By Brian Massie, A Watchman on the Wall
Initiative Petition to Abolish Ohio’s Property Taxes Certified by the Ohio Attorney
General
Ohio Attorney Dave Yost has certified the Committee’s Initiative Petition to abolish Ohio’s property taxes.
“…I hereby certify that the title and summary are fair and truthful statements of the proposed constitutional amendment.”
“With all of the county boards of elections reporting back, at least 1,000 signatures have been verified.”
Full text of the proposed amendment:
Be it Resolved by the People of the State of Ohio that the Constitution of Ohio is hereby amended to add Section 14 to Article XII to read as follows:
Section 14, Abolishment of Taxes on Real Property
(A) No real property shall be taxed and no law shall impose any taxes on real property.
(B) No other provision of the Constitution shall impose any taxes on real property,
(C) As used in this Section, “real property” includes and itself, all growing crops therein, and all buildings, structures, and improvements permanently attached to the land.
This Amendment shall take effect on the first day of the year after it passes.
Next steps: The Attorney General will forward the petition to the Ohio Ballot Board, which has 10 days from receipt to evaluate the petition to ensure it contains only one constitutional amendment. After the Ballot Board certifies the petition, a verified copy of the proposed Constitutional Amendment, together with its summary and the Attorney General’s certification must then be filed with the Secretary of State by
the Attorney General. After this step, the Committee may being collecting the approximately 500,000 signatures needed to get the Constitutional Amendment on the ballot. To get the Constitutional Amendment on the November 4, 2025 ballot, signatures must be filed with the Secretary of State not later than July 1, 2025.
Categories: Community Activism, Real Estate Taxes, State of Ohio