§ 24-33.5-714 — Weather modification

Colorado § 24-33.5-714

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Public Safety

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The office of emergency management
shall keep continuously apprised of weather conditions that present danger of
precipitation or other climatic activity severe enough to constitute a disaster. If the
office of emergency management determines that precipitation that may result
from weather modification operations, either by itself or in conjunction with other
precipitation or climatic conditions or activity, would create or contribute to the
severity of a disaster, it shall recommend to the executive director of the
department of natural resources, empowered to issue permits for weather
modification operations under article 20 of title 36, C.R.S., to warn those
organizations or agencies engaged in weather modification to suspend their
operations until the danger has passed or recommend that said executive director
modify the terms of any permit as may be necessary.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2012: Entire part RC&RE with relocations, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1087, � 10, effective July 1.