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Westerville treasurer warns proposed Ohio property-tax bills could upend levy revenues and local control
Summary
Treasurer Nicole Marshall told the Westerville City Schools board that a package of bills before Gov. DeWine would change rollback credits, cap growth for some millages and could give county budget commissions authority to reduce older voted levies, a change she said could be challenged in court.
Westerville City Schools Treasurer Nicole Marshall laid out a detailed legislative alert at the board’s Nov. 24 meeting, warning that several property-tax measures now on Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk could reshape how school levies and local tax credits work in Ohio.
Marshall said the bills under consideration include House Bill 129 (adding fixed-sum levy types to the 20-mill floor calculation), HB186 (caps on growth for 20-mill-floor districts and changes to rollback credits), HB335 (similar caps applied to inside millage), HB309 (which would give county budget commissions authority to reduce older voted levies they deem excessive) and HB124 (changes to property-assessment review processes). She urged community outreach and said…
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