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Ohio county developmental-disability boards urge removal of budget-commission authority to reduce voter-approved levies

3717175 · June 6, 2025
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Summary

The Ohio Association of County Boards of Developmental Disabilities told the Senate Finance Committee that proposed language in HB 96 would let county budget commissions reduce voter-approved levies, threaten statutory reserve protections, and jeopardize Medicaid match funding local boards must provide.

Adam Herman, representing the Ohio Association of County Boards of Developmental Disabilities, told the Senate Finance Committee that sections of HB 96 (705.32–.35) would give county budget commissions broad authority to reduce millage on voter-approved tax levies — except debt levies — if the commission finds it “reasonably necessary or prudent to avoid unnecessary, excessive, or…

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