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Committee backs forwarding bill to raise Sumner County adequate‑facilities tax to $1.50 per square foot

3626753 · June 3, 2025
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The committee voted to forward to the next appropriate committee a private‑act pathway to raise the county’s adequate facilities (impact) tax to $1.50 per square foot across residential, commercial and industrial development, citing a need to better align revenues with school and infrastructure debt.

On June 2 Sumner County committee members voted to forward proposed state legislation to raise the county’s adequate facilities tax (impact fee) to $1.50 per square foot on new development and to send the measure on through the county approval path required for a private act. Proponents said the current fee structure — 70 cents per square foot for residential and lower rates for commercial/industrial…

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