MD HB863 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-27 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-27 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Exempting a specified facility that generates electricity by utilizing solar energy from specified development restrictions under an agricultural land preservation easement; altering the limitation on the percentage of the land subject to an agricultural land preservation easement that may be used for the generation of electricity from solar energy; and authorizing the Maryland Environmental Trust to lease properties for the generation of electricity under specified circumstances.
Title
State Agricultural and Conservation Property Interests - Solar Facilities (Right to Solar Farm)
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2017-02-27 | House | Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn |
2017-02-22 | House | Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
2017-02-03 | House | First Reading Environment and Transportation |
Subjects
Agriculture
Alternative Energy Sources
Committees and Commissions
Conservation
Easements
Environmental Trust
Natural Resources - Generally
Utilities
Alternative Energy Sources
Committees and Commissions
Conservation
Easements
Environmental Trust
Natural Resources - Generally
Utilities