HB676 Alabama 2013 Session

Relating to Baldwin County; to authorize the Baldwin County Commission to regulate the permitting, construction, placement, and operation of wind turbines, wind mills, wind farms and any other wind-generated energy production facilities or equipment operated, in whole or in part, by wind in the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County, Alabama; to authorize the Baldwin County Commission to establish standards, specifications, criteria, and conditions on the permitting, construction, placement, and operation of wind turbines, wind mills, wind farms, and any other wind-generated energy production facilities or equipment operated, in whole or in part, by wind in the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County; to authorize and allow the Baldwin County Commission to determine the appropriate locations where wind turbines, wind mills, wind farms, and any other wind-generated energy production facilities or equipment operated, in whole or in part, by wind may be located or allowed and to prohibit the same, if deemed necessary by the Baldwin County Commission; to authorize and allow the Baldwin County Commission to establish remedies and penalties for the violation of any laws, ordinances, rules, or regulations adopted pursuant to this act; to authorize the Baldwin County Commission to determine the terms and conditions of any exceptions and exemptions from the provisions of any laws, ordinances, rules, or regulations adopted pursuant to this act; and to provide that the authority granted to the Baldwin County Commission pursuant to this act shall be in addition to, and not in substitution of, any powers or authority granted to the Baldwin County Commission pursuant to any other laws, rules or regulations.