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Ohio sponsors seek new tax-refund checkoff to fund spay-and-neuter programs
Summary
Sponsors told the Senate Ways and Means Committee House Bill 148 would add a "Companion Animal Fund" as a seventh refund-donation option on Ohio tax returns, routing donations to the Ohio Pet Fund to expand spay/neuter and rehoming grants; supporters said current license-plate revenue is insufficient to meet demand.
State lawmakers heard sponsor testimony on House Bill 148, which would add a "Companion Animal Fund" to the state treasury and create a new checkoff option on Ohio income tax refund forms so taxpayers can donate part or all of their refund to spay-and-neuter and rehoming programs.
Representative Sharon Ray, a joint sponsor, told the Senate Ways and Means Committee the fund would be administered by the Ohio Pet Fund, a nonprofit created in the Ohio Revised Code in 2004 that currently distributes grants funded…
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