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Article: Measure simplifies impact fee statute.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- March 15, 2006
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Byline: Meghann M. Cuniff
Mar. 15--BOISE a Making growth pay for itself could become easier for cities under legislation from two North Idaho lawmakers.
Backed by the Idaho Association of Cities and the Idaho Association of Counties, House Bill 780 rewords the statute governing impact fees to make it easier to read and understand.
Many North Idaho cities hire consultants and pay them between $50,000 and $100,000 just to help figure out how to enact the fees, said Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls.
"We're trying to make local government less expensive, trying to get growth to pay for growth. But here we're spending big dollars to get ...