Judge tosses out state minimum wage law and micro-wireless law cities opposed [View all]

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Franklin County judge has blocked portions of the law passed last year that stopped a movement to raise Cleveland's minimum wage to $15 and limited municipalities' home rule rights to decide where cell phone antennae and equipment can be placed.

The decision, posted Friday by Common Pleas Judge Richard A. Frye, said the law violated the Ohio Constitution's one-subject rule.

At issue was the legislation known as Senate Bill 331, which was passed in the lame duck session of the General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. John Kasich in December. It was initially meant to regulate the sale of dogs from pet stores and dog retailers. It was also to require the state Department of Agriculture to license pet stores.

But by early December it had become what is known by many as a Christmas tree bill - one hung with wide-ranging amendments that have little nothing to do with the original intent of the legislation.

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