Ch. 389                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2004.

Approved May 11, 2004.

CHAPTER 389
(House Bill 965)

AN ACT concerning

Harford County School Construction Financing Act of 2004

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Council of Harford County to fix, impose,
and collect, by ordinance, a development impact fee, not to exceed a certain
amount, for new construction or development; requiring the revenues from the
development impact fee to be deposited in a certain special fund and to be used
for certain purposes; requiring municipal corporations in Harford County to
assist the county in the collection of the development impact fee within the
municipal corporations; requiring a certain annual report to be prepared and
submitted to the Harford County Delegation of the General Assembly; providing
for the termination of this Act; stating legislative intent; and generally relating
to a development impact fee and school construction financing in Harford
County.

BY adding to

Article 24 - Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 9-10A-01 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 10A. Harford County

School Construction Financing"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, It is the intent of this Act to authorize the County Council of
Harford County to enact, by local ordinance, a development impact fee on new
construction and development in the county and to require the revenues generated by
the fee to be used only for school construction, school site acquisition, school
renovation, school capital expenses, and the reduction of school debt; and

WHEREAS, It is also the intent of this Act, if a development impact fee is
enacted by the County Council of Harford County under the authority of this Act, that
the County Council not appropriate or otherwise use any of the money generated by
the development impact fee to supplant the funding that is appropriated each year for
school renovation projects or purposes in the county's budget; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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