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Bill would require voter approval for changes to municipal income‑tax reciprocity credits
Summary
Sponsors told the committee House Bill 503 would require voter approval to create, change or repeal municipal reciprocity credits, allow citizen petitions (10% of last gubernatorial-election voters threshold), prohibit combining reciprocity questions with tax‑rate questions on the same ballot, and void certain recent ordinances enacted without voter approval.
Representatives Workman and Romer presented House Bill 503 to the committee, arguing Ohio's municipal income‑tax reciprocity system is a patchwork that can leave commuters paying income tax in both the city where they work and the city where they live.
"House bill 5 0 3 requires voter approval to authorize, modify, or repeal a municipal income tax reciprocity credit," Romer said, outlining provisions that would allow citizens to…
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