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Committee advances bill to limit "inside millage," accepts oversight and construction carve-outs; policy group warns of school impacts
Summary
House Bill 335, which would cap growth of inside millage, was favorably reported by the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee after several amendments that protect existing local collections and exclude new construction and expiring abatements from the cap. Policy Matters Ohio warned the cap could reduce funding for schools, townships and public-saf
The Ohio House Ways and Means Committee advanced House Bill 335 on March 1 after accepting amendments intended to protect local inside-millage collections and to ensure new construction and expiring tax abatements do not reduce revenue available to local governments.
House Bill 335 would limit growth in unvoted "inside millage" collections by tying increases to a growth measure. Representative Thomas, moving an amendment, told the committee the amendment copies county language "which allows the inside millage to be protected, not able to be taken then by another entity," and builds in review by the county budget commission when an entity seeks to restore or increase previously reduced inside…
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