STATE OF NEW YORK
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2946
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 26, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. SERINO, KENNEDY, O'MARA, RITCHIE, TEDISCO -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
guidelines for best practices in treating residential properties for
integrated pest management
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 33-0303 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
3 8. The commissioner shall develop guidelines for best practices in
4 treating residential properties for integrated pest management to assist
5 in the prevention of ticks that contribute to tick-borne infections.
6 Such guidelines shall include but not be limited to the use of landscape
7 techniques, methods to discourage rodent activity and effective pesti-
8 cide applications. The guidelines shall be available on the department's
9 website and shall be reviewed and revised annually with current best
10 practices.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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