LEG00139

• Bill Number: SB96-090
• Year: 1996
• Title: Concerning Regulation of Weather Modification and in Connection Therewith Continuing the Issuance of Permits for Weather Modification Operations by the Executive Director
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Passed

(e) Publ ishes a notice of intent to modify weather 'in the
counties to be affected by the weather modification program before
the 1 iceRsee OPERATOR secures a permit and before beginning
operations. The publ ished notice shall designate the primary
target area and indicate the general area which might be affected.
It shalla 1 so i ndi cate the expected durat i on and i,ntended effect
and state that complete details are available on request from the
liceRsee OPERATOR or the director or from the other agent
specified by the director. The publication shall also specify a
time and place, not more than one week following the completion
of publication, for a hearing on the proposed project. Proof of
publication shall be furnished to the director by the liceRsee
OPERATOR.

(g) PROVIDES THE INFORMATION THAT IS REQUESTED BY THE
DIRECTOR REGARDING THE, QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE
OF THE OPERATOR.

(3) No permit may be issued unless the director determines,
based on the information provided in the operational plan and on
the testimony provided at the public hearing:

(a) Tllat, if it is a commerE:ial prsject, tile prspsseEl
'::eatller msEli fi cat i SR sperat i SR is cSRcei yeEl ts prsvi E1e, ,aREI sffers
premise ef previEliR~, aR eceRemic BeRefit te tile area iR wllicll tile
eperatieR ~ill Be cSRElwcteEl;

(c) That the project is if it is a cemmercial preject,
scientifically and technically feasible;

(d) Tllat tile preject is, if it is a scieRtific er researcll
project, E1es i ~ReEl fsr aREI sffers premi se ef eJ(paREli R~ tile
kRo~led~e aREI tile teellRele~y ef weatller medificatieR;

SECTION 9. 36-20-113, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1990 Repl.
Vol., is amended to read:

36-20-113. Permit fee. The fee for each permit or the
renewal thereof under section 36-20-114 shall be at a miRimum ef
LEAST one hundred dollars. If the operation is a commercial
project, aR additieRal amewRt ellwal te t'.:e perceRt sf tile yalwe
ef tile ceRtract fer swell commercial preject sllall Be rellwireEl aREI
paiEl Befere a permit may Be isswed THE DIRECTOR SHALL SET A FEE
THAT IS SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE DIRECT COSTS OF REVIEW OF THE PERMIT
APPLICATION, PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING THE APPLICATION,' AND
MONITORING' OF PERMIT OPERATIONS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
ARTICLE. Said fees are intended to provide at least a portion of
the moneys necessary to administer this article. '

SECTION 10.. 36-20-114, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1990
Repl. Vol" as amended, is amended to read:

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