Committee examines bill to remove solar exemption from CUVA, drawing divided views
Representative Cowan told the committee the measure would remove a carve-out that treated solar installations differently than other commercial uses on land enrolled in conservation-use valuation (CUVA) and the Forest Land Protection Act (FLPA). Environmental groups and economic-development speakers offered competing testimony.
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Representative Chuck Cowan presented House Bill 169 (LC442945), which would change how CUVA and FLPA covenants treat solar installations on enrolled agricultural and timberland. Cowan said the bill would treat a solar conversion like any other commercial or industrial use — precipitating a breach of the covenant on the entire tract rather than only on the acres converted.
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