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H. B. No. 141 As Reported by the House Judiciary CommitteeAs Reported by the House Judiciary Committee
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Representative Damschroder
A BILL
To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021,
1901.08, and 1901.311 of the Revised Code to
abolish the Fostoria Municipal Court and the
Tiffin Municipal Court, to create the
Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court, and to declare an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 1901.08,
and 1901.311 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1901.01. (A) There is hereby established a municipal
court in each of the following municipal corporations:
Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake,
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green,
Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Carrollton, Celina,
Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville,
Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton,
Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East
Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay,
Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights,
Georgetown, Girard, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron,
Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon,
Lima, Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta,
Marion, Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor,
Miamisburg, Middletown, Millersburg, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon,
Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk,
Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, Ottawa, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg,
Port Clinton, Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker
Heights, Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville,
Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana,
Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City
of Washington in Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court
House, Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and
Zanesville.
(B) There is hereby established a municipal court within
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county
municipal court. The municipal court established by this division
is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in
Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division.
(C) There is hereby established a municipal court within
Columbiana county in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation
or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county, except the
municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or St. Clair
township, that is selected by the judges of the municipal court
pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of the Revised Code.
(D) Effective January 1, 2008, there is hereby established a
municipal court within Erie county in Milan or in any other
municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within Erie
county that is within the territorial jurisdiction of the Erie
county municipal court and is selected by the legislative
authority of that court.
(E) The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall remain in
existence until December 31, 2008, and shall be replaced by the
Stow municipal court on January 1, 2009.
(F) Effective January 1, 2009, there is hereby established a
municipal court in the municipal corporation of Stow.
(G) Effective July 1, 2010, there is hereby established a
municipal court within Montgomery county in any municipal
corporation or unincorporated territory within Montgomery county,
except the municipal corporations of Centerville, Clayton, Dayton,
Englewood, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood,
Union, Vandalia, and West Carrollton and Butler, German, Harrison,
Miami, and Washington townships, that is selected by the
legislative authority of that court.
(H) Effective January 1, 2013, there is hereby established a
municipal court within Sandusky county in any municipal
corporation or unincorporated territory within Sandusky county,
except the municipal corporations of Bellevue and Fremont and
Ballville, Sandusky, and York townships, that is selected by the
legislative authority of that court.
Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or,
for the Clermont county municipal court, the Columbiana county
municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2008, the Erie county
municipal court, within the municipal corporation or
unincorporated territory in which they are established, and are
courts of record. Each of the courts shall be styled
".................................. municipal court," inserting
the name of the municipal corporation, except the following
courts, which shall be styled as set forth below:
(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall
be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court";
(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall
be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court";
(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be
styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court";
(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be
styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court";
(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be
styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court";
(6) The municipal court established in London that shall be
styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court";
(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be
styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court";
(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be
styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court";
(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall
be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court";
(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court";
(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be
styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court";
(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be
styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court";
(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be
styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court";
(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be
styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court";
(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court";
(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be
styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court";
(17) The municipal court established within Clermont county
in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated
territory within Clermont county that is selected by the
legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known
as the "Clermont county municipal court";
(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that,
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton
county municipal court";
(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that
shall be styled and known as "the "Ottawa county municipal court";
(20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that,
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the
"Fairfield county municipal court";
(21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county
in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated
territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of
the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the
"Columbiana county municipal court";
(22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that,
beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the
"Brown county municipal court";
(23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that,
beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the
"Morrow county municipal court";
(24) The municipal court established in Greenville that,
beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke
county municipal court";
(25) The municipal court established in Millersburg that,
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the
"Holmes county municipal court";
(26) The municipal court established in Carrollton that,
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the
"Carroll county municipal court";
(27) The municipal court established within Erie county in
Milan or established in any other municipal corporation or
unincorporated territory that is within Erie county, is within the
territorial jurisdiction of that court, and is selected by the
legislative authority of that court that, beginning January 1,
2008, shall be styled and known as the "Erie county municipal
court";
(28) The municipal court established in Ottawa that,
beginning January 1, 2011, shall be styled and known as the
"Putnam county municipal court";
(29) The municipal court established within Montgomery county
in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within
Montgomery county, except the municipal corporations of
Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Englewood, Germantown, Kettering,
Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Union, Vandalia, and West Carrollton
and Butler, German, Harrison, Miami, and Washington townships,
that is selected by the legislative authority of that court and
that, beginning July 1, 2010, shall be styled and known as the
"Montgomery county municipal court";
(30) The municipal court established within Sandusky county
in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within
Sandusky county, except the municipal corporations of Bellevue and
Fremont and Ballville, Sandusky, and York townships, that is
selected by the legislative authority of that court and that,
beginning January 1, 2013, shall be styled and known as the
"Sandusky county municipal court.";
(31) The municipal court established in Tiffin that,
beginning January 1, 2014, shall be styled and known as the
"Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court."
