Senator seeks to print bill to remove unused 1970s 'weather modification district' code
Mar 10, 2025
Senator Tammy Nichols asked the committee to print RS 32561 to remove an unused 1970s statutory reference to a 'weather modification district' that no jurisdiction currently uses; the committee voted to send the RS to print.
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Senator Tammy Nichols presented RS 32561 and asked the Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee to print the request so the Legislature can consider removing a section of code that established a taxing "weather modification district" in the 1970s. Nichols told the committee the provision was used in only one area historically and commissioners and the taxing commission could not identify any contemporary use or levies under that authority.
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