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Pasco board lets new fire-rescue impact fee take effect and directs county attorney to defend against challenges related to Senate Bill 180
Summary
After the county attorney warned that Senate Bill 180 contains retroactive language that could bar local land-development regulations adopted since Aug. 1 of last year, the board voted to allow the July 1 fire-rescue impact fee to take effect and to defend its ordinance in court if challenged.
Following a legal briefing on Senate Bill 180 and its potential effect on local ordinances, the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners on July 15 voted to allow the county's recently adopted fire-rescue impact fee to take effect and directed the county attorney to defend the fee and other county regulations if they are challenged under the new statute.
County Attorney David Goldstein briefed the board on the bill's language, explaining that section 28 of Senate Bill 180 appears to apply retroactively to land development regulation…
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