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Committee advances substitute to overhaul county budget commissions; Lake County auditor urges uniform authority
Summary
The House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday brought forward a substitute version of House Bill 309 that would change how county budget commissions review and potentially reduce property tax levies and carryovers.
The House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday brought forward a substitute version of House Bill 309 that would change how county budget commissions review and, in some cases, reduce property tax levies and allocations.
Vice Chair Thomas moved to replace HB 309 with a substitute (AM360632-1) at the bill's first official hearing; the substitute was accepted by the committee on a roll call vote reported as 9-4. The committee then heard proponent testimony from Lake County Auditor Christopher Galloway, who said the measure would clarify and standardize authority for county budget commissions across Ohio.
Galloway, representing Lake County and speaking also as second vice president of the County Auditors Association of Ohio, described wide variation in how county budget commissions exercise authority today and urged the committee to give…
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