# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 20. Taxes and Development Impact Fees

### Subtitle 7. Development Impact Fees

#### Section 20-701

By public local law, the county commissioners of a code county may impose development impact fees to finance any of the capital costs of additional or expanded public works, improvements, and facilities required to accommodate new construction or development.

#### Section 20-701.1

(a) By ordinance, the County Council of Baltimore County may impose development impact fees to finance any of the capital costs of additional or expanded public works, improvements, and facilities required to accommodate new construction or development.

(b) Any funds collected through a development impact fee for the purposes identified under subsection (a) of this section shall be used within the surrounding community of the construction or development for which the development impact fee is imposed.

#### Section 20-702

By ordinance or resolution, the County Commissioners of Carroll County may impose development impact fees to finance any of the capital costs of additional or expanded public works, improvements, and facilities required to accommodate new construction or development.

#### Section 20-703

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, by ordinance, the governing body of Frederick County may impose development impact fees to finance any of the capital costs of additional or expanded public works, improvements, and facilities required to accommodate new construction or development.

(b) Before adopting an ordinance under this section, the governing body of Frederick County shall hold a public hearing.

#### Section 20-704

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, by ordinance or resolution, the County Commissioners of Garrett County may impose development impact fees to finance any of the capital costs of additional or expanded public works, improvements, and facilities required to accommodate new construction or development.

(b) Before adopting an ordinance or a resolution under this section, the County Commissioners of Garrett County shall hold a public hearing and provide reasonable notice of the hearing.

#### Section 20-705

(a) By ordinance, the County Council of Harford County may impose a development impact fee not exceeding $10,000 on new construction or development.

(b)

  (1) The County Treasurer shall deposit the revenues from the development impact fee into a special fund.

  (2) The revenues from the special fund may be used only for school:

    (i) site acquisition;

    (ii) construction;

    (iii) renovation;

    (iv) debt reduction; or

    (v) capital expenses.

(c) A municipality in Harford County shall assist the county council in the collection of the development impact fee in the municipality by:

  (1) collecting and remitting the fee to the county; or

  (2) requiring the fee to be paid to the county in accordance with the county ordinance.

(d) If a development impact fee is enacted under this section, the county shall:

  (1) prepare an annual report on the revenues generated by the development impact fee and how those revenues were spent; and

  (2) on or before May 31 of each year, submit the report to the Harford County Delegation to the General Assembly.

#### Section 20-706

In addition to the uses of revenue from development impact fees authorized under this subtitle or a public local law, the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County may also use the revenue from a development impact fee to finance any capital costs related to the replacement of public school facilities. 

#### Section 20-707

(a)

  (1) The County Commissioners of St. Mary's County may impose building permit fees in an amount up to 2% of the cost of any new construction of any living units:

    (i) built in St. Mary's County; or

    (ii) prebuilt and brought into St. Mary's County.

  (2) The county commissioners shall set the building permit fees in December of each year.

(b) The revenue derived from this section shall be used to defray the cost to St. Mary's County for additional educational, water, sewerage, road, sanitation, solid waste, park, or similar facilities.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)