Idaho Development Impact Fee Act (I.C. §67-8201 et seq.) (ID)

Tracked preemption from the Idaho overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
1992-07-01
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:ID

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

city.impact_fees_enacted == True

Preempted fields

4 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
impact_fee_enabling_basisoverridetitle_67_chapter_82Impact fees may be levied only under §67-8201 et seq. — requires capital-improvement plan, rational-nexus / rough-proportionality, restricted to enumerated capital improvement categories
impact_fee_capital_improvement_plan_requiredoverrideTrue
impact_fee_rational_nexus_requiredoverrideTrueFee must bear rational nexus + rough proportionality to development impact
impact_fee_eligible_categories_2025overrideexpanded_per_hb231_2025HB 231 (2025) broadened eligible capital-improvement categories; does not touch zoning directly

Citation

Authority source
Idaho Development Impact Fee Act, I.C. §§67-8201 et seq.; amended by HB 231 (2025)
§ Title 67 Chapter 82
https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title67/T67CH82/

Research notes

Caps cities to statutorily-enumerated impact-fee uses (transportation, parks, public-safety facilities, water/sewer expansion). HB 231 (2025) broadened eligible categories but retains nexus/proportionality constraints. Property-tax constraints from HB 389 (2021) lineage have indirectly increased city reliance on impact fees, raising the stakes of §67-8201 compliance.