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H0807...............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
SUBDIVISIONS - DEVELOPERS - Adds to existing law to allow the collection of
a fee from owners or developers of a subdivision by a county, with the
moneys to be utilized for training conducted by Idaho higher educational
institutions for planner certification; to provide that training may
include instruction in environmental land use issues, zoning and land use
principles, landscape design, public administration and economic and
financial responsibility in a land use context; to create the county
planning education fund; and to provide expenditure of moneys in the fund.
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]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 807
BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO LAND USE PLANNING; AMENDING CHAPTER 8, TITLE 31, IDAHO CODE, BY
3 THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 31-831, IDAHO CODE, TO ALLOW THE COLLECTION
4 OF A FEE FROM OWNERS OR DEVELOPERS OF A SUBDIVISION BY A COUNTY, WITH THE
5 MONEYS TO BE UTILIZED FOR TRAINING CONDUCTED BY IDAHO HIGHER EDUCATIONAL
6 INSTITUTIONS FOR PLANNER CERTIFICATION, TO PROVIDE THAT THE TRAINING MAY
7 INCLUDE INSTRUCTION IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAND USE ISSUES, ZONING AND LAND USE
8 PRINCIPLES, LANDSCAPE DESIGN, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC AND
9 FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN A LAND USE CONTEXT, TO CREATE THE COUNTY PLAN-
10 NING EDUCATION FUND AND TO PROVIDE FOR EXPENDITURE OF MONEYS IN THE FUND.
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
12 SECTION 1. That Chapter 8, Title 31, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
13 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
14 ignated as Section 31-831, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
15 31-831. FEES FOR PLATS. (1) Pursuant to resolution, a board of county
16 commissioners may impose and collect from the owner or developer of a subdivi-
17 sion as defined in section 50-1301, Idaho Code, a user fee not in excess of
18 one hundred dollars ($100) per lot on plats under the jurisdiction of the
19 county, including final plats, corrected final plats and condominium amendment
20 plats, to be used for the development, sponsorship, promotion and administra-
21 tion of a planning education curriculum to be offered by an institution of
22 higher education located in the state, which planning education curriculum is
23 deemed a public benefit. It is the intent of this section that the training
24 offered by Idaho higher educational institutions be directed toward planner
25 certification and may include instruction in environmental land use issues,
26 zoning and land use principles, landscape design, public administration and
27 economic and financial responsibility in a land use context.
28 (2) The fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the
29 county planning education fund which is hereby created in the county treasury.
30 Moneys in the fund may be used to contract with an Idaho higher educational
31 institution to provide courses and instruction to county employees in the sub-
32 ject matter enumerated in subsection (1) of this section. Any county funds
33 expended pursuant to this section shall be subject to audit and any Idaho
34 institution of higher learning shall agree to such provision before receiving
35 funds pursuant to this section.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16209C1
To add a statute authorizing a board of county commissioners
to impose and collect a user fee from the owner or developer
creating a subdivision as defined in Idaho Code,
& 50-1301(15) per lot on plats under the jurisdiction of the
county. The statute prescribes that the said fees are to be
dedicated to the development, sponsorship, promotion and
administration of a Planning Education Curriculum at a local
institution of higher learning for the public benefit. The
statute further prescribes the manner of collecting the fees and
the procedure for remitting the fees to the institution of choice
of the commissioners.
FISCAL NOTE
None
Contact
Name: Commissioner Fred Tilman
Phone: 287-7000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 807