As Reported by the House Judiciary and Ethics Committee

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

Sub. H. B. No. 606

Representative Hagan, R. 

Cosponsors: Representatives Gerberry, Bubp 

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A BILL

To amend section 1901.08 of the Revised Code to

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abolish a judgeship of the Youngstown Municipal

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Court.

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

Section 1.  That section 1901.08 of the Revised Code be	4
amended to read as follows:	5

Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of,	6
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of	7
their terms shall be as follows:	8

In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be	9
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953,	10
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time	11
judge shall be elected in 1975.	12

In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	13
elected in 1953.	14

In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	15
elected in 1951.	16

In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall	17
be elected in 1953.	18

In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge	19
shall be elected in 1967.	20

In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge	21
shall be elected in 1975.	22

In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall	23
be elected in 1957.	24

In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall	25
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	26
1971.	27

In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	28
elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.	29

In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge	30
shall be elected in 1993.	31

In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	32
elected in 1951.	33

In the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	34
elected in 2005.	35

In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge	36
shall be elected in 1983.	37

In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge	38
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the	39
part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed	40
prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall	41
serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court	42
until December 31, 2005.	43

In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	44
elected in 1965.	45

In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall	46
be elected in 1951.	47

In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	48
elected in 1963.	49

In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	50
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and	51
two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977.	52

In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge	53
shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge	54
elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county	55
county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the	56
full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until	57
December 31, 2009.	58

In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	59
elected in 1957.	60

In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge	61
shall be elected in 2001.	62

In the Chardon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	63
elected in 1963.	64

In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall	65
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	66
1977.	67

In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	68
be elected in 1953.	69

In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge	70
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be	71
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal	72
court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges	73
of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until	74
the end of their respective terms.	75

In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges	76
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected	77
in 1999.	78

In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall	79
be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in	80
1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955.	81

In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	82
shall be elected in 1957.	83

In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge	84
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington	85
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge	86
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the	87
end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997.	88

In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time	89
judges shall be elected in 2001.	90

In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	91
elected in 1953.	92

In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall	93
be elected in 1951.	94

In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge	95
shall be elected in 1977.	96

In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge	97
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected	98
in 1967. Effective December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal	99
court shall cease to exist; however, the judges of the Cuyahoga	100
Falls municipal court who were elected pursuant to this section in	101
2003 and 2007 for terms beginning on January 1, 2004, and January	102
1, 2008, respectively, shall serve as full-time judges of the Stow	103
municipal court until December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2013,	104
respectively.	105

In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge	106
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time	107
judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that	108
date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the	109
full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December	110
31, 2005.	111

In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall	112
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days	113
beginning on the first day of January next after their election,	114
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to	115
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January	116
next after their election.	117

In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	118
elected in 1957.	119

In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	120
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007.	121

In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge	122
shall be elected in 1957.	123

In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge	124
shall be elected in 1953.	125

In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	126
elected in 1973.	127

In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	128
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	129

In the Erie county municipal court, one full-time judge shall	130
be elected in 2007.	131

In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	132
elected in 1951.	133

In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	134
elected in 1977.	135

In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge	136
shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected	137
in 2005.	138

In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall	139
be elected in 1989.	140

In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	141
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993.	142

In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	143
elected in 1975.	144

In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	145
elected in 1951.	146

In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges	147
shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected	148
in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one	149
full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge	150
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected	151
in 1997.	152

In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	153
elected in 1975.	154

In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall	155
be elected in 1981.	156

In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	157
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected	158
in 1981.	159

In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	160
elected in 1963.	161

In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	162
elected in 1953.	163

In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges	164
shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected	165
in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two	166
full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of	167
the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first	168
day of January next after their election, except that the terms of	169
the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on	170
January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the	171
additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January	172
4, 1984, and January 5, 1984.	173

In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge	174
shall be elected in 1989.	175

In the Hillsboro municipal court, one full-time judge shall	176
be elected in 2011. On and after December 30, 2008, the part-time	177
judge of the Hillsboro municipal court who was elected in 2005	178
shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of	179
that judge's term on December 31, 2011.	180

In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge	181
shall be elected in 1977.	182

In the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge	183
shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time	184
judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that	185
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the	186
full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until	187
December 31, 2007.	188

In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	189
elected in 1967.	190

In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	191
elected in 1951.	192

In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge	193
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the	194
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was	195
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court	196
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001.	197

In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall	198
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	199
1975.	200

In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	201
elected in 1955.	202

In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall	203
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	204
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the	205
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall	206
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the	207
end of those judges' terms.	208

In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge	209
shall be elected in 1981.	210

In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	211
elected in 1955.	212

In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge	213
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected	214
in 1971.	215

In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	216
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967.	217

In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	218
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	219

In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one full-time judge shall	220
be elected in 1957.	221

In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge	222
shall be elected in 1981.	223

In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall	224
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	225
1969.	226

In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	227
elected in 1957.	228

In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	229
elected in 1951.	230

In the Marysville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	231
be elected in 2011. On and after January 18, 2007, the part-time	232
judge of the Marysville municipal court who was elected in 2005	233
shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of	234
that judge's term on December 31, 2011.	235

In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	236
elected in 1965.	237

In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall	238
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	239
1971.	240

In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	241
elected in 1963.	242

In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	243
elected in 1957.	244

In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	245
elected in 1971.	246

In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge	247
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected	248
in 1979.	249

In the Miamisburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall	250
be elected in 1951.	251

