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Treasurer's office proposes overhaul of Ohio Checkbook; estimates $5 million to implement
Summary
Deputy chief of staff Zack Prouty told the committee HB413 would split the Ohio Checkbook into separate state and local components, require roughly 4,000 local governments to participate, and carry an estimated state implementation cost of about $5,000,000, a figure based on Idaho's experience and not inclusive of local impacts.
Zack Prouty, deputy chief of staff for the Ohio Treasurer's Office, testified in support of House Bill 413, which would rework the Ohio Checkbook to create separate state and local components and make local participation mandatory. Prouty said the original checkbook launched in 2014 and that the current, unified platform was codified in the 2021 budget cycle after a 2020 partnership among the Treasurer's Office, the Office of…
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