Senate Bill S1603

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting requirements for commercial pesticide applicators

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S1603 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §33-1205, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S6022

2013-S1603 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reporting requirements for commercial pesticide applicators; requires application to contain the county and five digit zip code.

2013-S1603 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1603 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1603

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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
  reporting requirements for commercial pesticide applicators

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 33-1205 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
added by chapter 279 of the laws of 1996, the closing paragraph of para-
graph  a of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 260 of the laws of 1997,
is amended to read as follows:
S 33-1205. Recordkeeping and reporting.
  1. All commercial applicators shall maintain pesticide use records for
each pesticide application containing the following:
  a. EPA registration number;
  b. product name;
  c. quantity of each pesticide used;
  d. [date applied;
  e. location of application by address (including five-digit zip code)]
COUNTY AND FIVE-DIGIT ZIP CODE.
  Such records shall be maintained for a period of not less  than  three
years.  All  commercial  applicators  shall  file,  at least annually, a
report or reports containing such information  with  the  department  on
computer diskette or in printed form on or before February first for the
prior  calendar  year.  All  commercial  applicators shall also maintain
corresponding records of the dosage rates, methods  of  application  and
target  organisms for each pesticide application. These records shall be
maintained on an annual basis and retained for a period of not less than
three years and shall be available for inspection upon  request  by  the
department.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04646-01-3
              

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