As Reconsidered and Passed by the Senate 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Am. H. B. No. 105 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES BATEMAN-VESPER-WOMER BENJAMIN-CALLENDER- 8
JONES-WILLAMOWSKI-LOGAN-DePIERO-HOLLISTER- 10
SENATORS BLESSING-LATTA-WHITE-CUPP-GARDNER-OELSLAGER-MUMPER
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A B I L L
To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 12
1901.08, and 1905.01 of the Revised Code to add 13
an additional judge to the Clermont County 14
Municipal Court, to permit the Clermont County
Municipal Court to be established in any 15
municipal corporation or unincorporated territory 16
within the county, and to provide for the
nomination of the additional judge. 17
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 19
Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 21
1901.08, and 1905.01 of the Revised Code be amended to read as 22
follows: 23
Sec. 1901.01. (A) There is hereby established a municipal 32
court in each of the following municipal corporations: 33
Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake, 35
Barberton, Batavia, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, 36
Bowling Green, Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, 37
Celina, Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, 38
Circleville, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, 39
Coshocton, Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East 40
Cleveland, East Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, 41
Fairfield, Findlay, Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, 42
Garfield Heights, Girard, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron, Ironton, 43
Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lima, 44
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Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta, Marion, 45
Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor, Miamisburg, 46
Middletown, Mount Vernon, Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, 47
Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk, Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, 48
Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg, Port Clinton, Portsmouth, 49
Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker Heights, Shelby, Sidney, 50
South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville, Struthers, Sylvania, 51
Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana, Vandalia, Van Wert, 52
Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City of Washington in 53
Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court House, 54
Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and 55
Zanesville. 56
(B) THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A MUNICIPAL COURT WITHIN 59
CLERMONT COUNTY IN BATAVIA OR IN ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION 60
OR UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY WITHIN CLERMONT COUNTY THAT IS 61
SELECTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE CLERMONT COUNTY
MUNICIPAL COURT. THE MUNICIPAL COURT ESTABLISHED BY THIS 62
DIVISION IS A CONTINUATION OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT PREVIOUSLY 63
ESTABLISHED IN BATAVIA BY THIS SECTION BEFORE THE ENACTMENT OF 64
THIS DIVISION.
Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by 73
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the 74
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, OR, 75
FOR THE CLERMONT COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT, WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL 76
CORPORATION OR UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY IN WHICH IT IS 77
ESTABLISHED, and are courts of record. Each of the courts shall 78
be styled ".................................. municipal court," 79
inserting the name of the municipal corporation, except the 80
following courts, which shall be styled as set forth below: 81
(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that 83
shall be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal 84
court"; 85
(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that 87
shall be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal 88
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court"; 89
(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall 91
be styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court"; 92
(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall 94
be styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court"; 95
(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall 97
be styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court"; 98
(6) The municipal court established in London that shall 100
be styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court"; 101
(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall 103
be styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court"; 104
(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall 106
be styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court"; 107
(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that 109
shall be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal 110
court"; 111
(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be 113
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court"; 114
(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall 116
be styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court"; 117
(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall 119
be styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court"; 120
(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall 122
be styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court"; 123
(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall 125
be styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court"; 126
(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that 128
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court"; 129
(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall 131
be styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court"; 132
(17) The municipal court established WITHIN CLERMONT 134
COUNTY in Batavia OR IN ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR 135
UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY WITHIN CLERMONT COUNTY THAT IS SELECTED 136
BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THAT COURT that shall be styled 138
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and known as the "Clermont county municipal court";
(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that, 140
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton 141
county municipal court"; 142
(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that 144
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court." 145
(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division 147
(A) of this section, the municipal courts established by section 148
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows: 149
The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath, 151
Northampton, Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the 152
municipal corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in 153
Summit county. 154
The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within 156
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark 157
county. 158
The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland 160
county. 161
The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within 163
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county. 164
The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within 166
Athens county. 167
The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within 169
Auglaize county. 170
The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the 172
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county. 173
The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within 175
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley 176
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and 177
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in 178
Summit county. 179
The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the 181
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow, 182
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange, 183
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Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within 184
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county. 185
The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within 187
Logan county. 188
The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme 190
and Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in 191
Sandusky county. 192
The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the 194
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, 195
Brook Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted 196
township, in Cuyahoga county. 197
The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within 199
the municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, 200
Custar, Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, 201
Milton Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun, 202
Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom, 203
Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton, 204
Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston 205
townships in Wood county. 206
The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams 208
county. 209
The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within 211
Guernsey county. 212
