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SB 179 Comprehensive plan; solar facilities.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Comprehensive plan; solar facilities. Provides that a solar facility subject to provisions requiring the facility to be substantially in accord with a locality's comprehensive plan shall be deemed to be substantially in accord with the comprehensive plan if (i) such proposed solar facility is located in a zoning district that allows such solar facilities by right or (ii) such proposed solar facility is designed to serve the electricity or thermal needs of the property upon which such facility is located, or will be owned or operated by an eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator under § 56-594 or by a small agricultural generator under § 56-594.2. The bill authorizes a locality to allow for a substantial accord review for other solar facilities to be advertised and approved concurrently in a public hearing process with a rezoning, special exception, or other approval process. This bill is identical to HB 509.
FULL TEXT
- 12/28/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103842D pdf
- 02/02/18 Senate: Printed as engrossed 18103842D-E pdf
- 02/22/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB179ER) pdf
- 03/05/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/28/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103842D
- 12/28/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 01/30/18 Senate: Reported from Local Government with amendments (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/18 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/18 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/02/18 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/02/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB179E
- 02/02/18 Senate: Printed as engrossed 18103842D-E
- 02/05/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/18 House: Read first time
- 02/08/18 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 02/16/18 House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/18 House: Read second time
- 02/21/18 House: Read third time
- 02/21/18 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB179ER)
- 02/22/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- 02/26/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- 03/05/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 175 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/05/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175)