HB 495 Summary

• Creates Perry County Municipal Court in New Lexington effective January 1, 2017, establishing one full-time judgeship to replace the Perry County County Court.

• Provides that the judge shall be nominated by petition only (not primary election), with at least 50 electors required to sign the nomination petition.

• Designates the Perry County Clerk of Courts as the clerk of the Perry County Municipal Court, with compensation paid from county treasury at one-fourth the rate of common pleas court clerks.

• Abolishes the Perry County County Court on January 1, 2017, transferring all pending cases, records, employees, and property to the new municipal court.

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