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ND SB2106
Bill
Status
1/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Todd Beard
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AI Summary
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Prohibits all weather modification activities in North Dakota, making it a class B misdemeanor to perform or contract for weather modification operations
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Defines weather modification broadly to include cloud seeding, hail suppression, precipitation modification (rain, snow, hail, mist, fog), and alteration of clouds, temperature, wind direction, and velocity
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Repeals Chapter 61-04.1 (the existing weather modification regulatory framework) and Section 37-17.1-15 of the North Dakota Century Code
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Removes weather modification from the list of state water development project priorities eligible for state water commission funding
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Eliminates township authority to spend funds on weather modification activities and removes water resource board authority to conduct weather modification operations
Legislative Description
Weather modification; and to provide a penalty.
Last Action
Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 18 nays 29
2/7/2025