A02984 Summary:

BILL NOA02984
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSOREnglebright
 
COSPNSRThiele
 
MLTSPNSRBrennan, Colton, Cook, Hooper, Ortiz, Perry
 
Amd SS33-0101 & 33-0303, En Con L
 
Allows local governments to regulate pesticide use and notification more stringently than the commissioner of environmental conservation has elected to.
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A02984 Actions:

BILL NOA02984
 
01/20/2015referred to environmental conservation
01/06/2016referred to environmental conservation
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A02984 Committee Votes:

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A02984 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A02984 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2984
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 20, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          BRENNAN, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, HOOPER, ORTIZ, PERRY --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to local
          government  authority  to  regulate  pesticide  use  and  notification
          requirements
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  33-0101 of the environmental conservation law is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 50 to read as follows:
     3    50. "Pesticide use" means mixing, loading, handling, applying,  trans-
     4  porting,  disposing and storing of pesticides, and cleaning and disposal
     5  of pesticide containers.
     6    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 33-0303 of the  environmental  conserva-
     7  tion law is amended to read as follows:
     8    1.  Jurisdiction  in all matters pertaining to the distribution, sale,
     9  use and transportation of pesticides, is by this article  vested  exclu-
    10  sively  in  the commissioner, except that local governments may regulate
    11  pesticide use and notification of pesticide applications  more  restric-
    12  tively than the commissioner.
    13    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06087-01-5
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