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_I <br />TO: • All County Commissioners and Administrators <br />FROM: Jim Shipman, Executive Director <br />RE: Growth Management and Impact Fees <br />GROWTH MANAGEMENT BILL BECOMES ANTS -GROWTH HANAGERENT <br />The House Committee on Community Affairs passed its Growth. <br />.Management Bill, PCB -2, on Tuesday, May 15. - Provisions in this <br />bill place severe restrictions on- local, governments'. ability to <br />impose impact fees. We have consistently opposed .any attempt to <br />codify impact fee requirements. '.The courts -have detailed what the <br />requirements are and codification .gill only lead to further <br />restrictions. <br />one example is the bill's requirement that any impact fee ba <br />based on.the level of service in the comprehensive plan. If the <br />local government wants to move to a higher level of service, it <br />will not be able to fund the higher level of service through impact <br />fees. <br />The issue is absolutely fundamental. Local governments will <br />lose all flexibility in managing growth.. In counties with no <br />surtax, impact fees are the: only means. available to fund nec assary <br />services. <br />we urge .you -to. contact your legislative -delegation <br />IMMEDIATELY. Tell them that these requirements will undercut local <br />governments' ability to raise' revenue at a : time when. <br />responsibilities are increasing drastically. • Counties may also <br />want to adopt:a resolution on.this issue. <br />Remember, 'the • ehd • of the legislative session is fast <br />approaching. This issue* is extremely important -o us -and requires <br />prompt action. PCB -2 will next be- heard in the House Committee on <br />Finance and Taxation. <br />Commissioner Scurlock stressed that what you can't do under <br />the proposed Bill is charge impact fees in excess of what is <br />required in your CLUP, and what this does is take away the <br />ability of communities to mandate a higher level of service. He, <br />therefore, felt we should be opposed to this Bill. <br />The Chairman asked if she has the Board's permission to <br />contact members of our Legislative Delegation and inform them <br />that we wish to protest this. <br />The Board agreed she should do so. <br />58 <br />