The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within 214
Coitsville township in Mahoning county. 215
The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton, 217
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in 218
Stark county. 219
The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer 221
county. 222
The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction 224
within Champaign county. 225
The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga 227
county. 228
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The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within 230
Ross county. 231
The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within 233
Pickaway county. 234
The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within 236
Clark county. 237
The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within 239
Clermont county. 240
The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the 242
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county. 243
Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court 245
has jurisdiction within Clinton county. 246
The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within 248
Coshocton county. 249
The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within 251
Crawford county. 252
The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within 254
Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg 255
townships, and within the municipal corporations of Boston 256
Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, 257
Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and 258
Macedonia, in Summit county. 259
The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within 261
Defiance county. 262
The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within 264
Delaware county. 265
The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within 267
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county. 268
The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble 270
county. 271
The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the 273
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North 274
Ridgeville, and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, 275
Grafton, and LaGrange townships, in Lorain county. 276
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The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the 278
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and 279
Beavercreek townships in Greene county. 280
The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 282
Hancock county except within Washington township. 283
The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon 285
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington 286
township in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood 287
county. 288
The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within 290
Franklin township in Warren county. 291
The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within 293
Franklin county. 294
The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within 296
Ballville and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county. 297
The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within 299
Gallia county. 300
The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction 302
within the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, 303
Valley View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, 304
and Brecksville in Cuyahoga county. 305
The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty, 307
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county. 308
The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross 310
and St. Clair townships in Butler county. 311
The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within 313
Hamilton county. 314
The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within 316
Hardin county. 317
The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all 319
of Highland county except within Madison township. 320
The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within 322
Hocking county. 323
The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 325
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Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal 326
corporation of Sandusky. 327
The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid, 329
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington 330
townships in Lawrence county. 331
The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within 333
Jackson county. 334
The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the 336
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within 337
Washington township, in Montgomery county. 338
The Lancaster municipal court has jurisdiction within 340
Fairfield county. 341
The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within 343
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and 344
Windsor in Lawrence county. 345
The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within 347
Turtlecreek township in Warren county. 348
The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within 350
Licking county. 351
The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen 353
county. 354
The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the 356
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield 357
township, in Lorain county. 358
The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the 360
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, 361
Mayfield, Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga 362
county. 363
The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within 365
Madison county. 366
The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within 368
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy, 369
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships, 370
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in 371
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Richland county. 372
The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within 374
Washington county. 375
The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion 377
county. 378
The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within 380
Union county. 381
The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield 383
township in Warren county. 384
The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within 386
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson 387
townships in Stark county. 388
The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the 390
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within 391
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of 392
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the 393
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county. 394
The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the 396
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick, 397
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of 398
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette, 399
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York 400
townships, in Medina county. 401
The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the 403
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county. 404
The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within 406
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of 407
Bradford that is located in Darke county. 408
The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the 410
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and 411
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county. 412
The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within 414
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within 415
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county. 416
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The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within 418
Knox county. 419
The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry 421
county. 422
The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction 424
within the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, 425
Bucks, Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, 426
Franklin, Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in 427
Tuscarawas county. 428
The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within 430
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington, 431
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county. 432
The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the 434
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield 435
township in Trumbull county. 436
The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 438
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue 439
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships. 440
The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the 442
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South 443
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden, 444
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and 445
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except 446
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county. 447
The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the 449
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem 450
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake 451
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the 452
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the 453
Toledo municipal court. 454
The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within 456
Ottawa county. 457
