Ohio § 1905.031

§ 1905.031.

(A) The supreme court may adopt rules prescribing educational standards and procedural

and operational standards for mayors of municipal corporations who conduct a mayor's

court and who wish to exercise the jurisdiction granted by section 1905.01 of the Revised Code over a prosecution or criminal cause other than a prosecution or cause within the

scope of the standards described in section 1905.03 of the Revised Code .  Any educational standards and procedural and operational standards prescribed by

rule under authority of this division shall be for the purpose of assisting mayors

of municipal corporations who conduct a mayor's court, and shall include, but shall

not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Provisions for basic training in the general principles of law that apply to the

hearing and determination of prosecutions and causes that are within the jurisdiction

of a mayor's court as specified in section 1905.01 of the Revised Code , other than prosecutions and causes that are within the scope of the standards described

in section 1905.03 of the Revised Code , provisions for basic training in the procedural and operational standards prescribed

by the court under this division, and provisions for periodic continuing education

in those general principles and in those procedural and operational standards; (2) Provisions for basic training in the laws of this state that apply relative to persons

who are convicted of or plead guilty to any violation of a statute or ordinance, particularly

as those laws apply relative to a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to any

such violation in a prosecution or cause that is within the jurisdiction of a mayor's

court as specified in section 1905.01 of the Revised Code , other than prosecutions and causes that are within the scope of the standards described

in section 1905.03 of the Revised Code , and provisions for periodic continuing education in those laws; (3) Provisions specifying whether periodic continuing education for a mayor who conducts

a mayor's court, who wishes to exercise the jurisdiction granted by section 1905.01 of the Revised Code over a prosecution or cause, and who has received basic training in the principles

and laws described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section will be required on

an annual or biennial basis; (4) Provisions specifying the number of hours of basic training that a mayor who conducts

a mayor's court and who wishes to exercise the jurisdiction granted by section 1905.01 of the Revised Code over a prosecution or cause, other than a prosecution or cause that is within the

scope of the standards described in section 1905.03 of the Revised Code , will have to obtain to comply with the educational standards and provisions specifying

the number of hours of periodic continuing education that such a mayor will have to

obtain within each time period specified under authority of division (A)(3) of this

section to comply with the educational standards; (5) Provisions establishing an exemption, for a reasonable period of time, from the basic

training requirements for mayors who initially take office on or after July 1, 1992,

and who wish to conduct a mayor's court and exercise the jurisdiction granted by section 1905.01 of the Revised Code over a prosecution or cause other than a prosecution or cause within the scope of

the standards described in section 1905.03 of the Revised Code ; (6) Provisions establishing procedural and operational standards for mayor's courts. (B) If the supreme court adopts rules under authority of division (A) of this section

prescribing educational standards and procedural and operational standards for mayors

of municipal corporations who conduct a mayor's court and who wish to exercise the

jurisdiction granted by section 1905.01 of the Revised Code over a prosecution or criminal cause, other than a prosecution or cause that is within

the scope of the standards described in section 1905.03 of the Revised Code , the court may formulate a basic training course and a periodic continuing education

course that such a mayor may complete to satisfy the basic training and periodic continuing

education required relative to those standards, and may offer or provide for the offering

of the basic training course and the periodic continuing education course to mayors

of municipal corporations. If the supreme court offers or provides for the offering of a basic training course

and a periodic continuing education course formulated under this division, the court

may prescribe a reasonable fee to cover the cost associated with formulating, offering,

and teaching the particular course, which fee would have to be paid by each mayor

who attends the particular course or the municipal corporation served by the mayor. If the supreme court offers or provides for the offering of a basic training course

and a periodic continuing education course formulated under this division, the court

or other entity that offers either course shall issue to each mayor who successfully

completes the particular course a certificate attesting to the mayor's satisfactory

completion of the particular course. (C) Notwithstanding section 1905.01 of the Revised Code , if the supreme court adopts rules under authority of division (A) of this section

on or before July 1, 1991, if the supreme court formulates a basic training course

and a periodic continuing education course under division (B) of this section, and

if the supreme court offers or provides for the offering of the basic training course

and the periodic continuing education course to mayors within a reasonable period

of time after the adoption of the rules, a mayor shall not hear or determine, on or

after July 1, 1992, any prosecution or criminal cause involving a violation described

in division (A) of this section unless the exemption under the provisions described

in division (A)(5) of this section applies to the mayor, or unless, prior to hearing

the prosecution or criminal cause, the mayor has successfully completed the basic

training course offered or provided for by the supreme court and has been issued a

certificate attesting to satisfactory completion of the basic training course and

also has successfully completed any periodic continuing education course offered or

provided for by the supreme court that is applicable to the mayor under the rules

and has been issued a certificate attesting to satisfactory completion of the periodic

continuing education course. This division does not affect and shall not be construed as affecting the authority

of a mayor to appoint a mayor's court magistrate under section 1905.05 of the Revised Code .  If a mayor is prohibited from hearing or determining a prosecution or criminal cause

involving a violation described in division (A) of this section due to the operation

of this division, the prohibition against the mayor hearing or determining the prosecution

or cause does not affect and shall not be construed as affecting the jurisdiction

or authority of a mayor's court magistrate appointed under that section to hear and

determine the prosecution or cause in accordance with that section.