• § 36-71-1 - Short Title; Legislative Findings and Intent
  (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Development Impact Fee Act."(b) The General Assembly finds that an equitable...
• § 36-71-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Capital improvement" means an improvement with a useful life of ten years or more, by new...
• § 36-71-3 - Imposition of Development Impact Fees
  (a) Municipalities and counties which have adopted a comprehensive plan containing a capital improvements element are authorized to impose by ordinance development impact fees...
• § 36-71-4 - Calculation of Fees
  (a) A development impact fee shall not exceed a proportionate share of the cost of system improvements, as defined in this chapter.(b) Development impact...
• § 36-71-5 - Development Impact Fee Advisory Committee
  (a) Prior to the adoption of a development impact fee ordinance, a municipality or county adopting an impact fee program shall establish a Development...
• § 36-71-6 - Hearings on Proposed Fee Ordinance
  Prior to the adoption of an ordinance imposing a development impact fee pursuant to this chapter, the governing body of a municipality or county...
• § 36-71-7 - Credit for Present Value of Construction Accepted by Municipality or County From Developer
  (a) In the calculation of development impact fees for a particular project, credit shall be given for the present value of any construction of...
• § 36-71-8 - Deposit and Expenditure of Fees; Annual Report
  (a) An ordinance imposing development impact fees shall provide that all development impact fee funds shall be maintained in one or more interest-bearing accounts....
• § 36-71-9 - Refunds
  Any municipality or county which adopts a development impact fee ordinance shall provide for refunds in accordance with the following provisions: (1) Upon the...
• § 36-71-10 - Appeal of Fee Determination; Arbitration
  (a) A municipality or county which adopts a development impact fee ordinance shall provide for administrative appeals to the governing body or such other...
• § 36-71-11 - Intergovernmental Agreements
  Municipalities and counties which are jointly affected by development are authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements with each other, with authorities, or with the...
• § 36-71-12 - Existing Municipal and County Laws to Be Brought Into Conformance With Chapter
  This chapter shall not repeal any existing laws authorizing a municipality or county to impose fees or require contributions or property dedications for capital...
• § 36-71-13 - Construction of Reasonable Project Improvements; Private Agreements Between Property Owners or Developers and Municipalities and Counties; Hook-Up or Connection Fees for Water or Sewer Service; Applicability of Chapter to Water Authorities
  (a) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a municipality or county from requiring a developer to construct reasonable project improvements in conjunction with a...

Last modified: October 14, 2016