- Title
- Data Center Planning and Transparency Act
- Sponsored by
- Delegate Ruth
- Status
- In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- Analysis
Synopsis
Requiring an owner or operator of a large-scale data center to submit a disclosure report to certain State and local agencies and elected officials under certain circumstances; specifying the contents of the disclosure report; requiring the Department of the Environment to publish the disclosure report on its website within 30 days of receiving the report; requiring, by June 30, 2027, each local jurisdiction with a population of at least 10,000 residents to adopt by local law a large-scale data center plan; etc.
Committees
- Original:
- Environment and Transportation
Details
Bill File Type: Regular
Effective Date(s): June 1, 2026
Bill imposes a local government mandate, which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit
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19-101, 19-102 )
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