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OH HB461
Bill
Status
2/26/2014
Primary Sponsor
Michael Henne
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AI Summary
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Adds new division (K) to section 709.023 of the Revised Code restricting fire, police, and EMS tax levies in type-II annexed territory after a five-year period.
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Fire, police, or EMS taxes (purposes I, J, U, or JJ under section 5705.19) may only be levied in annexed territory by the subdivision actually providing those services, effective five years after annexation approval.
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Allows a five-year transition period where existing levies continue in the annexed territory for the tax year the petition is granted plus four additional tax years, even if the service-providing requirement is not met.
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Requires that if an existing levy is renewed or replaced after the initial petition grant date, the renewed or replacement levy must comply with the new requirement that only the service-providing subdivision can levy it.
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Amendments apply to taxes levied for tax year 2015 and thereafter.
Legislative Description
To provide that, beginning five years after a type-II annexation is approved, the annexed territory is subject to a fire, police, or EMS tax levy only if the levy is imposed by the subdivision that provides the fire, police, or EMS service to the territory.
Type II annexation-safety forces tax levy- only if forces serve territory
Last Action
To Ways and Means
2/26/2014