Sub. H.B. No. 554 Summary

• Establishes a Trumbull County Municipal Court effective January 1, 2013, with jurisdiction throughout Trumbull County except within specified municipal corporations and townships.

• Abolishes the Trumbull County County Court effective January 1, 2013; transfers all pending cases, records, employees, and assets to the new municipal court.

• Designates the Trumbull County Municipal Court as a county-operated municipal court with judges nominated by petition only (requiring signatures of at least 50 electors).

• Provides for election of one full-time judge in 2017, with the existing part-time county court judge elected in 2010 serving as full-time judge until December 31, 2017.

• Makes conforming amendments to municipal court establishment, jurisdiction, and election procedures throughout the Ohio Revised Code.