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Local leaders warn reducing or sunsetting marijuana host community funds would break voter promise and strain townships
Summary
County and township officials urged the Senate not to reduce or sunset the marijuana host community share created after Issue 2, telling the committee that many communities permitted dispensaries because voters approved the revenue sharing and that local budgets now rely on those funds.
Township trustees, mayors and municipal officials from Mahoning County, Columbia Township (Hamilton County), Austintown and other jurisdictions told the committee that language in the House version of the state budget would reduce the local host community share of marijuana excise tax revenue and impose a five‑year sunset or an early operational deadline that jeopardizes funds…
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