Bill Text: VA HB728 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Transportation impact fees; when amount assessed and imposed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns [HB728 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB728-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 728 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 11, 2012 A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-2323 of the Code of Virginia, relating to transportation impact fees. ---------- Patron-- Dudenhefer ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 15.2-2323 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

 §15.2-2323. When impact fees assessed and imposed.

The amount of impact fees to be imposed on a specific development or subdivision shall be determined before or at the time the site plan or subdivision is approved; however, the impact fee ordinance may provide that if a specific development or subdivision received final site plan or subdivision approval prior to the effective date of the impact fee ordinance, the amount of the impact fee to be imposed may be determined at any time prior to the issuance of a building permit. The ordinance shall specify that the fee is to be collected at the time of the issuance of a building permit. The ordinance shall provide that fees (i) may be paid in lump sum or (ii) be paid on installment at a reasonable rate of interest for a fixed number of years. The locality by ordinance may provide for negotiated agreements with the owner of the property as to the time and method of paying the impact fees.

The maximum impact fee to be imposed shall be determined (i) by dividing projected road improvement costs in the impact fee service area when fully developed by the number of projected service units when fully developed, or (ii) for a reasonable period of time, but not less than ten years, by dividing the projected costs necessitated by development in the next ten years by the service units projected to be created in the next ten years.

The ordinance shall provide for appeals from administrative determinations, regarding the impact fees to be imposed, to the governing body or such other body as designated in the ordinance. The ordinance may provide for the resolution of disputes over an impact fee by arbitration or otherwise.