Am. Sub. S.B. 155

127th General Assembly

The Conference Committee recommends the bill as passed by the House of Representatives with the following changes:

Topic	House Version	Senate Version	Conference Committee Recommendation
Special Election for Office of Representative to Congress	No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	Requires the state to pay all costs of any special election held when a vacancy in the Office of Representative to Congress occurs and provides that, of the appropriation for Ballot Advertising Costs, up to $1,100,000 in fiscal year 2008 must be used to reimburse county boards of election for all costs of conducting any special election during fiscal year 2008 (R.C. 3521.03 and Sec. 249.10).
Assault	Provides that assault is a felony of the fifth degree if the offense occurs in a courthouse or another building or structure in which a courthouse is located (R.C. 2903.13(C)(2)(f)).	No comparable provision.	Removes this provision from the bill.
Aggravated menacing	Provides that aggravated menacing is a felony of the fifth degree if the offense occurs in a courthouse or another building or structure in which a courtroom is located (R.C. 2903.21(B)).	No comparable provision.	Removes this provision from the bill.
Declarations of candidacy and petitions	No comparable provision.	No comparable provision.	Provides that the declarations of candidacy and petitions for the office of judge of the probate division or the office of judge of the probate-juvenile division of the Champaign County Court of Common Pleas to be elected in 2008, term to begin February 9, 2009, that contain signatures that were affixed prior to the effective date of the act must be accepted for the office of judge of the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division of the Champaign County Court of Common Pleas to be elected in 2008, term to begin February 9, 2009, if those declarations of candidacy and petitions meet the other requirements of R.C. Title XXXV; provides that the declarations of candidacy and petitions for the office of judge of the domestic relations-juvenile-probate division of the Champaign County Court of Common Pleas to be elected in 2008, term to begin February 10, 2009, that contain signatures that were affixed prior to the effective date of the act must be accepted if those declarations of candidacy and petitions meet the other requirements of R.C. Title XXXV; and provides that the declarations of candidacy and petitions for the office of judge of the general division of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas to be elected in 2008, term to begin January 3, 2009, that contain signatures that were affixed prior to the effective date of the act must be accepted for the office of the drug court judge of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas to be elected in 2008, term to begin January 3, 2009, if those declarations of candidacy and petitions meet the other requirement of R.C. Title XXXV (Section 8).

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