Virginia's Great Outdoors Act; established, creates data center land conservation tax.
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Latest action
- Jul 21
Where it stands
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What it does
Virginia's Great Outdoors Act established; data center land conservation tax; land preservation distributions and appropriations. Creates a data center land preservation tax on and after January 1, 2027, in an amount equal to $3 per square foot of each data center facility footprint, as defined in the bill, and directs no less than $250 million of revenues from the tax to be distributed for various land protection and preservation purposes, including into the Virginia Tribal Commitment Fund, as created in the bill. The bill also repeals provisions requiring the Governor to include in the budget bill or in his amendments to the general appropriation act a recommended appropriation from the…
What moved
Who is involved
- Paul KrizekLead sponsor
- Buddy FowlerCo-sponsor
- Destiny LeVere BollingCo-sponsor
- Karen Keys-GamarraCo-sponsor
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Paul Krizek
- Buddy Fowler
- Destiny LeVere Bolling
- Gretchen M. Bulova
- Karen Keys-Gamarra
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