46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003
RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES; PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE WEATHER CONTROL ACT BY THE INTERSTATE STREAM COMMISSION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 75-3-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965, Chapter 235, Section 2) is amended to read:
"75-3-2. [DEFINITIONS] DEFINITION.--As used in the
Weather Control Act, "commission" means the [weather control
and cloud modification] interstate stream commission."
Section 2. Section 75-3-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965, Chapter 235, Section 7) is amended to read:
"75-3-7. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.--The commission may issue a
license to any applicant who demonstrates sufficient financial
responsibility [to the satisfaction of the board] necessary to
meet obligations reasonably likely to be attached to or result
from weather control or cloud modification activities and skill
and experience reasonably necessary to accomplishment of
weather control without actionable injury to property or
person."
Section 3. Section 75-3-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965, Chapter 235, Section 13) is amended to read:
"75-3-13. ENFORCEMENT.--Enforcement of the Weather
Control Act is vested in the [board of regents of New Mexico
institute of mining and technology. The board of regents shall
appoint a three-member weather control and cloud modification]
commission [for the purpose of administering the provisions of
the Weather Control Act. Technical assistance, research,
evaluation and advice to the commission shall be furnished by
the institute at the direction of the board of regents. The
commission shall elect from among its members a chairman and
other officers it deems necessary]. All fees collected by the
commission shall be [placed in a fund to be] used by the
commission for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of
the Weather Control Act."