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<br />II. <br /> <br />HISTORY OF WEATHER MODIFICATION LEGISLATION IN COLORADO <br /> <br />Major Events <br /> <br />1951 <br /> <br />Initial Weather Control Act <br />License issued by Commissioner of Agriculture <br />Five member commission <br /> <br />1963 <br /> <br />Regulation moved to the Department <br />of Natural Resources <br /> <br />1971 <br /> <br />Legislative Council Committee appointed to <br />study weather modification regulation <br /> <br />1973 <br /> <br />New Weather Modification Act <br />License and permit requirements <br />Advisory Committee established <br /> <br />First Regulation of Weather Control in Colorado <br /> <br />The first Weather Control Act was passed in 1951. In that Weather Control Act <br />the state claimed the right to all moisture suspended in the atmosphere which <br />would fall or become part of the natural streams of Colorado. The Act also <br />proclaimed the state's right to increase precipitation by artificial means for <br />use in Colorado without material damage to others. The Act directed the governor <br />to appoint a five member commission consisting of a representative from each of <br />the then four Congressional Districts and one Inember at-large. Licenses for <br />weather control or cloud modification were made mandatory. Requirements included: <br /> <br />1) proof of financial responsibility adequate to meet the <br />obligations reasonably likely to be attached to or result from <br />weather control activities; <br /> <br />2) the skill and experience reasonably necessary to the <br />accomplishment of weather control without actionable injury to <br />property or person; <br /> <br />3) seeding re port s and a 1 icense fee of snoo (It remams $100 l.n <br />1982) . <br /> <br />9 <br />