NRS 544.120 – License and permit required for activities for modification and control of weather.
Except as provided in NRS 544.130, no person shall engage in activities for weather modification and control except under and in accordance with a license and a permit issued by the Director authorizing such activities. (Added to NRS by 1961, 693)
NRS 544.130 – Exemptions.
The Director, to the extent the Director deems practical, shall provide by regulation for exempting from the license, permit and liability requirements of NRS 544.070 to 544.240, inclusive: 1. Research and development and experiments by state and federal agencies, institutions of higher learning and bona fide nonprofit research organizations. 2. Laboratory research and experiments. 3. […]
NRS 544.132 – Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Director. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
1. A natural person who applies for the issuance or renewal of a license to engage in activities for weather modification and control shall submit to the Director the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be […]
NRS 544.134 – Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
1. If the Director receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a license to engage in activities for weather modification and control, the Director shall deem […]
NRS 543.830 – Transfer of property and money to county; collection and disposition of taxes.
1. All property and all funds remaining in the treasury of any district so dissolved shall be surrendered and transferred to the county in which the district exists and shall become a part of the general fund of the county. 2. All outstanding and unpaid tax sales and levies of a dissolved district shall be […]
NRS 544.010 – Short title.
NRS 544.010 to 544.060, inclusive, may be cited as the Weather Modification Research Law. (Added to NRS by 1961, 668)
NRS 544.020 – Definitions.
As used in NRS 544.010 to 544.060, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Department” means the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. 2. “Director” means the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Added to NRS by 1961, 668)
NRS 544.030 – State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources authorized to conduct research programs.
The Department may conduct weather modification research programs. (Added to NRS by 1961, 668)
NRS 544.040 – County financial participation in research; conditions.
In areas where weather modification research is to be carried on, the counties involved may give such financial assistance as the Director and the board of county commissioners shall determine, but such financial assistance shall aggregate for the counties involved an amount not less than 25 percent of the amount paid by the State for […]
NRS 544.050 – Agreements between counties and State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; term of agreements.
Counties in cooperating with the Director in conducting any weather modification program in fulfillment of the purposes of NRS 544.010 to 544.060, inclusive, are authorized to enter into 5-year agreements with the Director. (Added to NRS by 1961, 669; A 1975, 576)