AZ HB2130

County boards of supervisors may adopt ordinances or include in comprehensive plans a maximum acreage allowed for electric energy production facilities.

Maximum acreage allowance may be expressed as a set number of acres, a percentage of total county land, a percentage of state-owned land, a percentage of federally owned land, or a percentage of privately owned land.

Any adopted maximum acreage must include sufficient acreage to encompass existing electric energy production facilities in the county at the time of adoption.

Wind farm acreage is calculated as the total boundary area of the wind farm or site, and transmission infrastructure above-ground does not count toward the maximum acreage limit.

County boards of supervisors must convene within 90 days after the effective date to determine whether to establish a maximum acreage allowance and the amount.