The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within 459
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake 460
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county. 461
The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the 463
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, 464
North Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn 465
Heights in Cuyahoga county. 466
The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the 468
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford, 469
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, 470
in Wood county. 471
The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within 473
Portage county. 474
The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within 476
Scioto county. 477
The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the 479
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park, 480
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga 481
county. 482
The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the 484
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within 485
Perkins township, in Erie county. 486
The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within 488
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood, 489
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county. 490
The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon, 492
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within 493
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in 494
Richland county. 495
The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby 497
county. 498
The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the 500
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland, 501
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county. 502
The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the 504
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within 505
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Sylvania, Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within 506
those portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships 507
lying north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, 508
in Lucas county. 509
The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, 511
Big Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, 512
Reed, Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca 513
county. 514
The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within 516
Washington township, and within the municipal corporation of 517
Ottawa Hills, in Lucas county. 518
The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within 520
Wyandot county. 521
The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the 523
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and 524
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery 525
county. 526
The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van 528
Wert county. 529
The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the 531
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all 532
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of 533
Lorain, in Lorain county. 534
The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the 536
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and 537
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, 538
Sharon, Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county. 539
The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren 541
and Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except 542
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county. 543
The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction 545
within Fayette county. 546
The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within 548
Wayne county. 549
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The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the 551
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick, 552
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill, 553
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake 554
county. 555
Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has 557
jurisdiction within Clinton county. 558
The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within 560
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross, 561
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in 562
Greene county. 563
(C) As used in this section: 565
(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but 567
not limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is 568
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that 569
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is 570
governmentally a part of the township. 571
(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land 573
within the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation 574
and any townships that are coextensive with the municipal 575
corporation. 576
Sec. 1901.021. (A) The judge or judges of any municipal 585
court ESTABLISHED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF SECTION 1901.01 OF THE 586
REVISED CODE having territorial jurisdiction outside the 587
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is 588
located may sit outside the corporate limits of the municipal 589
corporation within the area of its territorial jurisdiction. 590
(B) Two or more of the judges of the Hamilton county 592
municipal court shall be assigned by the presiding judge of the 593
court to sit outside the municipal corporation of Cincinnati. 594
(C) Two of the judges of the Portage county municipal 596
court shall sit within the municipal corporation of Ravenna, and 597
one of the judges shall sit within the municipal corporation of 598
Kent. The judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Portage 599
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county. 600
(D) One of the judges of the Wayne county municipal court 602
shall sit within the municipal corporation of Wooster, and one 603
shall sit within the municipal corporation of Orrville. Both 604
judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Wayne county. 605
(E) The judge of the Auglaize county municipal court shall 607
sit within the municipal corporations of Wapakoneta and St. Marys 608
and may sit in other incorporated areas in Auglaize county. 609
(F) At least one of the judges of the Miami county 611
municipal court shall sit within the municipal corporations of 612
Troy, Piqua, and Tipp City, and the judges may sit in other 613
incorporated areas of Miami county. 614
(G) The judge of the Crawford county municipal court shall 616
sit within the municipal corporations of Bucyrus and Galion and 617
may sit in other incorporated areas in Crawford county. 618
(H) The judge of the Jackson county municipal court shall 620
sit within the municipal corporations of Jackson and Wellston and 621
may sit in other incorporated areas in Jackson county. 622
(I) In any municipal court, other than the Hamilton county 624
municipal court, that has more than one judge, the decision for 625
one or more judges to sit outside the corporate limits of the 626
municipal corporation shall be made by rule of the court as 627
provided in division (C) of sections 1901.14 and 1901.16 of the 628
Revised Code. 629
(J) The assignment of a judge to sit in a municipal 631
corporation other than that in which the court is located does 632
not affect the jurisdiction of the mayor except as provided in 633
section 1905.01 of the Revised Code. 634
(K) THE JUDGES OF THE CLERMONT COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT MAY 637
SIT IN ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY
WITHIN CLERMONT COUNTY. 638
Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of, 647
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of 648
their terms shall be as follows: 649
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In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be 651
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, 652
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time 653
judge shall be elected in 1975. 654
In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 656
be elected in 1953. 657
In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall 659
be elected in 1951. 660
In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall 662
be elected in 1953. 663
In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge 665
shall be elected in 1967. 666
In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge 668
shall be elected in 1975. 669
In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall 671
be elected in 1957. 672
In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 674
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 675
1971. 676
In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall 678
be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 679
1979. 680
In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge 682
shall be elected in 1993. 683
In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall 685
be elected in 1951. 686
In the Berea municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 688
elected in 1957, term to commence on the first day of January 689
next after election, and one part-time judge shall be elected in 691
1981, term to commence on the second day of January next after 692
election. The part-time judge elected in 1987 whose term 693
commenced on January 1, 1988, shall serve until December 31,
1993, and the office of that judge is abolished, effective on the 694
earlier of December 31, 1993, or the date on which that judge 695
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resigns, retires, or otherwise vacates judicial office. 696
