Effective: September 20, 1999
Latest Legislation: House Bill 187 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) The current operating costs of a municipal court, other than a county-operated municipal court, that has territorial jurisdiction under section 1901.02 or 1901.182 of the Revised Code that extends beyond the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which the court is located shall be apportioned pursuant to this section among all of the municipal corporations and townships that are within the territory of the court. Each municipal corporation and each township within the territory of the municipal court shall be assigned a proportionate share of the current operating costs of the municipal court that is equal to the percentage of the total criminal and civil caseload of the municipal court that arose in that municipal corporation or township. Each municipal corporation and each township then shall be liable for its assigned proportionate share of the current operating costs of the court, subject to division (B) of this section.
For purposes of this section, the criminal and civil caseload that arose in a municipal corporation or township is the total number of criminal cases filed in the municipal court during the preceding calendar year that arose out of offenses that occurred in the municipal corporation or township and the total number of civil cases filed in the municipal court during the preceding calendar year in which the address of the majority of the defendants that are designated in the caption of the case and that have addresses within municipal corporations or townships within the territory of the court is within the municipal corporation or township or, if there is no majority of such defendants, in which the address of the first such defendant is within the municipal corporation or township.
(B) A municipal corporation or township within the territory of a municipal court is not required to pay that part of its proportionate share of the current operating costs of the court, as determined in accordance with division (A) of this section, that exceeds the total amount of costs, fees, fines, bail, or other moneys that was disbursed by the clerk of the court under division (F) of section 1901.31 of the Revised Code, to the municipal corporation or township during the period for which its proportionate share of the current operating costs was determined. The municipal corporation in which the court is located is liable, in addition to its proportionate share, for any part of the proportionate share of a municipal corporation or township that the municipal corporation or township is not required to pay under this division.
(C) The auditors or chief fiscal officers of each of the municipal corporations and townships within the territory of a municipal court for which the current operating costs are apportioned under this section shall meet not less than once each six months at the office of the auditor or chief fiscal officer of the municipal corporation in which the court is located to determine the proportionate share due from each municipal corporation and each township, to determine whether any municipal corporation or township is not required to pay any part of its proportionate share under division (B) of this section, and to adjust accounts. The meetings shall be held at the direction of the auditor or chief fiscal officer of the municipal corporation in which the court is located, and the auditor or chief fiscal officer shall preside at the meetings. The proportionate share of each of the municipal corporations and townships, as reduced or increased in accordance with division (B) of this section, is payable from the general fund of the municipal corporation or township or from any other fund designated or funds appropriated for the purpose of paying the particular municipal corporation's or township's proportionate share of the current operating costs of the court.
The court of common pleas of the county in which a municipal court for which the current operating costs are apportioned under this section is located has jurisdiction over any civil action that is commenced to determine the current operating costs of the court, the proportionate share of the current operating costs to be paid by a particular municipal corporation or township within the territory of the court, or whether a municipal corporation or township is not required to pay any part of its proportionate share under division (B) of this section.
(D) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Operating costs" means the figure that is derived by subtracting the total of all costs that are collected and paid to the city treasury by the clerk of the municipal court pursuant to division (F) of section 1901.31 of the Revised Code and all interest received and paid to the city treasury in relation to the costs pursuant to division (G) of section 1901.31 of the Revised Code from the total of the amounts payable from the city treasury for the operation of the court pursuant to sections 1901.10, 1901.11, 1901.111, 1901.12, 1901.31, 1901.311, 1901.312, 1901.32, 1901.33, 1901.331, 1901.36, 1901.37, and 1901.38 of the Revised Code, other than any amounts payable from the city treasury for the operation of the court involving construction, capital improvements, rent, or the provision of heat and light.
(2) "Township" means a township that has adopted a limited home rule government pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code.
(3) "Criminal caseload" when used in regard to a township means cases arising from a violation of a township resolution for which a fine is imposed under Chapter 504. of the Revised Code.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County
Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court
Section 1901.01 | Organization of Municipal Courts.
Section 1901.011 | Housing Divisions - Environmental Division.
Section 1901.02 | Jurisdiction of Municipal Courts.
Section 1901.021 | Court Sitting Outside Corporate Limits of Municipal Corporation.
Section 1901.023 | Extension of Jurisdiction for Municipal Courts on South Shore of Lake Erie.
