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Impact fee authority by state
Whether a city can charge you an impact fee at all is a state law question before it is a local one. Here is where each state stands, grouped by the kind of authority it grants.
States with a general enabling act 29
A statewide statute sets what may be charged, how it is calculated, and what a fee payer is owed.
Arizona1988 act. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 9-463.05 (cities); § 11-1102 et seq. (counties)Enabling actArkansas2003 act. Arkansas Code § 14-56-103 (cities only)Enabling actCalifornia1989 act. Cal. Gov't Code § 66000 et seq. (Mitigation Fee Act); § 66477 (Quim...Enabling actColorado2001 act. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-104.5; § 29-1-801 to 804; § 22-54-102 (sch...Enabling actDelaware2001 act. Del. Code Ann. tit. 29, §§ 9121-9125 (state and counties)Enabling actFlorida2006 act. Fla. Stat. § 163.31801Enabling actGeorgia1990 act. Ga. Code Ann. § 36-71-1 et seq.Enabling actHawaii1992 act. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-142 et seq. (counties); § 264-121 et seq.; ch....Enabling actIdaho1992 act. Idaho Code § 67-8201 et seq.Enabling actIllinois1987 act. 605 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 5/5-901 et seq.Enabling actIndiana1991 act. Ind. Code Ann. § 36-7-4-1300 et seq.Enabling actMaine1988 act. Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 30-A, § 4354Enabling actMontana2005 act. Mont. Code Ann. tit. 7, ch. 6, pt. 16Enabling actNevada1989 act. Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 278BEnabling actNew Hampshire1991 act. N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 674:21Enabling actNew Jersey1989 act. N.J. Perm. Stat. § 27:1C-1 et seq.; § 40:55D-42Enabling actNew Mexico1993 act. N.M. Stat. Ann. § 5-8-1 et seq.Enabling actOklahoma2011 act. Okla. Stat. § 62-895 et seq. (Municipal Development Fee Act)Enabling actOregon1991 act. Or. Rev. Stat. § 223.297 et seq. (system development charges)Enabling actPennsylvania1990 act. 53 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 10502-A et seq.Enabling actRhode Island2000 act. R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-22.4Enabling actSouth Carolina1999 act. S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-910 et seq.Enabling actTexas1987 act. Tex. Loc. Gov't Code ch. 395Enabling actUtah1995 act. Utah Code § 11-36a-101 et seq.Enabling actVermont1989 act. Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 24, § 5200 et seq.Enabling actVirginia1990 act. Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-2317 et seq. (road impact fees); cash proffer ...Enabling actWashington1991 act. RCW § 82.02.050 et seq.Enabling actWest Virginia1990 act. W. Va. Code § 7-20-1 et seq. (counties)Enabling actWisconsin1993 act. Wis. Stat. § 66.0617 (cities and villages)Enabling act
Partial or piecemeal authority 3
No general act. Some jurisdictions or some fee types are authorized separately.
Maryland1992 act. Md. Code, Art. 25B § 13D (code home rule counties only)Special authorityNorth Carolina2017 act. N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 162A, art. 8 (water and sewer system developmen...Special authorityTennessee2006 act. Tenn. Code Ann. (County Powers Relief Act, 2006); home rule powers ...Special authority
Authorized for one county by local act 1
A single named county, and nowhere else in the state.
Authority found in general municipal powers 2
Fees exist without an act, and so do none of the statutory protections.
KansasKansas has no impact fee enabling act, but its Supreme Court held that a city could imposeHome ruleMissouriMissouri has no impact fee act. The controlling constraint is the Hancock Amendment, whichHome rule
No enabling act identified 16
Permit fees and utility connection charges still apply everywhere.
AlaskaNo general impact fee enabling act appears in the national compilation.No enabling actConnecticutConnecticut law does not explicitly authorize development impact fees.No enabling actDistrict of ColumbiaThe District is not covered by any state impact fee enabling act.No enabling actIowaNo general impact fee enabling act appears in the national compilation.No enabling actKentuckyNo general impact fee enabling act appears in the national compilation.No enabling actLouisianaNo general impact fee enabling act appears in the national compilation.No enabling actMassachusettsNo enabling legislation. Builder groups report that proposals have been introduced and defNo enabling actMichiganNo general impact fee enabling act appears in the national compilation.No enabling actMinnesotaNo general impact fee enabling act appears in the national compilation.No enabling actMississippiNo enabling act, and a 2006 court decision favorable to development interests weakened theNo enabling actNebraskaNo general impact fee enabling act appears in the national compilation.No enabling actNew YorkNo general impact fee enabling act appears in the national compilation.No enabling actNorth DakotaNo general impact fee enabling act appears in the national compilation.No enabling actOhioNo general impact fee enabling act appears in the national compilation.No enabling actSouth DakotaNo general impact fee enabling act appears in the national compilation.No enabling actWyomingNo general impact fee enabling act appears in the national compilation.No enabling act
Read this before you rely on anything here.
Impact Fee Map describes who is legally allowed to charge new construction, for what, and what a fee payer's
rights are under state law. It does not publish fee amounts for any city, county or district, and it never will,
because no source keeps thirty-nine thousand local schedules current and a stale number is worse than none.
This is not legal advice, not a fee quote and not a substitute for the adopted fee schedule of the bodies with
jurisdiction over your parcel. Statutes change; verify against the current text and confirm every figure in
writing with the agency that will bill you.