Bill Text: VA SB72 | 2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Electric distribution lines; minimum height upon or over agricultural land.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-19 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0354) [SB72 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-SB72-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 10 of Title 56 a section numbered 56-256.1 as follows:
§56-256.1. Height of electric power distribution lines over agricultural land.
Unless placement at a greater height is required pursuant to §56-466 or other applicable law, any electric distribution line that is installed, either as a new line or as a replacement for an existing line, on or after July 1, 2018, by or for an electric utility upon or over land upon which agricultural operations, as defined in §3.2-300, are conducted shall be placed at a height that is not less than the minimum height requirement that applies to the placement of electric distribution lines above road crossings.
