I’m sorry to say I’ll not be up-dating our site for awhile but hope to be back soon. Thanks for understanding. The web-mistress

07/18/06 - County backs off some proposed tax hikes - Reacting to complaints, Charlotte commissioners trim or cut increases in west county taxing districts (FL). By KEVIN DALE http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060715/NEWS/607150360

07/12/06 - Hotel tax may soon rise - Leon County (FL) considers 1-percent increase to fund arts center by Jeff Burlew, Democrat Staff Writer http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060711/NEWS01/607110330/1010/NEWS01

07/11/06 - Taxing the snowbirds: Is it sound policy? (FL) by Doug Sword and Patrick Whittle, N.Y. Times Regional Media Group http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060710/LOCAL/207100309/1078/news

07/10/06 - Officials weigh cost of returning extra money By Anthony Man South Florida Sun-Sentinel http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-ctaxroll09jul09,0,3371467.story?coll=sfla-news-broward

07/03/06 - BROWARD'S PENNY PROPOSAL - Dade sales tax may guide vote - Broward voters weighing whether to approve hiking the county's sales tax can consider how a similar tax has benefited Miami-Dade County. BY ERIKA BOLSTAD http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/14950060.htm

07/03/06 - Daytona developers: Higher tax bill, please - Riverfront high-rise owners say the request makes business sense. (FL) By Etan Horowitz, Sentinel Staff Writer http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/custom/growth/orl-vdaytonatowers206jun22,0,4382139.story?coll=orl-news-growth-headlines

07/03/06 - Crystal River struggles to make ends meet - City officials sharpen their budget knives to carve away about $900,000. They get close and will try again. (FL) by Times Staff Writer http://www.sptimes.com/2006/07/01/Citrus/Crystal_River_struggl.shtml

07/03/06 - Property values rise by more than 33% - Citrus Springs is the community with the highest increase for taxable property in the county: 95.54% (FL) by Catherine E. Shoichet, SPTimes.com http://www.sptimes.com/2006/07/01/Citrus/Property_values_rise_.shtml

07/03/06 - Osceola plays losing hand in federal court (FL) by Mike Thomas Commentary Orlando Sentinel http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/columnists/orl-miket2906jun29,0,3774822.column?coll=orl-news-col

06/30/06 - Committees to study property tax increase (FL), Paul Flemming, News Journal Capital Bureau http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060628/NEWS01/606280353/1006

02/09/06 - The following link has more information on the Florida Impact Fee Review Task Force impact fee information including the Final Report and Recommendations. This is a great site to check out current impact fees for Florida and the U.S. I’ll be leaving this on top for a while so be sure to check below for more articles.

http://fcn.state.fl.us/lcir/taskforce.html

06/07/05 – Thanks Paul for the information.

Here are the new impact fees for Volusia County starting today.  The fees are apparently different for each city.

Want to bet it does NOT slow growth a twit????

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From WESH TV:

For example, in Daytona Beach, the impact fee for a single-family home is raising from $5,777 to $10,081.

In Daytona Beach Shores, families will see a jump from $3,998 to $8,292.

Also, the school impact fee is raising from $7,250 to $11,554 for a single-family home in Deltona.

   08-14-03 – Lake County’s new school impact fees are going to be the highest in the state but the School Board wants them to be even higher.

   The County Commission approved the higher fees in May after months of debate over newcomers should pay toward providing classroom space for their children.  The impact fee will jump to $4,142.00 per house Oct. 1.  Marion County has “NO SCHOOL IMPACT FEE”!!  and the School Board knows we are going to need to build some more schools soon.  They are already out looking for land!

   The Lake County School Board members agreed Monday that the fee should go up once more.  They say they waited too long last time to push the county for increased fees and to begin the process of re-evaluating the fees, a process that could take a couple of years.

   The new impact fees are expected to raise about $15 million a year toward school construction.  A five-year plan reviewed Monday indicated the board still would not have enough money to accommodate students without a higher impact fee. 

08/10/03 – Good article in the Orlando Sentinel, August 1, 2003, about FLORIDA SCHOOL-IMPACT FEES

  Currently, 19 of 67 Florida counties have enacted school-impact fees to help finance school construction.  The 3 counties with the highest impact fees are in Central Florida.

   Orange County is considering raising their impact fees up to $4,287.00 for Singel-family. 

IMPACT FEES BY COUNTY*

Lake                $4,142.00

Osceola           $2,828.00

Orange            $2,828.00

Manatee          $2,500.00

Miami-Dade    $2,448.00

Hernando         $2,406.00

Lee                   $2,232.00

Collier              $1,778.00

Pasco               $1,694.00

Broward           $1,620.00

Polk**              $1,607.00

Seminole          $1,384.00

Palm Beach     $1,260.00

Volusia             $1,139.00

Martin                 $973.00

St. Lucie              $800.00

St. Johns              $729.00

Citrus                   $636.00

Hillsborough***  $196.00

MARION            Z E R O

*For typical 2,000-square-foot, single family detached unit with 3 bedrooms

**Effective Sept. 1, 2003

***Land cost only