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SPONSOR: |
Stell |
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HB |
78 |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Weather Control Act Administration |
SB |
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ANALYST: |
Chabot |
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APPROPRIATION
Appropriation
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Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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$100.0 |
Recurring |
General
Fund |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
LFC Files
Responses
Received From
Office
of the State Engineer (OSE)
Regulation
and Licensing Department (RLD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Bill 78 amends
Section 75-3-2 NMSA 1978 assign to responsibilities for weather modification to
the Interstate Stream Commission (ISC) from the Weather Control and Cloud Modification
Commission. All fees collected for
weather modification will be used by the ISC for carrying out the purposes of
this act. Provisions of existing statute
pertaining to the Weather Control and Cloud Modification Commission are
stricken.
Significant Issues
The bill transfers authority to administer
weather control and cloud modification from the Weather Control and Cloud
Modification Commission to the ISC; however, it does not transfer any funding
or FTE. OSE estimates that 1 FTE and
funding at $100.0 will be required. The
bill also does not transfer any existing fund balances that may be available
from the Weather Control and Cloud Modification Commission.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
Rules and regulations
will have to be promulgated by the ISC.
Existing licenses issued by the Weather Control and Cloud Modification
Commission will have to be reissued by the ISC.