BILL NO A07739
SAME AS SAME AS S06757
SPONSOR Hanna
COSPNSR Murray
MLTSPNSR
Rpld Art 33 Titles 5, 7, 9, 9-A, 10 - 13, 15, SS33-0103, 33-0303, 33-0304 &
33-0305, add S33-0101, amd S33-0301, En Con L
Provides that the regulation of pesticides in New York State shall conform to
the standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency.
BILL NUMBER:A7739
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
regulation of pesticides; and to repeal certain provisions of such law
relating thereto
PURPOSE OF BILL: The purpose of this article is to
regulate the
registration, commercial use, purchase and custom application of
pesticides
JUSTIFICATION:; Section 1 of this bill repeals titles
5, 7, 9, 9-A, 10,
11, 12, 13, and 15 of article 33 of the environmental conservation
law. Added to the law is the definition of pesticide as "any
substance or mixture or substances intended for preventing,
destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest; and any substance or
mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator,
defoliant or desiccant."
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the
120th day after it
shall have become a law
