1st Sub. H.B. 259
         CHANGES TO IMPACT FEES

senate floor Amendments

Amendment 4 March 9, 2009 5:47 pm



Senator Howard A. Stephenson proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 18
    House Floor Amendments
    2-27-2009 :    

             18          .    limits impacts fees that can be imposed on a school district or charter school;
{   and   }       

    . requires local political subdivisions and private entities to ensure that their impact fees comply with the requirements of this bill, even if the impact fee was earlier imposed but not paid;
    . requires a local political subdivision or private entity to participate in mediation of any applicable fee if the state, a school district, or a charter school requests mediation; and  


2.    Page 2, Line 28 :    

             28          11-36-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 70
  ENACTS:

    11-36-401.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953  


3.    Page 4, Line 108 :    

             108          (b) "Service area" may include the entire local political subdivision.
    
  (16) "Specified public agency" means:

    (a) the state;
    (b) a school district; or
    (c) a charter school.  


4.    Page 5, Lines 124 through 126 :    

             124          
{   (c) Notwithstanding any other requirements of this chapter, each local political

             125      subdivision shall ensure that each existing impact fee that is charged for any public facility not
             126      authorized by Subsection 11-36-102 (12) is repealed by July 1, 1995.   }
 

    (c)(i) Each local political subdivision and private entity shall ensure that each impact fee collected on or after May 12, 2009 complies with the provisions of this chapter, even if the impact fee was imposed but not paid before May 12, 2009.
    (ii) Subsection (1)(c)(i) does not apply to an impact fee that was paid before May 12, 2009.  


5.    Page 15, Lines 433 through 434

    Senate Committee Amendments
    3-4-2009 :    

             433          [(7)] (6)
  (a)       Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter:

             434          
{   (a)   }        (i)       a municipality imposing impact fees to fund fire trucks as of the effective date of


6.    Page 15, Line 436
    Senate Committee Amendments
    3-4-2009 :    

             436          
{   (b)   }        (ii)       an impact fee to pay for a public safety facility that is a fire suppression vehicle


7.    Page 15, Line 439
    Senate Committee Amendments
    3-4-2009 :    

             439          
{   (c)   }        (iii)       an impact fee may not be imposed on a school district or charter school for a park,


8.    Page 15, Line 441
    Senate Committee Amendments
    3-4-2009 :    

             441          
{   (d)   }        (iv)       an impact fee may not be imposed on development activity that consists of the


9.    Page 15, Line 443
    Senate Committee Amendments
    3-4-2009 :    

             443          
{   (i)   }        (A)       the school is intended to replace another school, whether on the same or a different


10.    Page 15, Line 444a
    Senate Committee Amendments
    3-4-2009 :    

             444a          
{   (ii)   }        (B)       the new school creates no greater demand or need for public facilities than the


11.    Page 15, Lines 445 through 449
    Senate Committee Amendments
    3-4-2009 :    

             445          [(ii)]
{   (iii)   }        (C)       .S the new school and the school being replaced are both within:

             446          
{   (A)   }        (I)       the boundary of the local political subdivision; or

             447          
{   (B)   }        (II)       the jurisdiction of the private entity; and

             448          
{   (e)   }        (v)       an impact fee may not be imposed on a school district or charter school unless:

             449
         
{   (i)   }        (A)       the development resulting from the school district or charter school's development


12.    Page 15, Lines 452 through 453
    Senate Committee Amendments
    3-4-2009 :    

             452          
{   (ii)   }        (B)       the impact fee is calculated to cover only the school district or charter school's

             453      proportionate share of the cost of those additional system improvements.
    
  (b) If the imposition of an impact fee is not prohibited under Subsection (6)(a)(iv) because the new school creates a greater demand or need for public facilities than the school being replaced, the impact fee may be based only on the demand or need that the new school creates for public facilities that exceeds the demand or need that the school being replaced creates for those public facilities.      


13.    Page 15, Line 457
    Senate Committee Amendments
    3-4-2009 :    

             457          [(9)] (8) An impact fee enactment may not take effect until 90 days after it is enacted.
    
  Section 4. Section 11-36-401.5 is enacted to read:

    11-36-401.5. Mediation.
    (1) In addition to the methods of challenging an impact fee under Section 11-36-401, a specified public agency may require a local political subdivision or private entity to participate in mediation of any applicable fee.
    (2) To require mediation, the specified public agency shall submit a written request for mediation to the local political subdivision or private entity.
    (3) The specified public agency may submit a request for mediation under this section at any time, but no later than 30 days after the impact fee is paid.
    (4) Upon the submission of a request for mediation under this section, the local political subdivision or private entity shall:
    (a) cooperate with the specified public agency in the selection of a mediator; and
    (b) participate in the mediation process.  


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