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HB 68 Parks and Recreational Facilities Act, Local; created.

Introduced by: Robert G. Marshall | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Local Parks and Recreational Facilities Act. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the adequacy of public parks and recreational facilities provided by each Virginia locality. The bill sets forth factors that the Department must consider and requires that the locality cooperate during the assessment process. If the Department determines that a locality's parks or recreational facilities are inadequate or will be inadequate within five years, then the locality will have one year to develop a plan for curing such inadequacy. If the Department determines that such plan will not achieve adequacy, then it shall impose a parks and recreation residential impact fee upon the builder of each new residential unit in the locality, until such time as the parks and recreational facilities are adequate. The Department shall base such fee on the pro-rata impact of each additional residential unit on (i) existing parks and recreational facilities, and on (ii) the costs of improving or developing new parks or recreational facilities. The Department shall hold all collected fees on behalf of the locality in an interest-bearing escrow account, and shall make distributions for the development of new or improvement of existing parks and recreational facilities. The Board of Conservation and Recreation is authorized to promulgate regulations for the implementation of the Act.


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