Senate Bill S5579

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires notices relating to lawn pesticides to be printed in both the English and Spanish languages

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  • 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-S5579 - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§33-1004 & 33-1005, En Con L

2019-S5579 - Summary

Requires the written notices, signs and markers required for pesticides for commercial and residential lawn application to be printed in both the English and Spanish languages and any other languages if the commissioner of environmental conservation deems it necessary.

2019-S5579 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5579 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5579
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- 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
   requiring certain signs and notices relating to pesticides for commer-
   cial  or  residential  lawn  application  to be printed in the Spanish
   language in areas with a significant number of Spanish speaking  resi-
   dents
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1  of  section  33-1004  of  the
 environmental  conservation  law, as added by chapter 285 of the laws of
 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   a. All retail establishments that  sell  general  use  pesticides  for
 commercial  or residential lawn application shall display a sign meeting
 standards, established by the commissioner pursuant to  subdivision  one
 of  section  33-1005  of  this article, in a conspicuous place, and such
 sign shall be placed as close as possible to the place where such pesti-
 cides are displayed.  SUCH STANDARDS OF THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE
 THAT IN AREAS OF THE STATE WITH A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SPANISH SPEAKING
 RESIDENTS, THE SIGNS REQUIRED BY THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE PRINTED IN BOTH
 THE  ENGLISH  AND  SPANISH LANGUAGES.   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH
 RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING WHAT CONSTITUTES A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
 SPANISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS.
   § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph  b  of  subdivision  1  of  section
 33-1004 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 324
 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  At  least forty-eight hours prior to any commercial lawn applica-
 tion of a pesticide, the person  or  business  making  such  application
 shall  supply written notice, as defined in subdivision three of section
 33-1005 of this article to:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07471-01-9
              

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2019-S5579A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§33-1004 & 33-1005, En Con L

2019-S5579A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the written notices, signs and markers required for pesticides for commercial and residential lawn application to be printed in both the English and Spanish languages and any other languages if the commissioner of environmental conservation deems it necessary.

2019-S5579A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5579A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5579--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
   -- recommitted to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  in
   accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   requiring certain signs and notices relating to pesticides for commer-
   cial or residential lawn application to be printed in both the English
   and Spanish languages
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section
 33-1004  of  the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 285
 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) All persons performing residential lawn applications  treating  an
 area  more than one hundred square feet shall affix markers to be placed
 within or along the perimeter of  the  area  where  pesticides  will  be
 applied. Markers are to be placed so as to be clearly visible to persons
 immediately outside the perimeter of such property. [Such markers] MARK-
 ERS shall be posted at least twelve inches above the ground and shall be
 at  least  four  inches by five inches in size. SUCH MARKERS SHALL BE IN
 BOTH THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH LANGUAGES, AND ANY OTHER LANGUAGES  IF  THE
 COMMISSIONER DEEMS IT NECESSARY PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS.
   §  2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 33-1005 of the
 environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 285 of the  laws  of
 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   The  commissioner  shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing
 uniform standards for a consumer pesticide use  information  sign  which
 shall  be  placed  in retail establishments that sell general use pesti-
 cides for commercial or residential lawn application. This sign SHALL BE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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