Bill Text: VA SB1384 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Certain industrial uses; transmission lines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-03 - Stricken at request of Patron in Local Government (11-Y 0-N) [SB1384 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2015-SB1384-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 1384 Offered January 21, 2015 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-2293.3, relating to certain industrial uses; transmission lines. ---------- Patron-- Black ---------- Referred to Committee on Local Government ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-2293.3 as follows:

§15.2-2293.3. Certain uses in industrial zones; transmission lines.

A zoning ordinance shall provide that any proposed data center, or similar land use, that will require utilization of a 230 kilovolt or greater electrical transmission line shall be located only in an area zoned for industrial use. However, if a zoning ordinance authorizes a data center, or similar land use, that will require utilization of a 230 kilovolt or greater electrical transmission line outside of an area zoned for industrial use, any electrical transmission lines that support such a land use and that are located at a distance greater than 300 feet from an existing electrical transmission line shall be placed underground at the expense of the owner of the data center.