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Union County building-permit fee increase fails in committee
Summary
House Bill 1465, a local bill to recalculate Union County building-permit fees to 50¢ per square foot, failed in committee after members raised affordability concerns; the clerk recorded 4 ayes, 14 noes and 3 present not voting.
Chairman Powers introduced House Bill 1465 as a local private act for Union County to change its building permit fee from a flat fee to 50 cents per square foot for residential and commercial permits, noting the county's last fee increase was in 1972.
"This is not an impact fee. It is simply a building permit fee based on the square footage and only applies to Union County," Chairman Powers told the committee. Representative Warner objected on affordability grounds, saying builders pass fees on to homebuyers.
When the committee voted, the bill failed: the clerk recorded 4 ayes, 14 noes and 3 present not voting. Chairman Powers said the bill would not move forward from this committee at this time.
