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The Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (LCIR)

Florida Impact Fee Review Task Force

In 2005, the Florida Legislature passed CS/CS/CS SB 360, referred to as the “pay-as-you-grow” growth management law, to ensure that roads, schools and water are available to meet the needs of Florida’s many rapidly growing communities. Among its numerous provisions, the legislation (codified as Chapter 2005-290, Laws of Florida) created a 15-member advisory body, the Florida Impact Fee Review Task Force, to survey the current use of impact fees as a method of financing local infrastructure and publish a report and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by February 1, 2006. The Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (LCIR) was directed to serve as staff to the Task Force. Persons having additional questions regarding these files should contact LCIR Staff. Due to the large file size of some documents on this page, you may encounter difficulty accessing it via your Internet browser. In that situation, right-click on the link itself and select "Save Target As" in order to download the PDF directly to your computer.

Post-Task Force Presentations

February 21, 2006 Presentation to the House Growth Management Committee by LCIR Executive Director, Rip Colvin (110 KB PDF)

Final Task Force Report and 2006 Legislation Creating “Florida Impact Fee Act”

February 1, 2006 Final Report & Recommendations (1 MB PDF)
Chapter 2006-218, L.O.F., Creating “Florida Impact Fee Act” (108 KB PDF)

Meetings

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 in Tallahassee

Revised Agenda (7 KB PDF)
Minutes of the January 18, 2006 Task Force Meeting (58 KB PDF)
Draft Final Report and Recommendations – Revised 1/27/06 (59 KB PDF)
Amendments to the Final Report Proposed by Commissioner Robert Stewart (16 KB PDF)
Appendix 1: Section 31 of Chapter 2005-290, L.O.F. (15 KB PDF)
Appendix 2: Impact Fee Survey – Survey Questionnaires and Findings (2 MB PDF)
Appendix 3: Impact Fee Trends in Florida (28 KB PDF)
Appendix 4: Additional or Alternative Revenue Sources – Supporting Documentation (95 KB PDF)
Late-Filed Amendments to the Final Report Proposed by Commissioner Jon Thaxton (12 KB PDF)

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 in Tallahassee

Agenda (7 KB PDF)
Minutes of the December 12, 2005 Task Force Meeting (61 KB PDF)
Draft Final Report and Recommendations (592 KB PDF)

Monday, December 12, 2005 in Jacksonville

Agenda (7 KB PDF)
Minutes of the November 15, 2005 Task Force Meeting (40 KB PDFs)

Model Impact Fee Ordinance:

Staff Model Ordinance Components (51 KB PDF)
Impact Fee Ordinance Comparison (16 KB PDF)
Professor James Nicholas’ Model Impact Fee Ordinance (7 MB PDF)
National Institute of Municipal Law Officers’ Model Impact Fee Ordinance (953 KB PDF)
Florida Association of Counties’ Model Impact Fee Ordinance Elements (44 KB PDF)
Impact Fees in Florida - Their Evolution, Methodology, Current Issues, and Comparisons with Other States: Professor James Nicholas on behalf of the Florida City and County Management Association (206 KB PDF)

Best Management Practices:

Collier County (565 KB PDF)
Osceola County (372 KB PDF)
Polk County (280 KB PDF)

Impact Fee Codification:

Staff’s Draft Legislation (24 KB PDF)
Florida Home Builders Association’s Recommendations for Statutory Guidance (334 KB PDF)
2005 Florida Senate Bill 2302 and Staff Analysis (45 KB PDF)

Alternative Revenue Sources:

Affordable Housing:

Collier County Example (61 KB PDF)
Proposal to Lift Cap on Sadowski Funds (178 KB PDF)

Tuesday, November 15, 2005 in Jacksonville

Agenda (7 KB PDF)
Revised Minutes of the October 31, 2005 Task Force Meeting (34 KB PDF)
Impact Fee Ordinance Comparison (16 KB PDF)
National Institute of Municipal Law Officers’ Model Impact Fee Ordinance (4 MB PDF)
Professor James Nicholas’ Model Impact Fee Ordinance (7 MB PDF)
Lee County’s Transportation Impact Fee Ordinance (3 MB PDF)
Pinellas County’s Transportation Impact Fee Ordinance (3 MB PDF)
Sarasota County’s Impact Fee Ordinance (213 KB PDF)
Florida Association of Counties’ Model Impact Fee Ordinance Elements (44 KB PDF)
Comparison of Select Countywide Unrealized Tax Revenues to Countywide Impact Fee Revenues (25 KB PDF)
Comparison of Select School District Unrealized Tax Revenues to School District Impact Fee Revenues (22 KB PDF)
Reported Impact Fee Revenues in LFY 2003 and Estimated Local Option Documentary Stamp Tax Revenues in SFY 2006 (67 KB PDF)
Letter from Collier County Manager Concerning the Collier County Consolidated Impact Fee Ordinance (498 KB PDF)

October 31, 2005 in Tallahassee

Roundtable Discussion – Links to Prior Presentations:

September 23, 2005 in Orlando

Agenda (8 KB PDF)
Minutes of the August 23, 2005 Task Force Meeting (24 KB PDF)
Powerpoint Presentation: Sarah Bleakley on behalf of the Florida Association of Counties (447 KB PDF)
Powerpoint Presentation: Randy Young on behalf of the Florida Association of Counties (29 KB PDF)
Powerpoint Presentation: David Ramba on behalf of the Florida Association of Special Districts (211 KB PDF)
Powerpoint Presentation: Wayne Blanton on behalf of the Florida School Boards Association (27 KB PDF)
Powerpoint Presentation: School Board of Manatee County (308 KB PDF)
Powerpoint Presentation: Linda Shelley on behalf of the Florida Home Builders Association (78 KB PDF)

August 23, 2005 in Jacksonville

Entire Meeting Packet (425 KB PDF)
Agenda (8 KB PDF)
Section 31 of Chapter 2005-290, Laws of Florida, creating the Task Force (19 KB PDF)
Powerpoint Presentation Handouts: Briefing on Provisions Creating the Task Force (109 KB PDF)
Sunshine Law Review (39 KB PDF)
Rules of Procedure (46 KB PDF)
Powerpoint Presentation Handouts: Overview of Impact Fees in Florida (119 KB PDF)
Summary of Reported Impact Fee Revenues (132 KB PDF)
Powerpoint Presentation Handouts: 1991 Impact Fee Report and Proposed 2005 Survey (310 KB PDF)
Draft 2005 Impact Fee Survey Questionnaire (34 KB PDF)
Proposed Meeting Schedule (9 KB PDF)

Other Links

Impact Fee Revenues Reported by Governmental Entities – Compiled by LCIR Staff

Go to the Data A to Z page for the most current impact fee revenue data.

Prior Study - Florida Senate

Codification of the Imposition of Impact Fees by Local Governments, November 2004 (60 KB PDF)

Prior Studies – LCIR

Florida School Construction Finance Commission, February 2000 (6 MB PDF)
Study of Fees and Other Charges Levied by Governmental Entities on School Districts Related to School Development, February 1996 (5 MB PDF)
Florida Impact Fee Report, September 1991 (5 MB PDF)