The Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee is scheduled to hold a virtual meeting on June 23 to consider bills allowing wind energy facilities in farmland preservation areas and to set aside farm conservation funding for land trusts.

The bills include--

-- Senate Bill 881 (Martin-R-Lancaster) setting aside state farmland preservation funding for local land trusts (sponsor summary); and

-- House Bill 441(Sonney-R-Erie) allow wind energy facilities in Agricultural Security Areas (House Fiscal Note & Summary)

The meeting will start at 12:30 and can be viewed online.

Sen. Elder Vogel (R-Beaver) serves as Majority Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and can be contacted by calling 717-787-3076 or sending an email to: evogel@pasen.gov.  Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) serves as Minority Chair and can be contacted by calling 717-787-8925 or sending email to: SenatorSchwank@pasenate.com.

[Posted: June 18, 2020]

6/22/2020