(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A)
of this section, the municipal courts established by section
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows:
The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath,
Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the municipal
corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in Summit
county.
The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark
county.
The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland
county.
The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county.
The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Athens county.
The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Auglaize county.
The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county.
The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit
county.
The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow,
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange,
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county.
The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within
Logan county.
The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and
Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in
Sandusky county.
The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook
Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in
Cuyahoga county.
The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar,
Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton
Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun,
Tontogany, Wayne, West Millgrove, and Weston, and within Bloom,
Center, Freedom, Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton,
Milton, Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and
Weston townships in Wood county.
Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court
has jurisdiction within Brown county.
The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams
county.
The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within
Guernsey county.
The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within
Coitsville township in Mahoning county.
The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton,
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in
Stark county.
The Carroll county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Carroll county.
The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer
county.
The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Champaign county.
The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga
county.
The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross
county.
The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within
Pickaway county.
The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Clark county.
The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Clermont county.
The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county.
Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court
has jurisdiction within Clinton county.
The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within
all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation
of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair
townships.
The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within
Coshocton county.
The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Crawford county.
Until December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court
has jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center,
Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal
corporations of Boston Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield,
Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg,
and Macedonia, in Summit county.
Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court
has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal
corporation of Bradford.
The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance
county.
The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware
county.
The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county.
The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble
county.
The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville,
and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and
LaGrange townships, in Lorain county.
Beginning January 1, 2008, the Erie county municipal court
has jurisdiction within Erie county except within the townships of
Florence, Huron, Perkins, and Vermilion and the municipal
corporations of Bay View, Castalia, Huron, Sandusky, and
Vermilion.
The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and
Beavercreek townships in Greene county.
Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county.
The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of
Hancock county except within Washington township.
The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township
in Hancock county, and within Perry township, except within the
municipal corporation of West Millgrove, in Wood county.
The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin
township in Warren county.
The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Franklin county.
The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville
and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county.
The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia
county.
The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within
the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley
View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and
Brecksville in Cuyahoga county.
The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty,
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county.
The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and
St. Clair townships in Butler county.
The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Hamilton county.
The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Hardin county.
The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of
Highland county except within Madison township.
The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Hocking county.
The Holmes county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Holmes county.
The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal
corporation of Sandusky.
The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid,
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington
townships in Lawrence county.
The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Jackson county.
The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within
Washington township, in Montgomery county.
Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has
jurisdiction within Fairfield county.
The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and
Windsor in Lawrence county.
The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within
Turtlecreek township in Warren county.
The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Licking county.
The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen
county.
The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield
township, in Lorain county.
The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield,
Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county.
The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Madison county.
The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy,
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships,
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in
Richland county.
The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within
Washington county.
The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion
county.
The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union
county.
The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield
township in Warren county.
The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson
townships in Stark county.
The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county.
The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick,
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette,
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York
townships, in Medina county.
The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county.
The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of
Bradford that is located in Darke county.
The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county.
The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county.
Beginning July 1, 2010, the Montgomery county municipal court
has jurisdiction within all of Montgomery county except for the
municipal corporations of Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Englewood,
Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Union,
Vandalia, and West Carrollton and Butler, German, Harrison, Miami,
and Washington townships.
Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court
has jurisdiction within Morrow county.
The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox
county.
The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry
county.
The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within
the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks,
Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin,
Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas
county.
The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington,
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county.
The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield
township in Trumbull county.