In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge 698
shall be elected in 1983. 699
In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 701
elected in 1965. 702
In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall 704
be elected in 1951. 705
In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall 707
be elected in 1963. 708
In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 710
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, 711
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977. 712
In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 714
elected in 1957. 715
In the Champaign county municipal court, one part-time 717
judge shall be elected in 1983. 718
In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 720
be elected in 1963. 721
In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge 723
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 724
elected in 1977. 725
In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge 727
shall be elected in 1953. 728
In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge 730
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be 731
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield 732
municipal court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as 733
the judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 734
1988, until the end of their respective terms. 735
In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time 737
judges shall be elected in 1991, AND ONE FULL-TIME JUDGE SHALL BE 738
ELECTED IN 1999. 739
In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges 741
shall be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected 742
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in 1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955. 743
In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time 745
judge shall be elected in 1957. 746
In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge 748
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington 749
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge 750
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until 751
the end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. 752
In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall 754
be elected in 1953. 755
In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 757
be elected in 1951. 758
In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge 760
shall be elected in 1977. 761
In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 763
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be 764
elected in 1967. 765
In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall 767
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days 768
beginning on the first day of January next after their election, 769
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to 770
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of 771
January next after their election. 772
In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 774
be elected in 1957. 775
In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall 777
be elected in 1953. 778
In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge 780
shall be elected in 1957. 781
In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge 783
shall be elected in 1953. 784
In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 786
elected in 1973. 787
In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 789
18
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 790
1973. 791
In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 793
elected in 1951. 794
In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall 796
be elected in 1977. 797
In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 799
be elected in 1989. 800
In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall 802
be elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 803
1993. 804
In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall 806
be elected in 1975. 807
In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall 809
be elected in 1951. 810
In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time 812
judges shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be 813
elected in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, 814
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge 816
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1997. 817
In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall 819
be elected in 1975. 820
In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge 822
shall be elected in 1981. 823
In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time 825
judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 826
elected in 1981. 827
In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 829
elected in 1963. 830
In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 832
be elected in 1953. 833
In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time 835
judges shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be 836
19
elected in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, 837
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of 838
judges of the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on 839
the first day of January next after their election, except that 840
the terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall 841
commence on January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the 842
terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall 843
commence on January 4, 1984, and January 5, 1984. 844
In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge 846
shall be elected in 1989. 847
In the Hillsboro municipal court, one part-time judge shall 849
be elected in 1957. 850
In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge 852
shall be elected in 1977. 853
In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 855
elected in 1967. 856
In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 858
be elected in 1951. 859
In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge 861
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the 863
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was 864
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court 865
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001. 866
In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall 868
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 869
1975. 870
In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall 872
be elected in 1955. 873
In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall 875
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 876
1979. 877
In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge 879
shall be elected in 1981. 880
In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 882
20
be elected in 1955. 883
In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge 885
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 886
elected in 1971. 887
In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 889
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 890
1967. 891
In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 893
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 894
1973. 895
In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall 897
be elected in 1957. 898
In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge 900
shall be elected in 1981. 901
In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 903
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 904
1969. 905
In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall 907
be elected in 1957. 908
In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 910
elected in 1951. 911
In the Marysville municipal court, one part-time judge 913
shall be elected in 1963. 914
In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 916
elected in 1965. 917
In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall 919
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 920
1971. 921
In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 923
elected in 1963. 924
In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 926
elected in 1957. 927
In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 929
elected in 1971. 930
21
In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge 932
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 933
elected in 1979. 934
In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge 936
shall be elected in 1951. 937
In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge 939
shall be elected in 1953. 940
In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge 942
shall be elected in 1951. 943
In the Napoleon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 945
be elected in 1963. 946
In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time 948
judge shall be elected in 1975. 949
In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 951
shall be elected in 1963. 952
In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 954
elected in 1951. 955
In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall 957
be elected in 1975. 958
In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall 960
be elected in 1953. 961
In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall 963
be elected in 1989. 964
In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 966
elected in 1963. 967
In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge 969
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port 970
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 971
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, 972
until the end of that judge's term.
