Synopsis of Committee Amendments

Legislative Service Commission

LSC Synopsis of House Amendments

 

Sub. S.B. 171

126th General Assembly

(H. Judiciary)

 

 

The Committee made the following amendments to the As Passed by the Senate version of the bill:

Deletes the addition of a judge to the Summit County Court of Common Pleas.

Effective January 1, 2007, abolishes the Carroll County County Court and its part-time judgeship and creates as its replacement the Carroll County Municipal Court as a county-operated municipal court with jurisdiction within Carroll County, provides that the Carroll County Prosecuting Attorney is to prosecute in the Carroll County Municipal Court all violations of state law arising within the unincorporated areas of Carroll County, and that the clerk of the Carroll County Municipal Court is to be paid in biweekly installments, and authorizes the judge of the Carroll County Municipal Court to appoint deputy clerks and fix their compensation, which is to be paid in biweekly installments

Effective January 1, 2008, abolishes the Erie County County Court and its part-time judgeship and creates as its replacement the Erie County Municipal Court as a county-operated municipal court with 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 and with one full-time judgeship and provides that the Erie County Prosecuting Attorney is to prosecute in the Erie County Municipal Court all violations of state law arising within the unincorporated areas of Erie County.

Abolishes the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court and creates the Stow Municipal Court as its replacement effective January 1, 2009.

Adds one judge to the Twelfth District Court of Appeals.

Requires court clerks to add the date of the offense, summons, or arraignment to the weekly reports they send to the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation.

Requires fingerprinting of a person who is not arrested but appears in court for any of certain offenses pursuant to a criminal summons.

Declares an emergency.

 

 

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