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Lawmakers probe $28 million in unused school impact fees as bill narrows exemptions
Summary
The House Housing Committee examined HB1713 to clarify exemptions for school impact fees and discussed a $28 million unspent balance split across districts; AG staff recommended adding a statutory definition for "low‑ to moderate‑income households," and the committee advanced the bill with amendments.
The House Housing Committee on Feb. 13 considered HB1713, a measure intended to clarify how school impact fees apply to certain affordable housing projects and to exempt residential developments of fewer than 100 units from some requirements. Randall Watt, a deputy attorney general, told the committee the statute refers in places to "low‑ to moderate‑income households" but HRS chapter 302A contains no definition; he recommended the definition…
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