HB 250
SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS 
(Trakas, J. – R)

  

Introduced to House: May 10, 2005
Assigned to House Finance and Appropriations Committee (Calvert)
Substitute Bill Accepted: December 14, 2005
Fifth Hearing Held: January 11, 2006  

This bill authorizes two or more school boards to create a taxing district for the joint funding of behavioral health, autism, and related services to students.  

PCSAO supports the funding of substance abuse and intervention services, behavioral health services, and autism services; but opposes HB 250 and the creation of “special” taxing districts that would:

·  undercut the existing levy system,
· complicate the tax system, and
·  take control and power away from elected, public officials giving it to unelected persons to put tax increases on the ballot
   
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Link to HB 250: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_HB_250
·  Sub HB 250 PCSAO Memo: Concerns with Substitute HB 250, Special Taxing Districts

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