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Decision Ramps Up Impact-Fee Dispute

DURHAM — A recent decision by a local trial court that Durham County’s impact fee on new housing, levied for the support of the public schools, is illegal has revived the dispute over the controversial revenue-raising method. Meanwhile, the county is appealing the trial court’s decision to the N.C. Court of Appeals. The county is allowed to continue collecting the fee, depending on further court action. If the Court of Appeals says the fee is illegal, developers or homeowners who paid the fee will get refunds (a total of $2.2 million). Meanwhile, the county is appealing the trial court’s decision to the N.C. Court of Appeals.

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