3051
an offender's license, permit, or privilege required by this	3052
division.	3053

Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03,	3054
1901.07, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.312, 1901.32, 1901.34, 1907.11,	3055
2743.48, 2929.15, 2929.24, 2929.25, 2937.07, 4507.02, 4510.11,	3056
4510.12, 4510.16, 4549.02, and 4549.021 of the Revised Code are	3057
hereby repealed.	3058

Section 3. (A) Effective January 1, 2011, the Putnam County	3059
County Court is abolished.	3060

(B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in	3061
the Putnam County County Court at the close of business on	3062
December 31, 2010, shall be transferred to and proceed in the	3063
Putnam County Municipal Court on January 1, 2011, as if originally	3064
instituted in the Putnam County Municipal Court. Parties to those	3065
causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings may make any	3066
amendments to their pleadings that are required to conform them to	3067
the rules of the Putnam County Municipal Court. The Clerk of the	3068
Putnam County County Court or other custodian shall transfer to	3069
the Putnam County Municipal Court all pleadings, orders, entries,	3070
dockets, bonds, papers, records, books, exhibits, files, moneys,	3071
property, and persons that belong to, are in the possession of, or	3072
are subject to the jurisdiction of the Putnam County County Court,	3073
or any officer of that court, at the close of business on December	3074
31, 2010, and that pertain to those causes, judgments, executions,	3075
and proceedings.	3076

(C) All employees of the Putnam County County Court shall be	3077
transferred to and shall become employees of the Putnam County	3078
Municipal Court on January 1, 2011.	3079

(D) Effective January 1, 2011, the part-time judgeship in the	3080
Putnam County County Court is abolished.	3081

Section 4. Sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07,	3082
1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.312, 1901.32, 1901.34, and 1907.11 of the	3083
Revised Code, as amended by this act, shall take effect January 1,	3084
2011.	3085