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Assembly Bill A5997

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to testing of pesticides and other substances

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2017-A5997 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 27 Title 24 §27-2407, Art 37 Title 1 §37-0102, amd §§33-0303 & 35-0107, En Con L

2017-A5997 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation to take a test sample of any chemical a person might be exposed to for purposes of identification.

2017-A5997 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5997
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GARBARINO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to test-
   ing of pesticides and other substances
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Title  24 of article 27 of the environmental conservation
 law is amended by adding a new section 27-2407 to read as follows:
 § 27-2407. DUTY OF THE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT TO TEST WASTE.
   UPON INVESTIGATION OF ANY COMPLAINT OF A VIOLATION  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT A TEST SAMPLE OF ANY SUBSTANCE WRONG-
 LY  EXPOSED  TO  A PERSON SHALL BE COLLECTED FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICA-
 TION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL IMMEDIATELY  DISCLOSE  TO  THE  PERSON  ANY
 INFORMATION  DISCOVERED DURING THE INVESTIGATION THAT MAY BE RELEVANT TO
 SUCH PERSON'S HEALTH AND SAFETY.
   § 2. Section 33-0303 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. UPON INVESTIGATION OF ANY COMPLAINT OF A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT A TEST SAMPLE OF ANY PESTICIDE WRONG-
 LY  EXPOSED  TO  A PERSON SHALL BE COLLECTED FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICA-
 TION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL IMMEDIATELY  DISCLOSE  TO  THE  PERSON  ANY
 INFORMATION  DISCOVERED DURING THE INVESTIGATION THAT MAY BE RELEVANT TO
 SUCH PERSON'S HEALTH AND SAFETY.
   § 3. Section 35-0107 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. UPON INVESTIGATION OF ANY COMPLAINT OF A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE,
 THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ENSURE THAT A TEST SAMPLE OF ANY DETERGENT AND
 ANY OTHER HOUSEHOLD CLEANSING PRODUCT WRONGLY EXPOSED TO A PERSON  SHALL
 BE  COLLECTED  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  IDENTIFICATION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 IMMEDIATELY DISCLOSE TO THE PERSON ANY INFORMATION DISCOVERED DURING THE
 INVESTIGATION THAT MAY BE RELEVANT TO SUCH PERSON'S HEALTH AND SAFETY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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