2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 3:15 — Weather modification program

§15.  Weather Modification Program

A.  The commissioner of agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to establish the Weather Modification Program within the Department of Agriculture, the purpose of which shall be to develop a method or methods of augmenting precipitation to relieve periods of drought in Louisiana.  For the purposes of establishing such a program the commissioner is empowered to:

(1)  Plan and conduct a campaign to publicize and promote weather modification.

(2)  Encourage and assist private industry which has the necessary knowledge and experience to develop pilot weather modification projects.

(3)  Initiate, administer, and/or coordinate research and development projects pertaining to weather modification.

(4)  Contract for, receive, accept, and expend any funds made available from sources outside state government.

(5)  Enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with the state or federal government or private industry with respect to any project or projects involving weather modification.

B.  The commissioner is hereby directed to establish, in accordance with the provisions of this Section, a pilot project to modify weather in the parish of Natchitoches.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 271, §1.