H0579 — Land Use and Development

House Bill 579 was filed on February 12, 2025, and addresses zoning application requirements, school district concurrency fees, building permit fees, amenity dues, and disclosure requirements for parcels governed by homeowners associations.

The bill requires counties and municipalities to establish minimum information standards for certain zoning applications. It prohibits school districts from collecting alternative concurrency fees for educational facilities that do not meet specified requirements. The bill prohibits the imposition or collection of amenity dues except as provided in a recreational covenant and prohibits recreational covenants from requiring associations to collect amenity dues. The bill requires specified disclosure summaries in contracts for sale of parcels governed by homeowners associations and subject to recreational covenants, effective on a date to be specified.

Homeowners associations with parcels subject to recreational covenants; counties and municipalities; school districts; and local governments collecting building permit fees.

The bill remains pending in the Commerce Committee as of April 21, 2025, with no effective date yet established.