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2020 SESSION

20103404D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1171
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 7, 2020
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 45.1-391.1, relating to solar farms; total acreage; report.
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Patron-- Poindexter
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 45.1-391.1 as follows:

§ 45.1-391.1. Solar farms; total acreage; report.

The Virginia Solar Energy Center (the Center) shall compile an annual report that lists (i) the total acreage of solar farm or utility-scale solar facility development projects completed during the respective calendar year throughout the Commonwealth and (ii) the total acreage of qualified donations of less-than-fee interests accepted by any public or private conservation agency during the respective calendar year, as reported by the Department of Conservation and Recreation pursuant to the provisions of subsection C of § 58.1-512. The Center shall submit the report by December 15 of each year to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Finance, and Senate Committee on Finance.