Nevada : 2015 Regular Session : BILL SB423
Makes an appropriation for the awarding of grants to support certain cloud seeding operations. (BDR S-483)
Sponsor: Sen Finance
Bill Details
Makes an appropriation for the awarding of grants to support certain cloud seeding operations. (BDR S-483)
GeoLawWatch Bill Summary
SB 423 was an appropriations bill, not a regulatory measure. It would have allocated $500,000 from the State General Fund to the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, specifically to award grants supporting cloud seeding operations intended to increase Nevada's water supply.
Grant recipients were required to report to the Department on the uses made of the grant money. The Department was then required to submit a report to the next regular session of the Legislature detailing the grants awarded, the amounts disbursed, and the results achieved.
The appropriation included sunset provisions: funds not committed for expenditure by June 30, 2017 could not be spent, and any portion remaining after September 15, 2017 was required to revert to the State General Fund.
The bill contained no regulatory provisions, enforcement mechanisms, or restrictions on cloud seeding activities. It represented state support for weather modification rather than prohibition or regulation.
History
SB 423 was introduced on March 23, 2015 and referred to the Senate Finance Committee. The bill received a notice of exemption on March 29, 2015—in Nevada legislative parlance, this exempts the bill from certain deadlines that would otherwise apply. However, the bill saw no further action after referral to the committee and died without receiving a hearing or vote when the 2015 session concluded on June 2, 2015.
The bill's fiscal note indicated no effect on local government but noted the appropriation was not included in the Executive Budget, meaning it represented a legislative add-on rather than a gubernatorial priority.
- Mon 23 Mar 2015 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To printer.
- Tue 24 Mar 2015 From printer. To committee.
- Sun 29 Mar 2015 Notice of exemption.
- Tue 02 Jun 2015 (No further action taken.)
Consolidated Bill Text
Referred to Committee on Finance
SUMMARY — Makes an appropriation for the awarding of grants to support certain cloud seeding operations.
(BDR S-483)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.
AN ACT relating to modification of weather; making an appropriation to the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the awarding of grants to support certain cloud seeding operations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel's Digest:
This bill makes an appropriation of $500,000 to the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to award grants to support cloud seeding operations which are intended to increase the supply of water in Nevada.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources the sum of $500,000 to be used by the Department to award grants to support cloud seeding operations which are intended to increase the supply of water in Nevada.
The recipient of any grant awarded pursuant to subsection 1 shall report to the Department concerning the uses made of the grant.
Sec. 2. The State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the next regular session of the Legislature, a report concerning any grants awarded pursuant to this section, including, without limitation, the amount of money granted and the results, if any, of those grants.
Sec. 3. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by section 1 of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2017, by the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 15, 2017, by either the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 15, 2017.
Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2015.