In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge 974
shall be elected in 1951. 975
In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 977
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, 978
22
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. 979
In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge 981
shall be elected in 1977. 982
In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges 984
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be 985
elected in 1971. 986
In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge 988
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port 989
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 990
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, 991
until the end of that judge's term. 992
In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge 994
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 995
elected in 1985. 996
In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge 998
shall be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be 999
elected in 1971. 1,000
In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,002
be elected in 1953. 1,003
In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge 1,005
shall be elected in 1957. 1,006
In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 1,008
elected in 1957. 1,009
In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,011
elected in 1995. 1,012
In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge 1,014
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993, 1,015
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until 1,016
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on 1,017
January 1, 2000.
In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges 1,019
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be 1,020
elected in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the 1,021
Springfield municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the 1,022
23
judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, 1,023
until the end of their respective terms. 1,024
In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,026
shall be elected in 1953. 1,027
In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,029
be elected in 1963. 1,030
In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,032
be elected in 1963. 1,033
In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,035
elected in 1953. 1,036
In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall 1,038
be elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1,039
1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. 1,040
In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one part-time judge 1,042
shall be elected in 1957. 1,043
In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,045
be elected in 1959. 1,046
In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,048
be elected in 1957. 1,049
In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,051
be elected in 1965. 1,052
In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,054
be elected in 1981. 1,055
In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,057
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,058
1971. 1,059
In the Washington Court House municipal court, one 1,061
full-time judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge 1,062
elected in 1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall 1,063
serve until December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is 1,064
abolished on January 1, 2000.
In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,066
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 1,067
elected in 1979. 1,068
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In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge 1,070
shall be elected in 1951. 1,071
In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge 1,073
shall be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the 1,074
Wilmington municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the 1,075
judge of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, 1,076
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. 1,077
In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,079
elected in 1977. 1,080
In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge 1,082
shall be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be 1,083
elected in 1953. 1,084
In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,086
shall be elected in 1953. 1,087
Sec. 1905.01. (A) In all municipal corporations, OTHER 1,096
THAN BATAVIA IN CLERMONT COUNTY, not being the site of a 1,098
municipal court nor a place where a judge of the Auglaize county, 1,099
Crawford county, Jackson county, Miami county, Portage county, or 1,100
Wayne county municipal court sits as required pursuant to section 1,101
1901.021 of the Revised Code or by designation of the judges 1,102
pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code, the mayor of 1,103
the municipal corporation has jurisdiction, except as provided in 1,104
divisions (B), (C), and (E) of this section and subject to the 1,106
limitation contained in section 1905.03 and the limitation 1,107
contained in section 1905.031 of the Revised Code, to hear and 1,108
determine any prosecution for the violation of an ordinance of 1,109
the municipal corporation, to hear and determine any case 1,110
involving a violation of a vehicle parking or standing ordinance 1,111
of the municipal corporation unless the violation is required to 1,112
be handled by a parking violations bureau or joint parking 1,113
violations bureau pursuant to Chapter 4521. of the Revised Code, 1,114
and to hear and determine all criminal causes involving any 1,115
moving traffic violation occurring on a state highway located 1,116
within the boundaries of the municipal corporation, subject to 1,117
25
the limitations of sections 2937.08 and 2938.04 of the Revised 1,118
Code.
