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projects be given to the localities for school use and that gasoline taxes be used to fund highway construction. “That would take some of the pressure off real estate taxes,” he said.
“The federal government hasn’t raised taxes, and the state government hasn’t raised taxes, but by golly, we’ve raised taxes,” Mr. Massie said.
Mr. Massie pointed out that the state requirements for the landfill have put pressure on taxes. "The sky’s the limit with all we have to pay,” he said.
Sen. Miller said he would support impact fees for the county “as long as it’s done fairly.” He noted that the right to impose impact fees has been extended mostly to the fastest growing counties.
Chairman Hubert Gilkey said, “Our biggest concern is that it be extended to all jurisdictions. If it gets passed for the more populous jurisdictions, but the time it gets to us, we’ll be so far behind, we’ll never catch up.”
Sen. Miller said he did not think transferable development rights would be given to all counties. ‘To pass at all, it has to be for a specific area,” he said.
Sen. Miller said he would agree to modifications to the Dillon rule but he would oppose any move to repeal it. The Dillon rule gives control of everything to the state govern
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