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2208
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2208
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TECHNOLOGY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3010)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
prohibition
of
geoengineering
1
activities,
providing
penalties,
and
including
effective
2
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
708C.1
Definitions.
1
As
used
in
this
chapter:
2
1.
“Cloud
seeding”
means
a
type
of
weather
modification
3
that
attempts
to
change
the
amount
or
type
of
condensation
4
or
precipitation
by
dispersing
chemicals,
including
but
not
5
limited
to
silver
iodide,
potassium
iodide,
and
dry
ice,
into
6
the
air
by
means
of
aircraft
or
ground
generators.
7
2.
“Department”
means
the
department
of
public
safety.
8
3.
“Polluting
atmospheric
activity”
means
the
deliberate
9
discharge
of
any
solid,
liquid,
gaseous,
or
thermal
irritant,
10
contaminant,
or
substance,
including
smoke,
vapor,
soot,
11
fume,
aerosol
plume,
acid,
alkali,
chemical,
artificially
12
produced
electric
field,
magnetic
field,
electromagnetic
field,
13
electromagnetic
pulse,
sound
wave,
sound
pollution,
light
14
pollution,
microwave,
and
all
artificially
produced
ionizing
or
15
nonionizing
radiation
or
waste
conducted
in
the
atmosphere
that
16
may
have
harmful
consequences
upon
health,
the
environment,
or
17
agriculture
with
the
intent
to
manipulate
or
alter
the
weather.
18
4.
“Weather
engineering”
means
the
deliberate
manipulation
19
or
alteration
of
the
environment
for
the
purpose
of
changing
20
the
weather
or
climate
by
artificial
means,
typically
21
involving
the
deliberate
release
of
polluting
emissions
in
the
22
atmosphere
via
cloud
seeding,
for
small-scale,
large-scale,
and
23
global-scale
alteration
of
the
environment.
24
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
708C.2
Prohibited
acts.
25
A
person
shall
not
engage
in
polluting
atmospheric
activity,
26
cloud
seeding,
or
any
other
type
of
weather
engineering,
or
27
use
an
unmarked
or
unidentified
aircraft
or
other
vehicle
or
28
facility
to
engage
in
polluting
atmospheric
activity,
cloud
29
seeding,
or
any
other
type
of
weather
engineering,
unless
30
otherwise
provided
by
law.
31
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
708C.3
Penalties
and
enforcement.
32
1.
The
department
shall
immediately
issue
a
cease
and
desist
33
order
to
a
person
suspected
of
violating
section
708C.2.
A
34
cease
and
desist
order
issued
under
this
section
shall
have
the
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weight
of
a
court
order
and
any
violation
shall
be
punished
in
1
accordance
with
subsection
2.
2
2.
A
person
who
violates
section
708C.2
commits
a
class
“D”
3
felony.
A
separate
offense
is
committed
by
the
person
for
each
4
day
during
which
the
violation
has
been
conducted,
repeated,
5
or
continued.
6
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
7
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
relates
to
geoengineering
by
creating
penalties
12
and
enforcement
procedures
for
persons
engaging
in
such
13
practices.
A
person
who
engages
in
polluting
atmospheric
14
activity,
cloud
seeding,
or
weather
engineering
with
the
intent
15
to
manipulate
or
alter
the
weather
commits
a
class
“D”
felony.
16
A
class
“D”
felony
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
17
than
five
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$1,025,
but
not
more
18
than
$10,245.
Each
day
the
person
violates
this
restriction
19
is
treated
as
a
separate
offense.
Additionally,
if
these
20
practices
are
suspected,
the
department
of
public
safety
(DPS)
21
is
authorized
to
issue
the
suspected
person
a
cease
and
desist
22
letter
having
the
weight
of
a
court
order.
23
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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