WMOD00195

• Contract/Permit #: #90-3
• Applicant: Western Kansas Groundwater
• Project Name: Kansas Weather Modification
• Date: 6/15/1990
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Application

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weather modification actlvlty without first
having procured a required license and
permit, or who shall knowingly make a
false statement in an application for license
or permit, or who shall fail to file any
report or reports as required by this act, or
who shall conduct any weather modification
activity after a revocation of his or her
license or the denial, revocation,
modification, or temporary suspension of
his or her weather modification permit
therefor, or who shall violate any other
provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a
class B misdemeanor. Each day that any
such unauthorized weather modification
activity is conducted shall constitute a
separate offense.

82a-1424. Severability of act. If
any word, phrase, sentence, or provision of
this act is determined to be invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the other
provisions of this act and they shall be
given effect without the invalid provision,
and to this end the provisions of this act
are' declared to be severable.

82a-1425. Weather modification
programs; tax levy, use of proceeds;
protest petition and election. The board
of county commissioners of any county
may establish or participate in weather
modification programs and, for the pmpose
of paying the costs thereof and to pay a
portion of the principal and interest on
bonds issued under the authority of KS.A.
12-1774 and amendments thereto by cities
located in the county, may levy a tax of
not to exceed two mills upon the assessed
tangible valuation of property in the county
and expend the revenues for weather
modification purposes except that counties
having a population of more than 180,000
and not more than 220,000 and an assessed

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tangible valuation of more than
$350,000,000 and not more than
$365,000,000 shall be excluded. no such
levy shall be made until a resolution
authorizing the levy is adopted by the
board of county commissioners and stating
the specific purpose for which such levy is
made, the amount of the proposed levy and
the number of years that the levy will be
made, Such resolution shall be published
once each week for two consecutive weeks
in the official county newspaper. After
publication of the resolution, the levy may
be made unless a petition requesting an
election upon the proposition of whether to
make the levy is filed in accordance with .
this section. Such petition shall be signed
by electors equal in number to not less
than 5% of the qualified electors of the
county and shall be filed in the office of
the county election officer with 60 days
following the last publication of the
resolution, If a valid petition is filed, no
levy shall be made until the levy is
approved by a majority of the electors of
the county voting at an election called and
held thereon within 90 days. Notice of the
election shall be given and the eiection
shall be called and held in the manner
provided for by the provisions of KS.A,
10-120 and amendments thereto. Such tax
levy shall be in addition to all other tax
levies authorized or limited by law and
shall not be subject to nor within the
limitations upon the levy of taxes imposed
by KS,A. 79-5001 to 79-5016, inclusive,
and amendments thereto,
The board of county commissioners
may expend any other funds of the county
available for any such pmpose and, in
addition, receive and expend any and all
funds which may be offered or become
available for any such purpose.

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