The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships.
The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden,
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county.
The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the
Toledo municipal court.
The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Ottawa county.
The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake
county.
The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North
Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in
Cuyahoga county.
The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford,
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in
Wood county.
The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Portage county.
The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto
county.
The Putnam county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Putnam county.
The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park,
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga
county.
The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within
Perkins township, in Erie county.
Beginning January 1, 2013, the Sandusky county municipal
court has jurisdiction within all of Sandusky county except within
the municipal corporations of Bellevue and Fremont and Ballville,
Sandusky, and York townships.
The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood,
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county.
The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon,
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in
Richland county.
The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby
county.
Beginning January 1, 2009, the Stow municipal court has
jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore
Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal
corporations of Boston Heights, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Munroe
Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow,
Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and Macedonia, in Summit county.
The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland,
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county.
The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania,
Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those
portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying
north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in
Lucas county.
The Beginning January 1, 2014, the Tiffin-Fostoria municipal
court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big Spring, Bloom, Clinton,
Eden, Hopewell, Jackson, Liberty, Loudon, Pleasant, Reed, Scipio,
Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county, within
Washington township in Hancock county, and within Perry township,
except within the municipal corporation of West Millgrove, in Wood
county.
The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington
township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in
Lucas county.
The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within
Wyandot county.
The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery
county.
The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert
county.
The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of
Lorain, in Lorain county.
The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon,
Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county.
The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and
Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county.
The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction
within Fayette county.
The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within
Wayne county.
The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick,
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill,
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake
county.
Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has
jurisdiction within Clinton county.
The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross,
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in
Greene county.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not
limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is
governmentally a part of the township.
(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within
the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any
townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation.
Sec. 1901.021. (A) Except as otherwise provided in division
(M) of this section, the judge or judges of any municipal court
established under division (A) of section 1901.01 of the Revised
Code having territorial jurisdiction outside the corporate limits
of the municipal corporation in which it is located may sit
outside the corporate limits of the municipal corporation within
the area of its territorial jurisdiction.
(B) Two or more of the judges of the Hamilton county
municipal court shall be assigned by the presiding judge of the
court to sit outside the municipal corporation of Cincinnati.
(C) Two of the judges of the Portage county municipal court
shall sit within the municipal corporation of Ravenna, and one of
the judges shall sit within the municipal corporation of Kent. The
judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Portage county.
(D) One of the judges of the Wayne county municipal court
shall sit within the municipal corporation of Wooster, and one
shall sit within the municipal corporation of Orrville. Both
judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Wayne county.
(E) The judge of the Auglaize county municipal court shall
sit within the municipal corporations of Wapakoneta and St. Marys
and may sit in other incorporated areas in Auglaize county.
(F) At least one of the judges of the Miami county municipal
court shall sit within the municipal corporations of Troy, Piqua,
and Tipp City, and the judges may sit in other incorporated areas
of Miami county.
(G) The judge of the Crawford county municipal court shall
sit within the municipal corporations of Bucyrus and Galion and
may sit in other incorporated areas in Crawford county.
(H) The judge of the Jackson county municipal court shall sit
within the municipal corporations of Jackson and Wellston and may
sit in other incorporated areas in Jackson county.
(I) Each judge of the Columbiana county municipal court may
sit within the municipal corporation of Lisbon, Salem, or East
Palestine until the judges jointly select a central location
within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. When the judges
select a central location, the judges shall sit at that location.
(J) In any municipal court, other than the Hamilton county
municipal court and the Montgomery county municipal court, that
has more than one judge, the decision for one or more judges to
sit outside the corporate limits of the municipal corporation
shall be made by rule of the court as provided in division (C) of
sections 1901.14 and 1901.16 of the Revised Code.
(K) The assignment of a judge to sit in a municipal
corporation other than that in which the court is located does not
affect the jurisdiction of the mayor except as provided in section
1905.01 of the Revised Code.
(L) The judges of the Clermont county municipal court may sit
in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within
Clermont county.
(M) Beginning July 1, 2010, the judges of the Montgomery
county municipal court shall sit in the same locations as the
judges of the Montgomery county county court sat before the county
court was abolished on that date. The legislative authority of the
Montgomery county municipal court may determine after that date
that the judges of the Montgomery county municipal court shall sit
in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within
Montgomery county.
