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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 802<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78790,"section_number":"56-585.1:9","catch_line":"Provision of broadband capacity to unserved areas of the Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-585.1_9\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155521,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68113,"identifier":"15.2-2316.7","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/7.3\/15.2-2316.7","url":"\/15.2-2316.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2316.7\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/7.3\/15.2-2316.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Negotiations; siting agreement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2316.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any applicant for a solar project<\/span> or an energy storage project<\/span> shall give to the host locality<\/span> written notice of the applicant’s intent<\/span> to locate in such locality and request a meeting. Such applicant shall meet, discuss, and negotiate a siting agreement with such locality. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The siting agreement may include terms and conditions, including (i) mitigation of any impacts of such solar project<\/span> or energy storage project<\/span>; (ii) financial compensation to the host locality<\/span> to address capital needs set out in the (a) capital improvement plan adopted by the host locality<\/span>, (b) current fiscal budget of the host locality<\/span>, or (c) fiscal fund balance policy adopted by the host locality<\/span>; or (iii) assistance by the applicant in the deployment of broadband, as defined in § 56-585.1:9<\/a>, in such locality. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNEGOTIATIONS; SITING AGREEMENT (\u00a7 15.2-2316.7)\n\nA. Any applicant for a solar project or an energy storage project shall give to\nthe host locality written notice of the applicant’s intent to locate in\nsuch locality and request a meeting. Such applicant shall meet, discuss, and\nnegotiate a siting agreement with such locality.\n\nB. The siting agreement may include terms and conditions, including (i)\nmitigation of any impacts of such solar project or energy storage project; (ii)\nfinancial compensation to the host locality to address capital needs set out in\nthe (a) capital improvement plan adopted by the host locality, (b) current\nfiscal budget of the host locality, or (c) fiscal fund balance policy adopted by\nthe host locality; or (iii) assistance by the applicant in the deployment of\nbroadband, as defined in § 56-585.1:9, in such locality.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 802; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 57, 58.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}