A Superior Court jury unanimously rejected claims Thursday that Orange County illegally collected millions of dollars in impact fees on new housing to pay for school construction and expansion.
The fees were collected for 30 years to help pay for an influx of new students, said Sonny Haynes, the county’s attorney. The fees were not collected after 2016.
“Impact fees are meant to be a fair way that the new people coming into the county, the new students coming into the school system, pay their fair share of what those costs are going to be, so that all of the children can enjoy the same level of service,” Haynes said…