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Did Derek Merrin simplify how homeowners challenge property values?

Matches stated direction. His House Bill 118 became law in 2017 and bars dismissing a property value complaint for failing to name the owner, a narrower change than the whole process.

Derek Merrin

Property tax: challenging a property valuation

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he simplified the process for homeowners to challenge their property value.

“He also simplified the process for homeowners to challenge their property value (HB 118).”

Source: Derek Merrin for Congress

What the record shows · Nov 6, 2017

He is recorded as the sponsor of H.B. 118 of the 132nd General Assembly, signed November 6, 2017 and effective February 5, 2018. The General Assembly's short title is "Prohibit dismissing tax complaint if fails to identify owner": it bars dismissal of a complaint on one specific ground rather than revising the process as a whole.

Sources: Ohio General Assembly

Limit: The law is narrower than "simplified the process" suggests, and it is his. The card compares the wording to the bill's own title and does not judge how much difference the change made.

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