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House Resolution 86
By: Representatives Ragas of the 64^th, Watson of the 70^th, Porter of the 143^rd, Turnquest of the 73^rd, Jamieson of the 22^nd and others

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly may authorize local boards of education to levy and collect development impact fees and use the proceeds to pay for a share of the cost of additional educational facilities; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

Section VI of Article VIII of the Constitution is amended by adding at the end a new Paragraph V to read as follows:
"Paragraph V. Development impact fees for educational purposes. The General Assembly is authorized to provide by general law that the local board of education of each school system may levy and collect, within any area of its school district which is experiencing new growth and development, development impact fees as a condition of development approval by counties and municipalities and for such systems to receive and use the proceeds thereof to pay for a share of the cost of additional educational facilities to serve new growth and development in the same area in which those fees are imposed."

The above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following:

"( ) YES

( ) NO

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that the General Assembly may authorize local boards of education to levy and collect development impact fees and use the proceeds to pay for a share of the cost of additional educational facilities?"

All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote "Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this state.