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...court of common pleas of a county, the commissioners of jurors, or the appropriate court employee shall grant, a postponement of the juror's initial appearance for jury duty if both of the following apply: (1) The juror has not previously been granted a postponement. (2) The juror and the appropriate court employee appointed by the court agree to a specified date on which the juror will appear for jury servi...

...A challenge to the array may be made by any party. The whole array may be set aside by the court when the jury, grand or petit, was not selected, drawn, or summoned as required by Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code or if any group protected by section 2313.13 of the Revised Code is systematically excluded from the jury selection process. No indictment shall be quashed or verdict set aside for any irregularity in...

...(A) Any person called as a juror for the trial of any cause shall be examined under oath or upon affirmation as to the person's qualifications. A person is qualified to serve as a juror if the person is eighteen years of age or older, is a resident of the county, and is an elector or would be an elector if the person were registered to vote, regardless of whether the person actually is registered to vote. (B)...

... the prospective juror by the court or commissioners of jurors. (B) If a prospective juror is required to answer written questions during the voir dire process, the questionnaire shall contain a prominent legend advising the prospective juror that the juror has the right to request and have an in-camera hearing on the record with counsel for the parties present regarding any legitimate privacy interest of the...

...(A) No employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, or take any disciplinary action that could lead to the discharge of any permanent employee who is summoned to serve as a juror pursuant to Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code if the employee gives reasonable notice to the employer of the summons prior to the commencement of the employee's service as a juror and if the employee is absent from employment becau...

...No person whose name is drawn and who is notified to attend a jury year, part of a jury year, or specified date within a part of a jury year as a juror or who has had the person's jury service postponed shall fail to attend at the time specified in the notice or from day to day.

...rge as prescribed in this section, the commissioners of jurors upon request shall certify to that fact. No person shall be exempted from jury service for any reason, but a person may be excused from jury service or have the person's jury service postponed in accordance with Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code and the general statutes of the state.

...(A) The board of county commissioners by resolution shall fix the compensation of each juror payable out of the county treasury. (B) After ten days of actual service, except as otherwise authorized by this division, the compensation of a juror shall be fixed for each additional day of actual service at an amount equal to the greater of fifteen dollars or one and one-half times the compensation fixed pursuant ...

...ts and electronic media filed with the commissioners of jurors in compliance with applicable rules of superintendence for the courts of Ohio.

...Chapters 2313. and 2315. of the Revised Code do not contravene or affect any section of the Revised Code relating to jurors in the inferior courts in any county of the state.

...(A) Whoever violates section 2313.18, 2313.19, or 2313.20 of the Revised Code may be punished as for contempt of court pursuant to Chapter 2705. of the Revised Code. (B) Whoever violates section 2313.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, or both. (C) Any fine assessed for a contempt against a per...

...The board of county commissioners shall consist of three persons who shall be elected as follows: (A) In November, 1974, and quadrennially thereafter, one county commissioner shall be elected to take office on the first day of January following. (B) In November, 1972, and quadrennially thereafter, two commissioners shall be elected. The term of one of such commissioners shall commence on the second day of January n...

...A) If a vacancy in the office of county commissioner, prosecuting attorney, county auditor, county treasurer, clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, county recorder, county engineer, or coroner occurs more than forty days before the next general election for state and county officers, a successor shall be elected at such election for the unexpired term unless such term expires within one year immediately follow...

...e office is vacant, the board of county commissioners may contract with another county's county engineer to exercise the powers and perform the acts, duties, or functions of the county engineer. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Revised Code or the common law, the same person may serve as the county engineer of more than one county, including adjacent counties, under this section. (B) A county engineer ...

...se to be filed with the board of county commissioners a certificate from a physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner of the officer's sickness or injury. If the certificate is not filed with the board within ten days after the expiration of thirty consecutive days, in the case of a county auditor or county treasurer, or within ten days after the expiration of ninet...

...charge of official duties, each county commissioner, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, shall give bond, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or, at the county commissioner's option, by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond over and above all encumbrances to the state, in a sum not less than ...

...The board of county commissioners shall organize not later than the second Monday of January of each year, by the election of one of its members as president for a term of one year. The member so elected shall preside at all regular and special sessions of the board. If the position of president becomes vacant during the year, the board shall select one of its members to preside.

...(A) The board of county commissioners shall conduct at least fifty regular sessions each year, at an office provided for the board in the county seat or at another location as provided in division (B) of this section. Each of these sessions shall be conducted at a specific time fixed in advance. At each meeting the board shall transact such business as it considers necessary or as required by law. (B) The board of c...

...Special sessions of the board of county commissioners may be held as often as the commissioners deem it necessary. At a regular or special session, the board may make any necessary order or contract in relation to the building, furnishing, repairing, or insuring of public buildings or bridges; the employment of janitors; the improvements or enclosure of public grounds; the maintenance or support of persons with devel...

...A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting.

...the proceedings of the board of county commissioners shall be public, at the office provided for the board in the county seat, or at another location, as provided in division (B) of section 305.06 or division (B) of section 305.07 of the Revised Code, and, as far as possible, shall be in conformity with the rules of parliamentary law. If the clerk of the board maintains the full record of the proceedings by e...

...ction, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall keep a full written record of the proceedings of the board, and a written general index of those proceedings, entering each motion with the name of the person making it on the record. The clerk shall call and record the yeas and nays on each motion. The clerk shall state fully and clearly in the record any question relating to the powers and duties ...

...h day's session of the board of county commissioners, the records of the proceedings of the session of the previous day shall be read, or provided to each commissioner in written form, by the clerk of the board and, if correct, approved and signed by the commissioners. In the alternative, if the clerk maintains the full record of the proceedings by electronic means as authorized by division (B) of section 305....

...The board of county commissioners may sue and be sued, and plead and be impleaded, in any court. It may bring, maintain, and defend suits involving an injury to any public, state, or county road, bridge, ditch, drain, or watercourse in the county with respect to which the county has the primary responsibility to keep in proper repair, and for the prevention of injury to them. The board shall demand and receive, ...

...If the board of county commissioners finds it necessary for the clerk of the board to devote his entire time to the discharge of the duties of such position, it may appoint a full time clerk, in place of the county auditor, and such necessary assistants to the clerk as the board deems necessary. Such clerk shall perform the duties required by sections 305.10 and 305.11 of the Revised Code and by the board.