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HB520 • 2026

Establish Blue Ribbon Comm. in each county to improve efficiency

Establish Blue Ribbon Comm. in each county to improve efficiency

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Ty D. Mathews
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establish Blue Ribbon Comm. in each county to improve efficiency

To establish and convene a Blue Ribbon Committee in each county to review and assess each taxing unit within the county and each county program or department to identify duplication of services and generally to streamline and improve county efficiency and effectiveness.

What This Bill Does

  • To establish and convene a Blue Ribbon Committee in each county to review and assess each taxing unit within the county and each county program or department to identify duplication of services and generally to streamline and improve county efficiency and effectiveness.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To establish and convene a Blue Ribbon Committee in each county to review and assess each taxing unit within the county and each county program or department to identify duplication of services and generally to streamline and improve county efficiency and effectiveness.

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 520

2025-2026

Representatives Mathews, T., Thomas,
D.

Cosponsors: Representatives Fischer,
Hall, T.

To

establish
and convene a Blue Ribbon Committee in each county to review and
assess each taxing unit within the county and each county program or
department to identify duplication of services and generally to
streamline and improve county efficiency and effectiveness.

BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section
1.
(A)
As used in this section, "taxing unit" has the meaning
defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code.

(B)
The board of county commissioners of each county, or the county
executive, shall establish and convene a Blue Ribbon Committee to do
all of the following:

(1)
Review and assess each taxing unit within the county to determine the
taxing districts and levying entities most able to combine and
consolidate operations for taxpayer savings;

(2)
Review and assess each county program or department to identify
duplication of services and generally to streamline and improve
county efficiency and effectiveness;

(3)
Review and assess each public service and district, including water,
sewer, health, park, and cemetery, to identify duplication of
services and ability for consolidation.

(C)
The Blue Ribbon Committee shall consist of all of the following:

(1)
The three members of the board of county commissioners, or, in the
case of a county with an appointed or elected county executive, the
county executive and two residents of the county appointed by the
executive, with the approval of the legislative authority of the
county;

(2)
The county auditor, or the official acting in that capacity;

(3)
The mayor of each municipal corporation that levies an income tax,
and which is located, in whole or in part, within the county;

(4)
A township trustee, for each township that is located in whole or in
part within the county, selected by the board of township trustees;

(5)
The superintendent of any school district and educational service
center that is located in whole or in part within the county.

(D)
Members of the Blue Ribbon Committee are not entitled to compensation
for service on the Committee, but may be reimbursed, by the county,
for their actual and necessary expenses that are incurred in the
discharge of duties on the Committee.

(E)
The Blue Ribbon Committee shall, not later than one year after the
effective date of this act, prepare a report of its recommendations
for combining taxing entities, sharing services, and executing
programs more efficiently. The report shall be published on the
internet web site of the county, and shall be submitted to the
General Assembly under division (B) of section 101.68 of the Revised
Code.