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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 588 Offered January 10, 2007 Prefiled December 27, 2006 Proposing an amendment to Article VII of the Constitution of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3-A, relating to authorization for impact fees and proffers throughout the Commonwealth. ---------- Patrons-- Marshall, R.G. and Cole ---------- Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections ----------

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:

Amend Article VII of the Constitution of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3-A as follows:

ARTICLE VII LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Section 3-A.  Authority for impact fees and proffers.

Every county, city, and town shall be authorized to provide by ordinance for the assessment of impact fees on, or the acceptance of proffers from, persons seeking to develop property in the county, city, or town, in amounts representing the proportional total or partial cost of capital improvements reasonably related to the education, transportation, parks, or public safety needs generated by the new development in the county, city, or town.