§169-2 - Activities permitted in a private agricultural park.
[§169-2] Activities permitted in a privateagricultural park. Within a private agricultural park, pursuant to privateagreements between any or all of the parties of the private agricultural parkagreement, one or more of the parties may:
(1) Engage in the generation of electrical energyfrom fossil fuel or renewable energy sources, including the use of fallingwater, biomass, wind, and solar energy. Any electrical energy generated withinthe boundaries of the private agricultural park, whether by a party or partiesto the agreement or through an agreement between a party or parties and anonparty independent energy producer, may be produced, sold, transmitted, andconsumed by any other party of the private agricultural park agreement;provided that the electrical energy generated is used for agricultural purposesincluding but not limited to the pumping of agricultural water, cooling, airconditioning, or agricultural processing; provided further that the electricalenergy generated is used within the established boundaries of the privateagricultural park; and provided further that the transmission and distributionsystem is solely owned by a party of the private agricultural park agreement;
(2) Collect, sell, and distribute cold water to anyother party of the private agricultural park agreement to operate cooling andprocessing facilities for agricultural products or for air conditioning;
(3) Collect, store, sell, and distribute nonpotablewater for irrigation purposes to any other party of the private agriculturalpark agreement; and
(4) Engage in any other lawful activity within theboundaries of the private agricultural park for the benefit of one or more ofits parties. [L 2009, c 122, pt of §2]