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1-Senate Engrossed corporation commission; non-thermal generating unit State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SENATE BILL 1538 An Act amending section 40-360, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to power plant and transmission line siting committee. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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63- Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 40-360, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE40-360. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Area of jurisdiction" means the state, a county or an incorporated city or town that exercises concurrent or exclusive jurisdiction over a geographical area. 2. "Certificate of environmental compatibility" means the certificate that is required by this article and that evidences the approval by the state of the sites for a plant or transmission line, or both. 3. "Commission" means the corporation commission. 4. "Committee" means the power plant and transmission line siting committee. 5. "Current Arizona electric transmission system" means the existing electric transmission system serving this state and all transmission lines on file with the commission as of January 31 of the previous year. 6. "Facilities" means a plant or transmission line, or both. 7. "Member" means the state official named herein, the employee designee thereof from the department, agency or governing body of such state official member and the public members designated herein. 8. "Person" means any state or agency or political subdivision thereof, or any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, city or county, whether located within or without this state, or any combination of such entities. 9. "Plant" means each separate thermal or non-thermal electric, nuclear or hydroelectric generating unit with a nameplate rating of one two hundred megawatts or more for which expenditures or financial commitments for land acquisition, materials, construction or engineering exceeding $50,000 have not been made before August 13, 1971. 10. "Transmission line" means five or more new structures that span more than one mile in length as measured from the first structure outside of the substation, switchyard or generating site to which the line connects to the fifth structure and that are erected above ground and support one or more conductors designed for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages of one hundred fifteen thousand volts or more and all new switchyards to be used therewith and related thereto for which expenditures or financial commitments for land acquisition, materials, construction or engineering exceeding $50,000 have not been made before August 13, 1971. Transmission line does not include structures located on the substation, switchyard or generating site to which the line connects. 11. "Utility" means any person engaged in the generation or transmission of electric energy. END_STATUTE
74+ Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 40-360, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE40-360. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Area of jurisdiction" means the state, a county or an incorporated city or town that exercises concurrent or exclusive jurisdiction over a geographical area. 2. "Certificate of environmental compatibility" means the certificate that is required by this article and that evidences the approval by the state of the sites for a plant or transmission line, or both. 3. "Commission" means the corporation commission. 4. "Committee" means the power plant and transmission line siting committee. 5. "Current Arizona electric transmission system" means the existing electric transmission system serving this state and all transmission lines on file with the commission as of January 31 of the previous year. 6. "Facilities" means a plant or transmission line, or both. 7. "Member" means the state official named herein, the employee designee thereof from the department, agency or governing body of such state official member and the public members designated herein. 8. "Person" means any state or agency or political subdivision thereof, or any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, city or county, whether located within or without this state, or any combination of such entities. 9. "Plant" means each separate thermal or non-thermal electric, nuclear or hydroelectric generating unit with a nameplate rating of one hundred megawatts or more for which expenditures or financial commitments for land acquisition, materials, construction or engineering exceeding $50,000 have not been made before August 13, 1971. 10. "Transmission line" means five or more new structures that span more than one mile in length as measured from the first structure outside of the substation, switchyard or generating site to which the line connects to the fifth structure and that are erected above ground and support one or more conductors designed for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages of one hundred fifteen thousand volts or more and all new switchyards to be used therewith and related thereto for which expenditures or financial commitments for land acquisition, materials, construction or engineering exceeding $50,000 have not been made before August 13, 1971. Transmission line does not include structures located on the substation, switchyard or generating site to which the line connects. 11. "Utility" means any person engaged in the generation or transmission of electric energy. END_STATUTE
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