(N) The judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court shall
sit within each of the municipal corporations of Tiffin and
Fostoria on a weekly basis. Cases that arise within the municipal
corporation of Tiffin and within Adams, Big Spring, Bloom,
Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed, Scioto, Seneca,
Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county shall be filed in
the office of the clerk of the court located in the municipal
corporation of Tiffin. Cases that arise in the municipal
corporation of Fostoria and within Loudon and Jackson townships in
Seneca county, within Washington township in Hancock county, and
within Perry township, except within the municipal corporation of
West Millgrove, in Wood county, shall be filed in the office of
the special deputy clerk located in the municipal corporation of
Fostoria.
Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of,
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of
their terms shall be as follows:
In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953,
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time
judge shall be elected in 1975.
In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953.
In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1953.
In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1967.
In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1975.
In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1957.
In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1971.
In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979.
In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1993.
In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 2005.
In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1983.
In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the
part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed
prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall
serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court
until December 31, 2005.
In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1965.
In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951.
In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1963.
In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and
two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977.
In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge
elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county
county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the
full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until
December 31, 2009.
In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1957.
In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2001.
In the Chardon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1963.
In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1977.
In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1953.
In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal
court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges
of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until
the end of their respective terms.
In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1999.
In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall
be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in
1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955.
In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1957.
In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the
end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997.
In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time
judges shall be elected in 2001.
In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953.
In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951.
In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1977.
In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1967. Effective December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal
court shall cease to exist; however, the judges of the Cuyahoga
Falls municipal court who were elected pursuant to this section in
2003 and 2007 for terms beginning on January 1, 2004, and January
1, 2008, respectively, shall serve as full-time judges of the Stow
municipal court until December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2013,
respectively.
In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time
judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that
date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the
full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December
31, 2005.
In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days
beginning on the first day of January next after their election,
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January
next after their election.
In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1957.
In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007.
In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1957.
In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1953.
In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1973.
In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.
In the Erie county municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 2007.
In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1977.
In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 2005.
In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1989.
In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993.
In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1975.
In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges
shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected
in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one
full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1997.
In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1975.
In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1981.
In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1981.
In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1963.
In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953.
In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges
shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected
in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two
full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of
the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first
day of January next after their election, except that the terms of
the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on
January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the
additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January
4, 1984, and January 5, 1984.
In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1989.
In the Hillsboro municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 2011. On and after December 30, 2008, the part-time
judge of the Hillsboro municipal court who was elected in 2005
shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of
that judge's term on December 31, 2011.
In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1977.
In the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time
judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the
full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until
December 31, 2007.
In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1967.
In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001.
In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1975.
In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1955.
In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the
end of those judges' terms.
In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge
shall be elected in 1981.
In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1955.
In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1971.
In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967.
In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.
In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1957.
In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1981.
In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1969.
In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1957.
In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Marysville municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 2011. On and after January 18, 2007, the part-time
judge of the Marysville municipal court who was elected in 2005
shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of
that judge's term on December 31, 2011.
In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1965.
In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1971.
In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1963.
In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1957.
In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1971.
In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1979.
In the Miamisburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951.
In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1953.
In the Montgomery county municipal court:
One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a part-time judgeship
for a term to begin on January 1, 2012. If any one of the other
judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July
1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship on that
date. If only one other judgeship of the court becomes vacant and
is abolished as of December 31, 2021, this judgeship shall be
abolished as of that date. Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time
judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed before
that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2005, shall serve as
a part-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal court until
December 31, 2011.
One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a full-time judgeship
for a term to begin on January 2, 2012, and this judgeship shall
be abolished on January 1, 2016. Beginning July 1, 2010, the
part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed
before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2005, shall
serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal
court until January 1, 2012.
One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a full-time judgeship
for a term to begin on January 2, 2014. Beginning July 1, 2010,
the part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that
existed before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2007,
shall serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county
municipal court until January 1, 2014.
