To amend section 1901.25 of the Revised Code to provide that a board of county commissioners, upon the request of the legislative authority of a municipal court, may fix the compensation of jurors in the court in an amount that differs from the compensation of jurors in the court of common pleas.

Section 1. That section 1901.25 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1901.25.  (A) A municipal court may provide by rule the manner in which jurors shall be chosen, and may provide that jurors to be used in the court may be chosen and summoned by the jury commissioners of the county as provided in sections 2313.01 to 2313.26 of the Revised Code. Selection shall be made from residents within the territory and those appearing to reside outside the territory shall be returned to the jury wheel, to the automation data processing storage drawer, or to any other automated data processing information storage device used pursuant to division (C) of section 2313.21 of the Revised Code. Jurors shall be impaneled in the same manner, shall have the same qualifications, shall be challenged for the same causes, and, except as provided in division (B) of this section, shall receive the same fees as jurors in the court of common pleas. The fees of jurors in any criminal case involving the violation of state law shall be paid out of the county treasury. The fees of jurors in any criminal case involving a violation of a municipal ordinance shall be paid out of the treasury of the municipal corporation in which the violation occurred.

(B)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal court by resolution may request the board of county commissioners of the county in which the court is located to fix and prescribe the compensation for jurors in the court in an amount that differs from the compensation of jurors in the court of common pleas of the county. A request under this division shall be in writing and shall specify the amount that the legislative authority believes should be fixed and prescribed as the compensation.

Upon receipt of a request from a legislative authority of a municipal court that is made pursuant to this division, the board of county commissioners by resolution shall approve or deny the request. If the board approves the request, the resolution shall specify that the board approves compensation for jurors in the municipal court in an amount that differs from the compensation of jurors in the court of common pleas of the county and shall fix the compensation of each juror. The amount fixed as the compensation of each juror either shall be the amount specified in the request as the amount that the legislative authority believed should be fixed and prescribed as the compensation or a different amount fixed by the board. If the board denies the request, the compensation of jurors in the court shall be the same as for jurors in the court of common pleas.

(2) A legislative authority of a municipal court that makes a request pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section may make one or more subsequent requests pursuant to that division. Upon receipt of any subsequent request pursuant to that division, the board of county commissioners shall approve or deny the request in accordance with that division. If the board denies a subsequent request, the compensation of jurors that was in effect at the time of the denial shall remain in effect.

Section 2. That existing section 1901.25 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.