Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township may regulate commercial wind energy facilities, commercial solar energy facilities, or both. Provides that a township may use any of its zoning powers in the regulation of commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities and may prohibit commercial wind energy facilities, commercial solar energy facilities, or both. Provides that a township's regulations over commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities shall prevail over county regulations but not over municipal regulations. Defines terms. Amends the Renewable Energy Facilities Agricultural Impact Mitigation Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-31 - Referred to Assignments [SB0198 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Craig Wilcox [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Thomas Bennett [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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