Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1175 transfers administration of the weather modification and control program from the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and repeals certain Water Code provisions accordingly and replaces them with new law incorporating the change. The bill amends the Agriculture Code to require the development and administration by the Texas Department of Agriculture of a weather modification and control grant program. Senate Bill 1, the General Appropriations Act, appropriates approximately $4.97 million to the grant program for FY2002 and FY2003.