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Committee adopts substitute for HB 440 and HB 1160 setting taxes, setbacks for large solar projects
Summary
The Missouri House Committee on Legislative Review voted unanimously to advance a substitute that sets a $2,500-per-megawatt tax for large solar projects, preserves local assessment at commercial rates, exempts certain Chapter 100 projects and reduces a proposed setback from 500 to 200 feet.
The House Committee on Legislative Review voted 8-0 to adopt a house committee substitute for House Bills 440 and 1160 that sets tax and siting rules for commercial-scale solar projects.
The substitute requires projects larger than 5 megawatts to pay $2,500 per megawatt in taxes, leaves the land under solar arrays locally assessed at commercial rates, and retains an exemption for projects authorized under Chapter 100. Committee members also adopted two committee amendments: one reduced a proposed setback from 500 feet to 200 feet; the other exempts projects that hold a certificate of…
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