Minnesota SF2462 reenacts a prohibition on weather modification within the state.
Minnesota SF2462 reenacts prior law prohibiting weather modification within the state's boundaries and airspace. The bill claims the state's sovereign right to ensure public safety, human health, and environmental welfare by protecting citizens against weather modification. It defines weather as the atmosphere, clouds, temperature, barometric pressure, sunlight, wind, rain, lightning, hail, sleet, fog, and frost. The bill prohibits any person from engaging in weather modification, including the intentional placement of chemicals into the atmosphere for modifying effects.
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