Bill > HB5199

This bill modifies the Local Government Code to expand the authority of municipalities and counties to impose impact fees for roadway facilities and safety improvements. Specifically, the bill allows municipalities to require traffic analysis as part of plat applications when the analysis is related to imposing an impact fee, and clarifies that municipalities can now impose impact fees for roadway facilities in their extraterritorial jurisdiction under certain conditions, such as when the fee is proportional to the impact of a new development or municipal utility district. The bill also authorizes counties to impose impact fees for roadway facilities in unincorporated areas to accommodate new developments or municipal utility districts, with the requirement that these fees must be proportional to the development's impact. Additionally, the bill expands the definition of "political subdivision" to include counties and modifies rules about how impact fees can be used, such as allowing municipalities to use impact fee funds to construct safety improvements to roadway facilities. The changes will apply only to impact fees imposed on or after the bill's effective date of September 1, 2025, and existing impact fees will continue to be governed by previous law.

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