Bill Title: Creates the Pollinator Friendly Solar Site Act. Provides that an owner of a ground-mounted solar site may follow practices that: (1) provide native perennial vegetation and foraging habitat which is beneficial to game birds, songbirds, and pollinators; and (2) reduce storm water runoff and erosion at the solar site. Provides that an owner or manager of a solar site with a generating capacity of more than 40 kilowatts implementing site management practices under the Act may claim that the site is "pollinator-friendly" or provides benefits to game birds, songbirds, and pollinators only if the site adheres to guidance set forth by the pollinator friendly scorecard published by the Department of Natural Resources in consultation with stakeholders. Provides that an owner making a beneficial habitat claim shall make the solar site's pollinator score card, and where available, related vegetation management plans, available to the public and provide a copy to the Department of Natural Resources and a nonprofit solar industry trade association of the State. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-08-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1022 [SB3214 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2018-08-22	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2018-05-29	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2018-04-26	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2018-02-16	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
Senate Amendment 001	2018-04-17	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

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