One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a judgeship for a term
to begin on January 1, 2014. If no other judgeship of the court
becomes vacant and is abolished by January 1, 2014, this judgeship
shall be a part-time judgeship. When one or more of the other
judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July
1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship.
Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time judge of the Montgomery
county county court that existed before that date whose term
commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as this judge of the
Montgomery county municipal court until December 31, 2013.
If any one of the judgeships of the court becomes vacant
before December 31, 2021, that judgeship is abolished on the date
that it becomes vacant, and the other judges of the court shall be
or serve as full-time judges. The abolishment of judgeships for
the Montgomery county municipal court shall cease when the court
has two full-time judgeships.
In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time
judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that
date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county
municipal court until December 31, 2005.
In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1951.
In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 2005.
In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1975.
In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1963.
In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951.
In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1975.
In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1953.
In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1989.
In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1963.
In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994,
until the end of that judge's term.
In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951.
In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.
In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1977.
In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1971.
In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton
municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of
the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the
end of that judge's term.
In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1985.
In the Putnam county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, the part-time
judge of the Putnam county county court that existed prior to that
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the
full-time judge of the Putnam county municipal court until
December 31, 2011.
In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
1971.
In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1953.
In the Sandusky county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2013. Beginning on January 1, 2013, the two
part-time judges of the Sandusky county county court that existed
prior to that date shall serve as part-time judges of the Sandusky
county municipal court until December 31, 2013. If either
judgeship becomes vacant before January 1, 2014, that judgeship is
abolished on the date it becomes vacant, and the person who holds
the other judgeship shall serve as the full-time judge of the
Sandusky county municipal court until December 31, 2013.
In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1957.
In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be
elected in 1957.
In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1995.
In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993,
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on
January 1, 2000.
In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield
municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of
the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the
end of their respective terms.
In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1953.
In the Stow municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 2009, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013.
Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls
municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term
commenced on January 1, 2008, shall serve as a full-time judge of
the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2013. Beginning
January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court
that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1,
2004, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court
until December 31, 2009.
In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1963.
In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1963.
In the Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1953 2013.
In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be
elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975,
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973.
In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 2011. The part-time judge elected in 2005,
whose term commenced on January 1, 2006, shall serve as a
full-time judge on and after January 1, 2008, until the expiration
of that judge's term on December 31, 2011, and the office of that
judge is abolished on January 1, 2012.
In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1959.
In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1957.
In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall
be elected in 1965.
In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1981.
In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971.
In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time
judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in
1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on
January 1, 2000.
In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected
in 1979.
In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951.
In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington
municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the
Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of
that judge's term on December 31, 1997.
In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1977.
In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in
2013.
In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall
be elected in 1953.
Sec. 1901.311. (A) A municipal court may establish one or
more branch offices and may appoint a special deputy clerk to
administer each branch office. Each special deputy clerk shall
take an oath of office before entering upon the duties of his
office, and, when so qualified, may perform any one or more of the
duties appertaining to the office of clerk, as the court
prescribes. Special deputy clerks appointed by the court pursuant
to this section shall receive such compensation payable in either
biweekly installments or semimonthly installments, as determined
by the payroll administrator, out of the city treasury as the
court may prescribe, except that the compensation of any special
deputy clerk of a county-operated municipal court shall be payable
out of the treasury of the county in which the court is located.
The court may require any of the special deputy clerks to give
bond of not less than three thousand dollars, conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties.
(B) The Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court shall establish a
branch office in Fostoria and shall appoint a special deputy clerk
to administer the branch office on a full-time basis. The special
deputy clerk shall take the oath of office, perform the duties
appertaining to the office of the clerk of court as the court
prescribes, and receive compensation as provided in division (A)
of this section.
Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02,
1901.021, 1901.08, and 1901.311 of the Revised Code are hereby
repealed.
Section 3. (A) Effective January 1, 2014, the Fostoria
Municipal Court is abolished.
(B) All causes, judgments, executions, and other proceedings
pending in the Fostoria Municipal Court at the close of business
on December 31, 2013, shall be transferred to and proceed in the
Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court on January 1, 2014, as if
originally instituted in the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court.
