CS/HB 477 2025
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to weather modification activities; 2
amending s. 403.411, F.S.; increasing civil penalties 3
for violations of the weather modification law; 4
providing an effective date. 5
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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Section 1. Section 403.411, Florida Statutes, is amended 9
to read: 10
403.411 Penalty.—Any person conducting a weather 11
modification operation without first havin g procured a license, 12
or who makes shall make a false statement in his or her 13
application for license, or who fails shall fail to file any 14
report or reports as required by this act, or who conducts shall 15
conduct any weather modification operation after rev ocation or 16
suspension of his or her license, or who violates shall violate 17
any other provision of this act, commits shall be guilty of a 18
misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 19
775.082 and by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or s. 775.083; and, 20
if a corporation, the corporation commits shall be guilty of a 21
misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable by a fine not 22
exceeding $10,000 as provided in s. 775.083 . Each such violation 23
is shall be a separate offense. 24
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 25