Section 1901.024 | Costs, Fees, Receipts of County Municipal Courts.
Section 1901.025 | Jurisdiction of Housing and Environmental Divisions.
Section 1901.026 | Current Operating Costs Apportioned.
Section 1901.027 | Ohio River Jurisdiction.
Section 1901.028 | Temporary Location of Court in Event of Emergency.
Section 1901.03 | Municipal Court Definitions.
Section 1901.031 | Terms Include Housing or Environmental Division of Municipal Court.
Section 1901.04 | Transfer of Pending Actions.
Section 1901.041 | Assignment and Referral of Cases to Special Divisions of Court.
Section 1901.051 | Housing and Environmental Division Judges Election.
Section 1901.06 | Qualifications and Election of Judge.
Section 1901.07 | Term of Office of Judge - Nomination, Election.
Section 1901.08 | Election of Judges.
Section 1901.09 | Presiding and Administrative Judge.
Section 1901.10 | Oath of Office Required - Vacancy.
Section 1901.11 | Compensation.
Section 1901.111 | Group Health Care Coverage for Municipal Court Judges.
Section 1901.12 | Vacation Period of Judge.
Section 1901.121 | Appointment of Assigned and Substitute Judges.
Section 1901.122 | Reimbursements and Compensation; Limitations.
Section 1901.123 | Payment of per Diem Compensation.
Section 1901.13 | Powers of the Court.
Section 1901.131 | Jurisdiction of Housing or Environmental Division.
Section 1901.14 | Additional Powers of Judges; Fees; Rules; Annual Report.
Section 1901.141 | Special Constables.
Section 1901.15 | Powers of the Presiding Municipal Judge.
Section 1901.151 | Notice of Insufficient Caseload.
Section 1901.16 | Powers When More Than One Judge.
Section 1901.17 | Monetary Jurisdiction.
Section 1901.18 | Subject Matter Jurisdiction.
Section 1901.181 | Exclusive and Concurrent Jurisdiction of Housing or Environmental Divisions.
Section 1901.182 | Jurisdiction Over Violations of Township Resolutions.
Section 1901.183 | Environmental Division Additional Jurisdiction.
Section 1901.184 | Jurisdiction Where Property Not Removed at Expiration of Campsite Use Agreement.
Section 1901.185 | Jurisdiction to Foreclose Lien on Blighted Parcel.
Section 1901.186 | Concurrent Jurisdiction of Tiffin-Fostoria and Seneca County Courts.
Section 1901.19 | Jurisdictional Powers.
Section 1901.20 | Criminal and Traffic Jurisdiction.
Section 1901.21 | Criminal and Civil Procedure - Bond.
Section 1901.22 | Civil Actions.
Section 1901.23 | Issuance of Writs and Process.
Section 1901.24 | Demand for Jury Trial - Number of Jurors - Verdict.
Section 1901.25 | Selection and Impaneling of Jury.
Section 1901.261 | Computerizing Court of Paying Cost of Computerized Legal Research.
Section 1901.262 | Rules for Procedures for Resolution of Disputes.
Section 1901.263 | Cancellation of Uncollectible Debts.
Section 1901.27 | When Action Is Pending.
Section 1901.28 | Bond for Appeal.
Section 1901.29 | No Term of Court.
Section 1901.31 | Clerk of Court.
Section 1901.311 | Branch Offices - Special Deputy Clerks.
Section 1901.312 | Group Health Care Coverage for Clerks and Deputy Clerks.
Section 1901.321 | Municipal Court Contracts for Transportation Persons Between Jail and Court.
Section 1901.33 | Court Employees.
Section 1901.331 | Housing or Environmental Division Officers and Employees.
Section 1901.34 | Criminal Prosecutions - Compensation of Prosecuting Officers.
Section 1901.35 | Transcript of Records.
Section 1901.36 | Accommodations and Needs of the Court.
Section 1901.38 | Liability Coverage for Municipal Court Judges and Employees.
Section 1901.381 | Liability Coverage for Municipal Court Clerk.
Section 1901.41 | Case Files Retention and Destruction.
Section 1901.43 | Order for Accused to Appear for Fingerprinting.
Section 1901.44 | Alternative Methods for Collecting Court Costs; Notice of Balance Due.