Bill Text: CT SB00104 | 2018 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Prohibiting The Use Of Residential Automatic Pesticide Misting Systems.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-06-06 - Signed by the Governor [SB00104 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00104-Chaptered.html
Substitute Senate Bill No. 104
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF RESIDENTIAL AUTOMATIC PESTICIDE MISTING SYSTEMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2018) (a) On and after January 1, 2019, no person shall install or utilize any residential automatic pesticide misting system in this state. For purposes of this section, "residential automatic pesticide misting system" means any device that is designed to be installed on, near or around the exterior of any residential dwelling or the grounds of such residential dwelling and to automatically spray any pesticide solution at timed intervals.
(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. Such regulations may include, but shall not be limited to, the establishment of a fine for the violation of subsection (a) of this section.