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Superseded — its companion passed SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. CS/SB 548

Growth Management
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SPONSOR
Community Affairs; McClain
FILED BY
Stan McClain — District 9, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
COMPANION
CS/CS/HB 1329 — CS/SB 548 was set aside and its companion carried the policy

Filed under Development & Land Use.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Growth Management; Providing requirements for coordination mechanisms that are required for certain agreements required as part of the intergovernmental coordination element of a comprehensive plan; requiring that certain interlocal agreements use a plan-based methodology for a certain purpose; requiring that certain capacity standards be specified in a certain impact fee study; requiring that a demonstrated-need study be accompanied by a certain declaration; prohibiting local governments, school districts, and special districts from using certain data for a specified purpose, etc.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Local governments must use new data standards to raise impact fees.

Local governments, school districts, and special districts must now use a

plan-based methodology to justify any impact fee increase that exceeds the

standard phase-in limits. This requires projecting growth over 10 years using

the most recent and localized data available to the jurisdiction.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Mandatory Plan-Based Methodology for Impact Fees majors. 163.3164(39)

AILocal governments, school districts, and special districts must use a specific 10-year growth projection methodology to justify impact fee increases.

“"Plan-based methodology" means a study methodology that uses the most recent and localized data to project growth within a jurisdiction over a 10-year period” bill text, line 49 →
§ 2 Prohibition on Stale Data for Fee Increases majors. 163.31801(6)(g)

AIJurisdictions are forbidden from using data older than four years to demonstrate the need for impact fee increases.

“Use data that is older than 4 years to demonstrate extraordinary circumstances” bill text, line 241 →
§ 3 Refund and Attorney Fees for Overpayments majors. 163.31801(9)(a)

AIPetitioners who successfully challenge an impact fee are entitled to a refund with interest and reasonable attorney fees.

“the petitioner is entitled to a refund in the amount of the overpayment with interest” bill text, line 258 →
§ 4 Limitation on Impact Fee Increase Magnitude moderates. 163.31801(6)(g)

AIJurisdictions may not increase an impact fee rate by more than 100 percent over a four-year period.

“Increase an impact fee rate beyond the phase-in limitations under this paragraph by more than 100 percent divided equally over a 4-year period” bill text, line 197 →
§ 5 Extrajurisdictional Impact Mitigation Funding moderates. 163.3177(6)(h)

AIIntergovernmental coordination mechanisms must include plans to provide funding to address development impacts that cross jurisdictional boundaries.

“Such coordination mechanisms must include plans to provide mitigation funding to address any extrajurisdictional impacts of development” bill text, line 120 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Finance and Tax, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB...
1/22/2026
CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
1/22/2026
Now in Finance and Tax
1/22/2026
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/20/2026
CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
1/15/2026
On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/20/26, 1:00 pm, 37...
1/13/2026
Introduced
12/9/2025
Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Rules
11/18/2025
Filed
3 EARLIER →
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 163.3164
+92 / −0
s. 163.3177
+24 / −0
s. 163.3180
+31 / −21
s. 163.31801
+381 / −2
s. 212.055
+2 / −2
s. 163.3164
+0 / −0
STAFF ANALYSES