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GA SB344
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/8/2016
Primary Sponsor
Michael Williams
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AI Summary
- Authorizes "high growth school systems" — those with 15% or more student enrollment growth over five years (or 10% over four years with projected 15% over five) — 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 appointees from the local board of education and the county commission or municipal governing authority, to calculate per-student capital costs for new construction or facility expansion (excluding maintenance expenses)
- Caps the educational development impact fee at one-third or less of the locally funded per-student capital cost, after subtracting projected state educational capital outlay contributions
- Educational development impact fees are valid for three-year periods, renewable through the same adoption process, and local governments collecting the fees may retain 3% for administrative costs before forwarding the remainder to the local board of education
- 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
Legislative Description
Development Impact Fees; education; provide for definitions; manner of calculations, imposition, and collection of such fees
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
2/9/2016
Full Bill Text
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