State Acts
Information on state enabling acts, procedures and requirements.
State Impact Fee Enabling Acts, Mullen (2018)
Statutes and Legislative Information by State, Cornell Univ. Law School
Local Law Authorizing Baldwin County Impact Fees, Code of Alabama, 2013
Municipal Development Impact Fees: SB 1525 Deadline, League of AZ Cities and Towns, 2013
Calculation of Development Impact Fees Under AB 1600, Blog Post, 2008
A Short Overview of Development Impact Fees, Brown, 2003
Analysis of 2001 CO Supreme Ct. Decision in Breckenridge Case, FindLaw.com, 2017
Paying for Growth: Impact Fees under Senate Bill 15, Colorado Municipal League, 2001
Case Law Regarding Development Impact Fees, CT Office of Legislative Research, 2002
How Development Fees Affect Residential Development, CT Office of Legislative Research, 2002
Comparison of State Impact Fee Statutes, CT Office of Legislative Research, 2002
Imposing Development Impact Fees for Schools on Retirement Communities, CT Office of Legislative Research, 2000
Impact Fee Issue Brief, Florida Senate Committee on Community Affairs, 2009
Use of Impact Fees for Other Purposes, Florida Attorney General Opinion, 2010
Impact Fees, Georgia Department of Community Affairs – links to several publications
Guidebook to Georgia’s Impact Fee Requirements, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, 2008
An Analysis of Development Impact Fees in Georgia, Univ. of GA Law, 2007
Impact Fees in Hawaii: Implementing the State Law, Nicholas and Davidson, 1992
Paying for Growth in Hawaii, Davidson and Usagawa, 1998
Overview of Impact Fees in Illinois, Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, 2010
Impact Fees and Non-Home Rule Municipalities, Illinois State Bar Association, 2009
Manual on the Design and Calculation of Development Impact Fees, State Planning Office, 2003
Negotiations or Impact Fees?, Maine Municipal Assoc., 1989
Managing Growth: Impact Fees and Excise Taxes, MD Dept of Legislative Services, 2011
Whether Impact Fees May Be Used to Defray Cost of Police and Fire Services, MD Atty Gen Opinion, 2004
Municipal Impact Fees, Massachusetts Law Review, 2004
Impact Fees Policy Summit Issue Brief, Massachusetts Competitive Partnership, 2007
Model Impact Fee Bylaw, Cape Cod Commission
Development Impact Fees in Michigan: A Tool to Stop Sprawl Subsidies, Imus and Coyne, 2003
Mississippi Development Impact Fee Act, 2000 (died in committee)
Home Builders Assn vs. City of Madison, 1998
Impact Fee Resources, Office of Energy and Planning
Demystifying Impact Fees, New Hampshire Town and City, 2013
Perils of the Impact Fee Ordinance, New Hampshire Bar Assn, 2012
Impact Fees: A Blueprint for Frustration, NH Business Review, 2005
Impact Fee Development for New Hampshire Communities, Southern NH Planning Comm., 1999
Impact Fees: Smart Growth Recommendations, New Jersey Future, 2004
New York’s Exacting Tests for Regulatory Takings, Pace U School of Law, 2003
Local Impact Fees; Home Rule Powers Should Permit Municipalities To Act, NY Law Journal, 1999
Quality Homes v. Carthage, NC Supreme Court, 2016
NC Supreme Court Ruling Limits Ability of Local Governments to Assess Impact Fees, Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition, 2016
North Carolina Impact Fee News, Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition
Ohio Supreme Court’s Perverse Stance on Impact Fees, Weinstein, 2012
Development Impact Fees: A Primer, Carrion and Libbby, 2004
Background Brief on System Development Charges, OR Legislative Committee, 2006
The Costs of Growth in Oregon, Fodor & Assoc., 1998
Rhode Island Development Impact Fee Act (Chapter 508)
Paying for Growth: Development Taxes and Impact Fees, TN Adv. Comm. on Intergov. Relations, 2002
Financing Growth in Tennessee: Local Development Taxes and Impact Fees, TACIR, 2004
Impact Fees Levied by Local Utilities, TN Atty General Opinion, 2012
A Brief History of Utah Impact Fee and Exaction Law, Smith and Ellsworth, 2000
Conditional Zoning and Impact Fee Authority in Virginia, VA Div of Legislative Services
Impact Fee Overview, Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (pdf)
History and Overview of Washington Impact Fees, Law Seminars International, 2007
Wisconsin Impact Fee Act, Assembly Bill 818 (1993)