Geoengineering; prohibited, civil penalties.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not specify the exact amount of civil penalties, leaving it open-ended.

Geoengineering is Not Allowed; People Can Be Fined

This law makes it illegal for anyone to do geoengineering in Virginia and says that people who break this rule can face civil penalties.

What This Bill Does

• Defines geoengineering as the intentional injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or sunlight.
• Makes it against the rules for anyone to do geoengineering in Virginia.
• Says that people who break this rule can face civil penalties.

Who It Names or Affects

• Anyone who might want to do geoengineering in Virginia.

Terms To Know

Geoengineering

The intentional injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or sunlight.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much the fines will be.
• It is unclear if there are any exceptions for research or other activities.

Official Summary Text

Geoengineering prohibited; civil penalties.
Prohibits any person from engaging in geoengineering, defined in the bill as the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of sunlight, in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any person who violates such prohibition shall be subject to civil penalties authorized by relevant law.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 10.1 a section numbered
10.1-1322.6
, relating to geoengineering prohibited; civil penalties.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 10.1 a section numbered
10.1-1322.6
as follows:

§
10.1-1322.6
.
G
eoengineering
prohibited
; civil penalt
ies
.

A.
For the purpose of
this section
, "geoengineering" means the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of sunlight.

B.

No person shall

engage in geoengineering in the Commonwealth.

C.
Any person
who violates
the provisions of this section
shall be subject to
the
civil penalties authorized pursuant to
§
10.1-1309
or
10.1-1316
.