HB 2023

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2021 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 12, 2021
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Solar and wind farms; reporting of acreage by locality.

Abstract

Solar and wind farms; reporting of acreage bylocality. Requires each locality to provide to the Departmentof Mines, Minerals and Energy information about the amount of landformerly in production agriculture or silviculture that has beenapproved for development into or has been developed into solar orwind farms. The bill requires the Division of Energy to establish a database to collect and maintain figures on the amount of landformerly in production agriculture or production silviculture thathas been approved for development into or has been developed intosolar or wind farms. The bill also requires localities, in adoptingordinances for and approving the development of solar and wind farmprojects, to consider certain effects of such projects.

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Feb 05, 2021

House

Left in Counties, Cities and Towns

Jan 21, 2021

House

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)

Jan 14, 2021

House

Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use

Jan 12, 2021

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101513D

House

Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

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