Elimination of the Ohio Estate Tax-The legislature has passed a state budget that includes the repeal of Ohio’s Estate Tax. The 1851 Center drafted and represented the initiative, while a grass-roots effort was led by http://www.endohioestatetax.com/who accomplished a feat that no liberty group before them had accomplished: the elimination of a statewide tax.
1851 Center Amendment added to Senate Bill 5-The Ohio House of Representatives amended Senate Bill 5 to include a provision that would prevent state and local government from facilitating transfer of political contributions from government employees to their unions. House Republicans added the amendment in response to the 1851 Center’s publication The Path Remains Clear for Ohio’s New Legislators to Separate Government Employment from Public Employee Union Politics released in late February.
Mortgage Modification Bill‘-In March 2009, the 1851 Center submitted written and oral testimony to the Ohio General Assembly on House Bill 3, a bill that would allow Ohio’s trial judges to rewrite the terms of mortgage contracts. The Center’s estimony made it clear that HB 3 was an unconstitutional abridgment of written contracts, and if passed in its then-current form, the 1851 Center would immediately pursue legal action. After the 1851 Center’s testimony and threat of litigation, the Housing Subcommittee removed the provision.
