SB2528Introduced in the Senate
Mississippi Farmland, Migratory Bird, and Rural Protection from Industrial Wind Facilities Act; enact.
Introduced by Joel Carter, District 49
What does this bill do?
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Official description
An Act To Enact The "mississippi Farmland, Migratory Bird, And Rural Protection From Industrial Wind Facilities Act"; To State Legislative Purposes And Findings; To Define Terms; To Prohibit Certain Approvals Of New Industrial Wind Facilities; To Void Certain Authorizations; To Preempt Counties, Municipalities And Other Political Subdivisions From Authorizing Action Prohibited Under This Act; To Provide Exceptions; To Prohibit Industrial Wind Facilities From Being Sited On Or Within Two Miles Of Prime Or Unique Farmland; To Provide Setbacks; To Protect Water Resources; To Prohibit Wind Turbine Locations In Agricultural Aviation Operations Areas; To Provide For Noise And Shadow Flicker; To Require Wind Energy Systems To Comply With Wildlife Laws; To Prohibit Certain Areas For Siting, Construction Or Operation Of Wind Turbines; To Require The Mississippi Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries, And Parks To Establish Rules Concerning Wildlife Protection; To Provide For Corrective Action And Decommissioning Of Wind Turbines; To Provide For Grandfathered Facilities; To Require Each Industrial Facility Subject To This Act To Maintain A Decommissioning Plan; To Require Owners And Operators To Post And Maintain Financial Assurance In Certain Forms; To Provide For Failure To Decommission; To Delegate Enforcement Authority; To Provide Available Remedies; To Create A Private Right Of Action; To Provide For Attorneys' Fees; To Require Faa Notice And Obstruction Evaluation; To Prohibit Action Following A Hazard Determination By The Faa; To Provide For Radar Interference Review; To Require Coordination Among Certain State Agencies; To Prevent Pollution; To Require Industrial Wind Facilities To Maintain An Oil, Grease And Fluid Management Plan; To Require Such Plan To Meet Certain Criteria; To Provide For Blade And Component Decommissioning; To Provide For Severability Of Any Provision Of This Act Upon A Holding Of Invalidity; And For Related Purposes.
Where it stands
Died In Committee
February 3, 2026
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Bill history
Referred To Energy
Died In Committee
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