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GA HB894
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/3/2016
Primary Sponsor
Mike Dudgeon
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AI Summary
- Amends the Georgia Development Impact Fee Act to authorize "high growth school systems" — those with 15% or more student enrollment increases over five years — to impose, levy, and collect educational development impact fees on new residential development within high-growth areas
- Requires creation of an educational development impact fee advisory committee composed of board of education appointees and two members appointed by the relevant county or municipal governing authority to calculate per-student capital costs for new construction or facility expansion
- Caps the educational development impact fee at one-third or less of the local funding share per student (total capital cost minus projected state capital outlay funds), with fees varying by development type such as single-family homes, apartments, and condominiums
- Local governments collecting the fees on behalf of school systems may retain 3% for administrative costs and must forward the remainder to the local board of education; fees are valid for three-year periods and may be renewed or lowered by resolution
- Contingent effective date of January 1, 2017, requiring prior adoption and voter ratification of a state constitutional amendment authorizing educational development impact fees during the 2016 legislative session and general election; otherwise the Act is automatically repealed
Legislative Description
"Georgia Development Impact Fee Act"; enact
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/8/2016
Full Bill Text
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