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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Shin
VT Ext - Placeholder for Implementation of HB 899

Item 219 #3h

Item 219 #3h

First Year - FY2027 Second Year - FY2028
Education: Higher Education
Virginia Cooperative Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station FY2027 $50,000 FY2028 $0 NGF

Language
Page 266, line 28, strike "$116,561,722" and insert "$116,611,722".


Explanation

(This amendment requests funding for implementation of House Bill 899 which directs the Virginia Cooperative Extension, in consultation with the Department of Energy, to convene a stakeholder advisory panel to develop recommendations to (i) establish criteria to determine qualifying agrivoltaic projects that are eligible for grant funding through the Virginia Power Innovation Fund and Program, (ii) identify how to monitor and sustain the integrity of agrivoltaic projects, and (iii) consider permitting or provide other incentives that may be effective in promoting agrivoltaic projects in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the stakeholder advisory panel to submit a report on its recommendations to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Forestry and Natural and Historic Resources by November 1, 2026.)