STATE OF NEW YORK
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8595
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
September 13, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. DICKENS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
requiring products containing glyphosate to have a warning label
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
2 new section 37-0115 to read as follows:
3 § 37-0115. Products containing glyphosate; warning label.
4 1. Any product containing glyphosate which is distributed, sold, or
5 offered for sale or use in the state shall have a label clearly and
6 conspicuously stating that such product contains glyphosate and that
7 glyphosate may be carcinogenic.
8 2. For the purposes of this section, glyphosate shall mean a synthetic
9 compound that is a non-selective systemic herbicide, also known as
10 N-(phosphonomethyl) glycerine with a chemical formula of C3H8NO5P.
11 3. The department is authorized to promulgate such rules and regu-
12 lations as it shall deem necessary to implement the provisions of this
13 section.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
15 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
16 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
17 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
18 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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