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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="20-707" title_number="20" title_name="Taxes and Development Impact Fees" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Development Impact Fees">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>built in St. Mary’s County; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>prebuilt and brought into St. Mary’s County.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The county commissioners shall set the building permit fees in December of each year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
