State Hears Developers, Restricts Impact Fees; Counties Can't Impose Them; Cities Lose Some Options

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Wisconsin counties lose the power to impose development impact fees on new housing, and municipalities face new curbs on their use of those funds, under a law effective this month.

With stunning swiftness, this overhaul of local government impact fees cleared the state Legislature and was sent to Gov. Jim Doyle, who signed it Tuesday. It takes effect with state publication typically, about two weeks.

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State Hears Developers, Restricts Impact Fees; Counties Can't Impose Them; Cities Lose Some Options

Senate Bill 681, now renamed Wisconsin Act 477, deletes two broad sources of impact fees "other recreational facilities" and "other transportation facilities" from the state-authorized list of charges that local governments may impose on residential develop...

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