In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall	252
be elected in 1953.	253

In the Montgomery county municipal court:

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One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a part-time judgeship	255
for a term to begin on January 1, 2012. If any one of the other	256
judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July	257
1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship on that	258
date. If only one other judgeship of the court becomes vacant and	259
is abolished as of December 31, 2021, this judgeship shall be	260
abolished as of that date. Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time	261
judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed before	262
that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2005, shall serve as	263
a part-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal court until	264
December 31, 2011.	265

One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a full-time judgeship	266
for a term to begin on January 2, 2012, and this judgeship shall	267
be abolished on January 1, 2016. Beginning July 1, 2010, the	268
part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed	269
before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2005, shall	270
serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal	271
court until January 1, 2012.	272

One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a full-time judgeship	273
for a term to begin on January 2, 2014. Beginning July 1, 2010,	274
the part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that	275
existed before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2007,	276
shall serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county	277
municipal court until January 1, 2014.	278

One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a judgeship for a term	279
to begin on January 1, 2014. If no other judgeship of the court	280
becomes vacant and is abolished by January 1, 2014, this judgeship	281
shall be a part-time judgeship. When one or more of the other	282
judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July	283
1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship.	284
Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time judge of the Montgomery	285
county county court that existed before that date whose term	286
commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as this judge of the	287
Montgomery county municipal court until December 31, 2013.	288

If any one of the judgeships of the court becomes vacant	289
before December 31, 2021, that judgeship is abolished on the date	290
that it becomes vacant, and the other judges of the court shall be	291
or serve as full-time judges. The abolishment of judgeships for	292
the Montgomery county municipal court shall cease when the court	293
has two full-time judgeships.	294

In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge	295
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time	296
judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that	297
date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county	298
municipal court until December 31, 2005.	299

In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge	300
shall be elected in 1951.	301

In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	302
elected in 2005.	303

In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge	304
shall be elected in 1975.	305

In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge	306
shall be elected in 1963.	307

In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	308
elected in 1951.	309

In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	310
elected in 1975.	311

In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	312
elected in 1953.	313

In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	314
elected in 1989.	315

In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	316
elected in 1963.	317

In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge	318
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port	319
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the	320
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994,	321
until the end of that judge's term.	322

In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	323
be elected in 1951.	324

In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	325
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and	326
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.	327

In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall	328
be elected in 1977.	329

In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges	330
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected	331
in 1971.	332

In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge	333
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton	334
municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of	335
the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the	336
end of that judge's term.	337

In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall	338
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	339
1985.	340

In the Putnam county municipal court, one full-time judge	341
shall be elected in 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, the part-time	342
judge of the Putnam county county court that existed prior to that	343
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the	344
full-time judge of the Putnam county municipal court until	345
December 31, 2011.	346

In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall	347
be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in	348
1971.	349

In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	350
elected in 1953.	351

In the Sandusky county municipal court, one full-time judge	352
shall be elected in 2013. Beginning on January 1, 2013, the two	353
part-time judges of the Sandusky county county court that existed	354
prior to that date shall serve as part-time judges of the Sandusky	355
county municipal court until December 31, 2013. If either	356
judgeship becomes vacant before January 1, 2014, that judgeship is	357
abolished on the date it becomes vacant, and the person who holds	358
the other judgeship shall serve as the full-time judge of the	359
Sandusky county municipal court until December 31, 2013.	360

In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge	361
shall be elected in 1957.	362

In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be	363
elected in 1957.	364

In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	365
elected in 1995.	366

In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge	367
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993,	368
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until	369
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on	370
January 1, 2000.	371

In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges	372
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected	373
in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield	374
municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of	375
the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the	376
end of their respective terms.	377

In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge	378
shall be elected in 1953.	379

In the Stow municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	380
elected in 2009, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013.	381
Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls	382
municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term	383
commenced on January 1, 2008, shall serve as a full-time judge of	384
the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2013. Beginning	385
January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court	386
that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1,	387
2004, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court	388
until December 31, 2009.	389

In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall	390
be elected in 1963.	391

In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	392
elected in 1963.	393

In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	394
elected in 1953.	395

In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be	396
elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975,	397
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.	398

In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge	399
shall be elected in 2011. The part-time judge elected in 2005,	400
whose term commenced on January 1, 2006, shall serve as a	401
full-time judge on and after January 1, 2008, until the expiration	402
of that judge's term on December 31, 2011, and the office of that	403
judge is abolished on January 1, 2012.	404

In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	405
elected in 1959.	406

In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	407
elected in 1957.	408

In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall	409
be elected in 1965.	410

In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall	411
be elected in 1981.	412

In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	413
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.	414

In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time	415
judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in	416
1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until	417
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on	418
January 1, 2000.	419

In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge	420
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected	421
in 1979.	422

In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall	423
be elected in 1951.	424

In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall	425
be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington	426
municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the	427
Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of	428
that judge's term on December 31, 1997.	429

In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be	430
elected in 1977.	431

In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall	432
be elected in 1951, and twoone full-time judgesjudge shall be	433
elected in 19532013.	434

In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall	435
be elected in 1953.	436

Section 2.  That existing section 1901.08 of the Revised Code	437
is hereby repealed.	438

Section 3. The judgeship of the Youngstown Municipal Court	439
that is abolished by this act is the judgeship whose term began on	440
January 1, 2008. The term of the judge elected in 2013 to succeed	441
the judge whose term began on January 2, 2008, shall begin on	442
January 1, 2014.	443