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- Substituted by A7638A
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1040
- Print number 4363a
- Amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Requires lawn care companies to provide certain information to property owners prior to any commercial lawn application
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Robert Sweeney
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BILL NUMBER:S4363A
Title of bill
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
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to amend provisions regarding notice requirements from certain pesticide applicators.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill would permit owners or their agents to decide if information pertaining to the pesticides scheduled to be applied to their lawns should be in written, digital or electronic format, provided that commercial lawn pesticide applicators must have a written copy in their possession.
Effects of present law which this bill would alter
Amends §33-1001 of the Environmental Conservation Law
Justification
Currently, the statutory language pertaining to commercial lawn applicators limits them to providing only a written copy in at least 12 point type to property owners or their agents. This is contrary to other sections of the Environmental Conservation Law, in which the statutory language permits information to be supplied either in written, digital or electronic format.
This bill would allow, at the customer's option, for the conservation of resources by allowing the applicator to provide pesticide information electronically.
Current law already allows such electronic transmission for pesticide applications indoors. This bill would extend this method to commercial law applications.
Allowing customers, or their agents, to choose to receive this information in an environmentally friendly format will contribute to efforts, locally and nationally, to reduce waste, and will ensure the customer receives the information in the format most convenient to them.
Prior legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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