STATE OF NEW YORK
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4363--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 31, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
requiring lawn care companies to provide information to the property
owner prior to any commercial lawn application
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 33-1001 of the environmental conservation law, as
2 added by chapter 559 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 33-1001. Requirements and restrictions.
4 1. Prior to any commercial lawn application the applicator shall enter
5 into a written contract with the owner of the property or his or her
6 agent specifying the approximate date or dates of application, number of
7 applications, and total cost for the service to be provided [and].
8 2. Prior to any commercial lawn application the applicator shall
9 supply the property owner or his or her agent with a [written] copy [in
10 at least 12 point type] of:
11 a. a list of substances to be applied including brand names and gener-
12 ic names of active ingredients;
13 b. any warnings that appear on the label of pesticides to be applied
14 that are pertinent to the protection of humans, animals or the environ-
15 ment; and
16 c. the company name, address, telephone number, business registration
17 number and applicator certification identification card number.
18 Such information shall be supplied in either a written, digital or
19 electronic format which shall be determined by the owner or his or her
20 agent provided however that the applicator must also have a written copy
21 of such information in his or her possession.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 [2] 3. In the event that application on the date or dates specified
2 becomes infeasible, the person who is to provide such application shall
3 give the owner or his agent oral or written notice of the proposed
4 alternate date or dates, and shall receive acceptance of such alternate
5 date or dates from the owner or his agent prior to initiating commercial
6 lawn application.
7 [3] 4. Persons providing commercial lawn applications shall maintain
8 copies of all contracts required pursuant to subdivision one of this
9 section.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
11 have become a law.
