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AZ HB2543

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lupe Diaz

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Changes the article heading of Arizona Revised Statutes Title 44, Chapter 11, Article 11 from "solar energy devices" to "solar and wind energy devices"

  • Requires businesses constructing solar or wind energy projects that reduce an agricultural lessee's operation size to compensate the lessee for loss of profits, conservation measure values, loss in operation value, relocation costs, and mitigation costs

  • Requires agricultural lessees to provide credible evidence certifying the compensation amounts before a business must pay

  • Requires businesses to secure a new lease of equal or greater value for the affected agricultural lessee in addition to compensation

  • Exempts businesses from compensation requirements if they construct solar or wind projects in a way that allows the agricultural lessee to continue their current agricultural operation

Legislative Description

Agricultural lessees; energy projects; compensation

Compensation

Last Action

House read second time

2/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules2/10/2025
Regulatory Oversight2/10/2025

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