What is the legal basis to charge School Impact Fees in Harford County?
During the 2004 Legislative Session, the Maryland General Assembly amended Article 24, Section 9-10 A-01 of the Annotated Code of Maryland by enacting the Harford County School Construction Act of 2004. In general, the Act provides enabling Legislation for the Harford County Council to fix, impose and collect by ordinance, a School Development Impact Fee not to exceed $10,000 for new construction or development.

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1. What is an Impact Fee?
2. How much are the Public School Impact Fees?
3. Who pays the Impact Fee?
4. When will the Impact Fee be paid?
5. What will the Impact Fee be used for?
6. What uses can be exempted from payment of an Impact Fee?
7. If I buy an existing home, will I be charged an Impact Fee?
8. How do Impact Fees benefit existing, as well as new, residents?
9. Do School Impact Fees apply to the incorporated towns in Harford County?
10. Are changes in use or additions to existing houses charged an Impact Fee?
11. What is an Impact Fee credit?
12. Can the Impact Fee revenues be deposited in a general fund?
13. Do Impact Fee revenues have to be spent within a certain period of time?
14. f Harford County has to refund Impact Fees collected at some time in the future, who receives the refund?
15. Did Harford County hire an outside consultant to help develop a School Impact Fee?
16. What is the legal basis to charge School Impact Fees in Harford County?
17. What other jurisdictions in Maryland charge a School Impact Fee?