The Ohio Senate joined the Ohio House on Wednesday in overriding Gov. Mike DeWine‘s (R-OH) veto on several property tax measures.

DeWine made 67 line-item vetoes in the state’s $60 billion budget bill earlier this year.

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In a special session, the state legislature successfully overrode his veto on property tax levy restrictions. It removed the local authority to put replacement tax levies and some emergency levies on the ballot, ensuring that Ohio will no longer allow schools to place certain levies on the ballot.

School districts and political subdivisions will no longer be able to levy replacement levies.

Lawmakers, in the reasoning for overriding the governor’s veto, said the language surrounding emergency levies was confusing.

“When you go to the ballot, there will be simple questions,” Republican state Rep. David Thomas said. “Do you want to increase your taxes? Do you want to keep your taxes the same? That is what we’re faced with. You will not see confusing language like replacement and substitute, and inflammatory language like emergencies.”

However, school districts and DeWine expressed concern because these levies can be important revenue sources for schools.

The votes were narrow in the Ohio House and Senate due to member absence and some Democratic opposition.

DEWINE SIGNS BUDGET, ISSUES 67 VETOES

“Over the past two decades, the Republican majority in this state has repeatedly made a choice to invest less from the state level into our local communities,” Democratic state Rep. Beryl Brown Piccolantonio said. “When the state invests less, our schools and communities either have to cut critical services or they have to ask community members to pay higher property taxes.”

The statehouse had planned to override three vetoes, but only managed to override one in the special session. Leaders said the other two could be revisited in the regular legislative session.