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The committee shall be composed of not less than five nor more than ten members appointed by the governing body of the locality and at least forty percent of the membership shall be representatives from the development, building or real estate industries. The planning commission or other existing committee that meets the membership requirements may serve as the impact fee advisory committee. The committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to assist and advise the governing body of the locality with regard to the ordinance. No action of the committee shall be considered a necessary prerequisite for any action taken by the locality in regard to the adoption of an ordinance.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":254596,"text":"Any applicable locality may, by ordinance pursuant to the procedures and requirements of this article, assess and impose impact fees on new development to pay all or a part of the cost of reasonable road improvements that benefit the new development.\n\t\tPrior to the adoption of the ordinance, a locality shall establish an impact fee advisory committee. The committee shall be composed of not less than five nor more than ten members appointed by the governing body of the locality and at least forty percent of the membership shall be representatives from the development, building or real estate industries. The planning commission or other existing committee that meets the membership requirements may serve as the impact fee advisory committee. 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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 485 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1992, chapter 465; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 896<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":155543,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70557,"identifier":"15.2-2319","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/8\/15.2-2319","url":"\/15.2-2319\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2319\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/8\/15.2-2319","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority to assess and impose impact fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2319","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any applicable locality<\/span> may, by ordinance<\/span> pursuant to the procedures and requirements of this article, assess and impose impact fees<\/span> on new development<\/span> to pay all or a part of the cost of reasonable road improvements<\/span> that benefit the new development<\/span>.\n\t\tPrior to the adoption of the ordinance<\/span>, a locality<\/span> shall establish an impact fee<\/span> advisory committee. The committee shall be composed of not less than five nor more than ten members appointed by the governing body<\/span> of the locality<\/span> and at least forty percent of the membership shall be representatives from the development<\/span>, building or real estate industries. The planning commission or other existing committee that meets the membership requirements may serve as the impact fee<\/span> advisory committee. The committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to assist and advise the governing body<\/span> of the locality<\/span> with regard to the ordinance<\/span>. No action of the committee shall be considered a necessary prerequisite for any action taken by the locality<\/span> in regard to the adoption of an ordinance<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY TO ASSESS AND IMPOSE IMPACT FEES (\u00a7 15.2-2319)\n\nAny applicable locality may, by ordinance pursuant to the procedures and\nrequirements of this article, assess and impose impact fees on new development\nto pay all or a part of the cost of reasonable road improvements that benefit\nthe new development.\n\t\tPrior to the adoption of the ordinance, a locality shall establish an impact\nfee advisory committee. The committee shall be composed of not less than five\nnor more than ten members appointed by the governing body of the locality and at\nleast forty percent of the membership shall be representatives from the\ndevelopment, building or real estate industries. The planning commission or\nother existing committee that meets the membership requirements may serve as the\nimpact fee advisory committee. The committee shall serve in an advisory capacity\nto assist and advise the governing body of the locality with regard to the\nordinance. No action of the committee shall be considered a necessary\nprerequisite for any action taken by the locality in regard to the adoption of\nan ordinance.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 485, \u00a7 15.1-498.2; 1992, c. 465; 1997, c. 587; 2007, c. 896.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}