Bill Status of SB 244   104th General Assembly


Short Description:  WEATHER RADAR-WIND TURBINES

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Sally J. Turner

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/22/2025SenateReferred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Weather Radar Interference Mitigation Act. Provides that, if a National Weather Service Forecast Office issues a winter storm advisory, a winter storm watch, a winter storm warning, a blizzard warning, a severe thunderstorm watch, a severe thunderstorm warning, a tornado watch, or a tornado warning for an area within the State and if a wind turbine operator owns, operates, or manages a wind turbine located within 40 miles of the weather radar station operated by that National Weather Service Forecast Office, then the wind turbine operator shall pause operation of that wind turbine during the inclement weather alert. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, no person shall construct a wind turbine within 7 miles of a weather radar station operated by a National Weather Service Forecast Office or a wind turbine with a height that is greater than 60 meters within 10 miles of a weather radar station operated by a National Weather Service Forecast Office. Provides that a wind turbine owner or operator who knowingly violates the Act after receiving a written warning is guilty of a business offense and subject to a fine in excess of $1,000 but not exceeding $5,000. Makes findings. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/22/2025SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Sally J. Turner
  1/22/2025SenateFirst Reading
  1/22/2025SenateReferred to Assignments

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