(B)(1) In all municipal corporations, OTHER THAN BATAVIA 1,120
IN CLERMONT COUNTY, not being the site of a municipal court nor a 1,122
place where a judge of a court listed in division (A) of this 1,123
section sits as required pursuant to section 1901.021 of the 1,124
Revised Code or by designation of the judges pursuant to section 1,125
1901.021 of the Revised Code, the mayor of the municipal 1,126
corporation has jurisdiction, subject to the limitation contained 1,127
in section 1905.03 of the Revised Code, to hear and determine 1,128
prosecutions involving a violation of an ordinance of the 1,129
municipal corporation relating to operating a vehicle while under 1,130
the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug 1,131
of abuse or relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited 1,132
concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, and to 1,133
hear and determine criminal causes involving a violation of 1,134
section 4511.19 of the Revised Code that occur on a state highway 1,135
located within the boundaries of the municipal corporation, 1,136
subject to the limitations of sections 2937.08 and 2938.04 of the 1,137
Revised Code, only if the person charged with the violation, 1,138
within six years of the date of the violation charged, has not 1,139
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: 1,140
(a) A violation of an ordinance of any municipal 1,142
corporation relating to operating a vehicle while under the 1,143
influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of 1,144
abuse or relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited 1,145
concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine; 1,146
(b) A violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code; 1,148
(c) A violation of any ordinance of any municipal 1,150
corporation or of any section of the Revised Code that regulates 1,151
the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys 1,152
upon the highways or streets, in relation to which all of the 1,153
following apply: 1,154
(i) The person, in the case in which the conviction was 1,156
26
obtained or the plea of guilty was entered, had been charged with 1,157
a violation of an ordinance of any municipal corporation relating 1,158
to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a 1,159
drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse or relating to 1,160
operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in 1,161
the blood, breath, or urine, or with a violation of section 1,162
4511.19 of the Revised Code; 1,163
(ii) The charge of the violation described in division 1,165
(B)(1)(c)(i) of this section was dismissed or reduced; 1,166
(iii) The violation of which the person was convicted or 1,168
to which the person pleaded guilty arose out of the same facts 1,170
and circumstances and the same act as did the charge that was
dismissed or reduced. 1,171
(d) A violation of a statute of the United States or of 1,173
any other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal 1,174
corporation located in any other state that is substantially 1,175
similar to section 4511.19 of the Revised Code.
(2) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have 1,177
jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal 1,178
cause involving a violation described in division (B)(1)(a) or 1,179
(b) of this section, regardless of where the violation occurred, 1,180
if the person charged with the violation, within six years of the 1,182
violation charged, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any 1,183
violation listed in division (B)(1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of this 1,184
section.
