OH SB29

Two or more municipal corporations may create a joint economic development district (JEDD) without requiring a township as a contracting party, provided all participating municipalities are partially or wholly located in the same county and contiguous to each other or to a township contiguous to another contracting party

Municipal corporation-only JEDDs require that at least one contracting municipality contains part or all of the district area, and that area must have at least two characteristics of economic distress as defined in section 5709.61 of the Revised Code

Elector approval requirements extend to municipal corporations that do not levy an income tax exceeding 1%, with the same referendum and bypass provisions previously applicable only to townships

Board of directors composition changes when no township is a contracting party: the township representative seat becomes a second municipal corporation representative

Amends section 715.72 of the Ohio Revised Code; introduced by Senators Blessing and Ingram with cosponsors Craig and Wilson in the 136th General Assembly (2025-2026)