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OH HB261
Bill
Status
7/10/2014
Primary Sponsor
James Butler
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AI Summary
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Abolishes the office of Court of Claims commissioner and transfers all powers to the Court of Claims, with judges of the court handling appeals from Attorney General decisions on reparations claims.
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Establishes unified procedures for filing affidavits of disqualification for judges of municipal, county, and court of claims courts through the Supreme Court clerk, consistent with procedures for other courts.
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Changes per diem compensation for retired judges serving on the Court of Claims from being based on court of appeals judge salary to court of common pleas judge salary.
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Modifies municipal and county court vacancy procedures to allow judges to appoint "acting judges" or request "assigned judges" from the Supreme Court, with specific qualification and compensation requirements.
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Modifies the Attorney General's annual report on the crime victims compensation program to eliminate references to court of claims commissioners and update procedures for handling reparations appeals.
Legislative Description
To abolish the office of the Court of Claims commissioner, to transfer the powers of a judge of the Court of Claims to the court; to specify certain powers of a Court of Claims magistrate, to modify the Attorney General's annual report on the crime victims compensation program, to conform existing law to the existing filing period for filing a claim for reparations by an adult, to eliminate the procedure for filing an affidavit of disqualification for a judge of a municipal or county court and instead include the disqualification of a judge of a municipal or county court and a judge of the court of claims within the procedure for filing an affidavit of disqualification for a probate judge, a judge of a court of appeals, and a judge of the court of common pleas, to change the basis of the per diem compensation of a retired judge who serves on the Court of Claims from the annual compensation of a judge of a court of appeals to the annual compensation of a judge of a court of common pleas, to modify the methods of filling a vacant municipal or county court judgeship, of assigning an additional judge for a municipal court, and of compensating the new or additional judge and to modify the procedure for reimbursing counties for compensating such judges.
Court of Claims/Crime Victims Compensation Program-revisions
Last Action
Effective Date
7/10/2014