# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 20. Taxes and Development Impact Fees

### Subtitle 7. Development Impact Fees

#### 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.

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