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HB0022
Using Developer Fees for New School Buildings
Last scannedAug 24, 2026, 10:00 AM
In one sentence
This law allows cities to collect fees from developers to pay for new school buildings if the development specifically creates a need for them.
What it does
- Amends the Illinois Municipal Code regarding how municipalities handle developer donations and impact fees.
- Allows these fees to be used to build new school buildings or improve school infrastructure, including technological infrastructure.
- Requires that the need for the new building must come specifically and uniquely from the development project itself.
- Mandates that the affected school district must officially certify both the necessity of the building and its costs.
Who it affects
- Cities and municipalities in Illinois
- Real estate developers creating subdivisions or new developments
- Local school districts
Limits and unknowns
- The law only applies if the school district proves the development uniquely caused the need for the new building.
- It does not allow these fees to be used for general school costs unrelated to specific developments.
- This Act takes effect immediately upon becoming law.
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Terms to know
- Impact fees
- Charges collected from developers to help pay for public improvements needed because of their construction projects.
- Developer donations
- Money or land given by a developer to the city as part of building a new project.
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