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County auditors back statewide screening tool for owner‑occupancy credits; committee asks for cost details
Summary
The County Auditors Association of Ohio testified in favor of House Bill 179, which would create a statewide eligibility‑screening system to verify owner‑occupancy credits and homestead exemptions. Auditors said automated verification could reduce improper state reimbursements and ease county workloads but requested detail on a proposed $7.5M GRF
Ron O’Leary, administrator of the Cuyahoga County Board of Revision, testified to the committee in support of House Bill 179, which would create a statewide screening process to verify eligibility for owner‑occupancy credits and homestead exemptions.
O’Leary said county auditors currently rely on manual checks, outreach and overtime to verify roughly 3,000,000 applicants statewide and that…
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