If the mayor of a municipal corporation, in hearing a 1,186
prosecution involving a violation of an ordinance of the 1,187
municipal corporation the mayor serves relating to operating a 1,189
vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or
alcohol and a drug of abuse or relating to operating a vehicle 1,190
with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, 1,191
or urine, or in hearing a criminal cause involving a violation of 1,192
section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, determines that the person 1,193
charged, within six years of the violation charged, has been 1,195
27
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any violation listed in 1,196
division (B)(1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section, the mayor 1,198
immediately shall transfer the case to the county court or 1,199
municipal court with jurisdiction over the violation charged, in 1,200
accordance with section 1905.032 of the Revised Code. 1,201
(C)(1) In all municipal corporations, OTHER THAN BATAVIA 1,203
IN CLERMONT COUNTY, not being the site of a municipal court and 1,205
not being a place where a judge of a court listed in division (A) 1,206
of this section sits as required pursuant to section 1901.021 of 1,207
the Revised Code or by designation of the judges pursuant to 1,208
section 1901.021 of the Revised Code, the mayor of the municipal 1,209
corporation, subject to sections 1901.031, 2937.08, and 2938.04 1,210
of the Revised Code, has jurisdiction to hear and determine 1,211
prosecutions involving a violation of a municipal ordinance that 1,212
is substantially equivalent to division (B)(1) or (D)(2) of 1,213
section 4507.02 of the Revised Code and to hear and determine 1,214
criminal causes that involve a moving traffic violation, that 1,215
involve a violation of division (B)(1) or (D)(2) of section 1,216
4507.02 of the Revised Code, and that occur on a state highway 1,217
located within the boundaries of the municipal corporation only 1,218
if all of the following apply regarding the violation and the 1,219
person charged:
(a) Regarding a violation of division (B)(1) of section 1,221
4507.02 of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal 1,222
ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that division, the 1,223
person charged with the violation, within five years of the date 1,224
of the violation charged, has not been convicted of or pleaded 1,225
guilty to any of the following: 1,226
(i) A violation of division (B)(1) of section 4507.02 of 1,228
the Revised Code; 1,229
(ii) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is 1,231
substantially equivalent to division (B)(1) of section 4507.02 of 1,232
the Revised Code; 1,233
(iii) A violation of any municipal ordinance or section of 1,235
28
the Revised Code that regulates the operation of vehicles, 1,236
streetcars, and trackless trolleys upon the highways or streets, 1,237
in a case in which, after a charge against the person of a 1,238
violation of a type described in division (C)(1)(a)(i) or (ii) of 1,239
this section was dismissed or reduced, the person is convicted of 1,240
or pleads guilty to a violation that arose out of the same facts 1,241
and circumstances and the same act as did the charge that was 1,242
dismissed or reduced. 1,243
(b) Regarding a violation of division (D)(2) of section 1,245
4507.02 of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal 1,246
ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that division, the 1,247
person charged with the violation, within five years of the date 1,248
of the violation charged, has not been convicted of or pleaded 1,249
guilty to any of the following: 1,250
(i) A violation of division (D)(2) of section 4507.02 of 1,252
the Revised Code; 1,253
(ii) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is 1,255
substantially equivalent to division (D)(2) of section 4507.02 of 1,256
the Revised Code; 1,257
(iii) A violation of any municipal ordinance or section of 1,259
the Revised Code that regulates the operation of vehicles, 1,260
streetcars, and trackless trolleys upon the highways or streets 1,261
in a case in which, after a charge against the person of a 1,262
violation of a type described in division (C)(1)(b)(i) or (ii) of 1,263
this section was dismissed or reduced, the person is convicted of 1,264
or pleads guilty to a violation that arose out of the same facts 1,265
and circumstances and the same act as did the charge that was 1,266
dismissed or reduced. 1,267
(2) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have 1,269
jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal 1,270
cause involving a violation described in division (C)(1)(a)(i) or 1,271
(ii) of this section if the person charged with the violation, 1,272
within five years of the violation charged, has been convicted of 1,273
or pleaded guilty to any violation listed in division 1,274
29
(C)(1)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section and does not have 1,275
jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal 1,276
cause involving a violation described in division (C)(1)(b)(i) or 1,277
(ii) of this section if the person charged with the violation, 1,278
within five years of the violation charged, has been convicted of 1,279
or pleaded guilty to any violation listed in division 1,280
(C)(1)(b)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section. 1,281
(3) If the mayor of a municipal corporation, in hearing a 1,283
prosecution involving a violation of an ordinance of the 1,284
municipal corporation the mayor serves that is substantially 1,285
equivalent to division (B)(1) or (D)(2) of section 4507.02 of the 1,287
Revised Code or a violation of division (B)(1) or (D)(2) of 1,288
section 4507.02 of the Revised Code, determines that, under 1,289
division (C)(2) of this section, mayors do not have jurisdiction 1,290
of the prosecution, the mayor immediately shall transfer the case 1,291
to the county court or municipal court with jurisdiction over the 1,292
violation in accordance with section 1905.032 of the Revised 1,293
Code.