Parties to those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings
may make any amendments to their pleadings that are required to
conform to the rules of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court. The
Clerk of the Fostoria Municipal Court or other custodian shall
transfer to the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court all pleadings,
orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, books, exhibits,
files, moneys, property, and persons that belong to, are in the
possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction of the Fostoria
Municipal Court, or any officer of that court, at the close of
business on December 31, 2013, and that pertain to those causes,
judgments, executions, and proceedings.
(C) All employees of the Fostoria Municipal court shall be
transferred to and shall become employees of the Tiffin-Fostoria
Municipal Court on January 1, 2014.
(D) Effective January 1, 2014, the full-time judgeship in the
Fostoria Municipal court is abolished.
Section 4. (A) Effective January 1, 2014, the Tiffin
Municipal Court is abolished.
(B) All causes, judgments, executions, and other proceedings
pending in the Tiffin Municipal Court at the close of business on
December 31, 2013, shall be transferred to and proceed in the
Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court on January 1, 2014, as if
originally instituted in the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court.
Parties to those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings
may make any amendments to their pleadings that are required to
conform to the rules of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court. The
Clerk of the Tiffin Municipal Court or other custodian shall
transfer to the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court all pleadings,
orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, books, exhibits,
files, moneys, property, and persons that belong to, are in the
possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction of the Tiffin
Municipal Court, or any officer of that court, at the close of
business on December 31, 2013, and that pertain to those causes,
judgments, executions, and proceedings.
(C) All employees of the Tiffin Municipal Court shall be
transferred to and shall become employees of the Tiffin-Fostoria
Municipal Court on January 1, 2014.
(D) Effective January 1, 2014, the full-time judgeship in the
Tiffin Municipal Court is abolished.
Section 5. (A) The nomination of the new municipal court
judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court created by this act
and who is to be elected in 2013 shall be by nominating petition
signed by at least fifty electors, shall be filed with the board
of elections, and shall otherwise conform to the provisions of
section 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The nominating petition
shall designate the term of the office to which the candidate
seeks election as provided in section 3513.28 of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
nominating petition shall be filed not later than four p.m. of the
ninetieth day prior to the general election in November, 2013.
Notwithstanding section 3513.04 of the Revised Code, no person is
prohibited from seeking election as a new judge created by this
act because the person sought, by declaration of candidacy, a
party nomination for an office or position at the May, 2013
primary election.
(C) The petitions for the office of municipal judge of the
Fostoria Municipal Court to be elected in 2013, term to begin
January 1, 2014, and the petitions for the office of municipal
judge of the Tiffin Municipal Court to be elected in 2013, term to
begin January 1, 2014, that contain signatures that were affixed
prior to the effective date of this act shall be accepted for the
office of municipal judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court
to be elected in 2013, term to begin January 1, 2014, if those
petitions meet the other requirements of Title XXXV of the Revised
Code.
(D) Upon the effective date of this act, any nominating
petitions that have been filed for the election of municipal court
judge of the Fostoria Municipal Court to be elected in 2013 and
any nominating petitions that have been filed for the election of
municipal court judge of the Tiffin Municipal Court to be elected
in 2013 shall be considered nominating petitions for the election
of the municipal court judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal
Court to be elected to a six-year term in 2013. This section does
not prevent any other qualified persons from seeking, in 2013, the
office of judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court.
(E) If a person filed a declaration of candidacy and petition
for the office of municipal judge of the Fostoria Municipal Court
or a declaration of candidacy and petition for the office of
municipal judge of the Tiffin Municipal Court and paid the fees
required under section 3513.10 of the Revised Code, or filed a
nominating petition for the office of municipal judge of the
Fostoria Municipal Court or a nominating petition for the office
of municipal judge of the Tiffin Municipal Court and paid the fees
required under section 3513.261 of the Revised Code, that person
is not required to pay the fee for filing a nominating petition
for the office of municipal judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal
Court.
Section 6. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health, and safety. The reason for this necessity is that
the judge for municipal court that is created by this act is
necessary for the efficient administration of justice in the
jurisdictions covered by the court and that the candidates for the
judicial position cannot file the candidates' nominating petitions
before the deadline created by this act unless this act
immediately becomes effective. Therefore, this act shall go into
immediate effect.
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