Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 82a-1421

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means and includes a natural person, a partnership, an organization, a corporation, a municipality and any department or agency of the state. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1402
  • Weather modification activity: means any operation or experimental process which has as its objective inducing change, by artificial means, in the composition, behavior, or dynamics of clouds and the atmosphere. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1402

The director may order any person who is found to be conducting weather modification activity without a license and permit to cease and desist from said operation. Any such order shall be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.