(D) If the mayor of a municipal corporation has 1,295
jurisdiction pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section to hear 1,296
and determine a prosecution or criminal cause involving a 1,297
violation described in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, 1,298
the authority of the mayor to hear or determine the prosecution 1,299
or cause is subject to the limitation contained in division (C) 1,300
of section 1905.03 of the Revised Code. If the mayor of a 1,301
municipal corporation has jurisdiction pursuant to division (A) 1,302
or (C) of this section to hear and determine a prosecution or 1,303
criminal cause involving a violation other than a violation 1,304
described in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, the 1,305
authority of the mayor to hear or determine the prosecution or 1,306
cause is subject to the limitation contained in division (C) of 1,308
section 1905.031 of the Revised Code.
(E)(1) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have 1,310
jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal 1,311
30
cause involving any of the following: 1,312
(a) A violation of section 2919.25 or 2919.27 of the 1,314
Revised Code;
(b) A violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 1,316
2903.211, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code that involves a person 1,318
who was a family or household member of the defendant at the time 1,319
of the violation;
(c) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is 1,321
substantially equivalent to an offense described in division 1,322
(E)(1)(a) or (b) of this section and that involves a person who 1,323
was a family or household member of the defendant at the time of 1,324
the violation.
(2) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have 1,326
jurisdiction to hear and determine a motion filed pursuant to 1,327
section 2919.26 of the Revised Code or filed pursuant to a 1,328
municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that 1,330
section or to issue a protection order pursuant to that section 1,331
or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance. 1,332
(3) As used in this section, "family or household member" 1,334
has the same meaning as in section 2919.25 of the Revised Code. 1,335
(F) In keeping a docket and files, the mayor, and a 1,337
mayor's court magistrate appointed under section 1905.05 of the 1,338
Revised Code, shall be governed by the laws pertaining to county 1,339
courts. 1,340
Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1,342
1902.021, 1901.08, and 1905.01 of the Revised Code are hereby 1,343
repealed. 1,344
Section 3. The nomination of candidates for the new 1,346
judgeship of the Clermont County Municipal Court that is created 1,347
by this act and that is to be elected at the general election to 1,348
be held in 1999 shall be by nominating petition signed by at 1,349
least two hundred fifty electors of the territory of the Court,
filed with the board of elections, and otherwise conforming to 1,350
the provisions of sections 1901.07 and 3513.261 of the Revised 1,351
31
Code. The nominating petition shall designate the term of the 1,352
office to which the candidate seeks election as provided in 1,353
section 3513.28 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding section
1901.07 of the Revised Code or any other provision of law, the 1,354
nominating petition shall be filed not later than four p.m. on 1,355
August 2, 1999. The nominating petitions of candidates for that 1,356
new judgeship shall be processed as set forth in section 3513.262 1,357
of the Revised Code, except that the dates for processing, public 1,358
inspection, and protest set forth in that section shall be 1,359
extended to reflect the August 2, 1999, filing deadline for
nominating petitions. 1,360
Notwithstanding section 3513.04 of the Revised Code, no 1,362
person is prohibited from seeking election as the judge of the 1,363
Clermont County Municipal Court that is created by this act 1,364
because the person sought, by declaration of candidacy, a party 1,365
nomination for an office or position at the May 1999 primary
election.
Section 4. Section 1905.01 of the Revised Code is 1,367
presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by 1,368
both Am. Sub. S.B. 1 and Am. Sub. S.B. 60 of the 122nd General 1,369
Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in 1,371
capital letters. This is in recognition of the principle stated 1,372
in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that such 1,373
amendments are to be harmonized where not substantively 1,374
irreconcilable and constitutes a legislative finding that such is 1,375
the resulting version in effect prior to the effective date of 1,376
this act.