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County staff warns switching adequate-facilities tax system could cut revenue and require state action
Summary
County staff told commissioners that moving the county onto a 2024-era adequate-facilities tax framework would require repeal of the county——————————private act, a capital improvements program, and sustained population growth or risk large revenue losses; Hendersonville currently owes $225,841 under the existing system.
County commissioners spent more than an hour on July 14 reviewing options to replace the county———————————'s current adequate-facilities tax (AFT) system with a new statutory framework referenced in recent legislation (HB2426). Staff and counsel warned the change would be legally and administratively complex and could reduce collections unless the county meets several conditions.
County staff said the switch would require repeal of the county———————————'s current private act and adoption of a capital-improvements program before implementation. Staff also said the statutory framework discussed in the briefing carries new rate caps and growth requirements: a cited cap of $1.50 per square foot (residential and commercial/industrial) with a commercial cap applying to the first 150,000 square feet, an initial four-year period after which increases could be limited to 10% and would require a two-thirds vote, and a requirement that the county…
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