Sub. S.B. 155

127th General Assembly

(H. Judiciary)

The Committee adopted amendments that do the following:

Provide that a member of the current General Assembly, or a person who was a member of the current or previous General Assembly, who is appointed to fill the unexpired term of office of the Chief Justice or a justice of the Supreme Court or of any judge shall receive compensation for the balance of that unexpired term at the rate that was in effect for that office on the last day of the General Assembly prior to the one during which the person was appointed (R.C. 141.06).

Change the Hamilton County Drug Court judgeship from a temporary judgeship to a permanent judgeship (R.C. 2301.03(B)(3)).

Extend by six months the deadline by which the written findings and recommendations of the Joint Committee to Study Court Costs and Filing Fees is due (Section 3).

Declare an emergency (Section 5).

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