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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="20-705" title_number="20" title_name="Taxes and Development Impact Fees" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Development Impact Fees">
  <level label="a">
    <text>By ordinance, the County Council of Harford County may impose a development impact fee not exceeding $10,000 on new construction or development.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The County Treasurer shall deposit the revenues from the development impact fee into a special fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The revenues from the special fund may be used only for school:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>site acquisition;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>construction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>renovation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>debt reduction; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>capital expenses.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A municipality in Harford County shall assist the county council in the collection of the development impact fee in the municipality by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>collecting and remitting the fee to the county; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>requiring the fee to be paid to the county in accordance with the county ordinance.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a development impact fee is enacted under this section, the county shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>prepare an annual report on the revenues generated by the development impact fee and how those revenues were spent; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on or before May 31 of each year, submit the report to the Harford County Delegation to the General Assembly.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
