Assembly Bill A8098

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the preparation of recommendations for best practices in treating livestock and farm property for certain tick treatment, prevention and management

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4876 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2019-A8098 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4876
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16, Ag & Mkts L

2019-A8098 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the preparation of recommendations for best practices in treating livestock and farm property for Asian longhorned tick treatment, prevention and management.

2019-A8098 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8098
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 3, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  requir-
   ing  the preparation of recommendations for best practices in treating
   livestock and farm properties for  Asian  longhorned  tick  treatment,
   prevention, and management

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 50 to read as follows:
   50.  DEVELOP,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT
 OF HEALTH AND THE NEW YORK STATE LAND  GRANT  UNIVERSITY,  BEST-PRACTICE
 RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR  TREATMENT,  PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF LIVESTOCK
 AND FARM PROPERTY TO PROTECT AGAINST ASIAN LONGHORNED TICKS. SUCH RECOM-
 MENDATIONS SHALL BE BASED UPON SCIENTIFIC DATA AND  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT
 NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO, THE USE OF LANDSCAPE TECHNIQUES DEMONSTRATED TO BE
 SAFE FOR  LIVESTOCK,  PEOPLE,  PETS  AND  THE  ENVIRONMENT,  METHODS  TO
 DISCOURAGE  RODENT ACTIVITY, AND, AS A METHOD OF LAST RESORT, THE USE OF
 EFFECTIVE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION
 33-0101  OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, INCLUDING USAGE INFORMA-
 TION AND ANY LABEL WARNINGS OR CAUTION STATEMENTS. THE COMMISSIONER,  IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY, SHALL DEVEL-
 OP AND DISTRIBUTE TO FARMERS INFORMATION ON ASIAN LONGHORNED TICK TREAT-
 MENT,  MANAGEMENT, AND PREVENTION.  SUCH INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
 SHALL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11790-06-9

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