to adopt the amendment to HB 5120.
Representative Hill moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5120. The motion prevailed 10-4- 3: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Scott, Andrews, Coleman, Whitsett, Neeley, Byrnes, Churches, Hill, MacDonell, McFall. Nays: Reps. Wendzel, Outman, Aragona, Prestin. Pass: Reps. BeGole, Greene, Schmaltz. Representative Aragona offered the following amendment to HB 5120: 1. Amend page 15, line 27, after "Sec. 227." by inserting "(1)". 2. Amend page 16, following line 24, by inserting: "(2) The applicant for a certificate must enter into a host community agreement with each city, village, or township where the energy facility is located. The host community agreement shall require that upon commencement of any operations, the energy facility owner shall annually pay to the city, village, or township the sum of $3,000.00 per megawatt of nameplate capacity within the local unit. The payments shall be used as determined by said local unit for any police or fire public safety, parks and recreation, or infrastructure. The host community agreement is legally binding. The host community agreement and the annual payments required thereby shall continue until the decommissioning of the energy facility. The commission shall enforce this requirement.".