Bill Text: IL HB3429 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2021, no pesticide containing a neonicotinoid may be used outdoors on any land owned or maintained by the State, except for use in structural pest control or abatement of non-native insect borers, subject to specified restrictions. Defines "neonicotinoid". Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3429 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3429-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pesticide Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 4 and by adding Section 14.1 as follows:
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6 | (415 ILCS 60/4) (from Ch. 5, par. 804)
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7 | Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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8 | 1. "Director" means Director of the Illinois Department of
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9 | Agriculture or his authorized representative.
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10 | 2. "Active Ingredient" means any ingredient which will | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | prevent,
destroy, repel, control or mitigate a pest or which | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | will act as a plant
regulator, defoliant or desiccant.
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13 | 3. "Adulterated" shall apply to any pesticide if the | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | strength or
purity is not within the standard of quality | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | expressed on the labeling
under which it is sold, distributed | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | or used, including any substance
which has been substituted | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | wholly or in part for the pesticide as
specified on the | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | labeling under which it is sold, distributed or used,
or if any | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | valuable constituent of the pesticide has been wholly or in
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20 | part abstracted.
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21 | 4. "Agricultural Commodity" means produce of the land | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | including but
not limited to plants and plant parts, livestock | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | and poultry and
livestock or poultry products, seeds, sod, |
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1 | shrubs and other products of
agricultural origin including the | ||||||
2 | premises necessary to and used
directly in agricultural | ||||||
3 | production.
Agricultural commodity also includes aquatic | ||||||
4 | products as defined in the
Aquaculture Development Act.
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5 | 5. "Animal" means all vertebrate and invertebrate species | ||||||
6 | including,
but not limited to, man and other mammals, bird, | ||||||
7 | fish, and shellfish.
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8 | 6. "Beneficial Insects" means those insects which during | ||||||
9 | their life
cycle are effective pollinators of plants, | ||||||
10 | predators of pests or are
otherwise beneficial.
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11 | 7. "Certified applicator".
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12 | A. "Certified applicator" means any individual who is | ||||||
13 | certified
under this Act to purchase, use, or supervise | ||||||
14 | the use of pesticides
which are classified for restricted | ||||||
15 | use.
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16 | B. "Private applicator" means a certified applicator | ||||||
17 | who purchases,
uses, or supervises the use of any | ||||||
18 | pesticide classified for restricted
use, for the purpose | ||||||
19 | of producing any agricultural commodity on property
owned, | ||||||
20 | rented, or otherwise controlled by him or his employer, or
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21 | applied to other property if done without compensation | ||||||
22 | other than
trading of personal services between no more | ||||||
23 | than 2 producers of
agricultural commodities.
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24 | C. "Licensed Commercial Applicator" means a certified | ||||||
25 | applicator,
whether or not he is a private applicator with | ||||||
26 | respect to some uses, who
owns or manages a business that |
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1 | is engaged in applying pesticides,
whether classified for | ||||||
2 | general or restricted use, for hire. The term
also applies | ||||||
3 | to a certified applicator who uses or supervises the use | ||||||
4 | of
pesticides, whether classified for general or | ||||||
5 | restricted use, for any
purpose or on property of others | ||||||
6 | excluding those specified by
subparagraphs 7 (B), (D), (E) | ||||||
7 | of Section 4 of this Act.
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8 | D. "Commercial Not For Hire Applicator" means a | ||||||
9 | certified applicator
who uses or supervises the use of | ||||||
10 | pesticides classified for general or
restricted use for | ||||||
11 | any purpose on property of an employer when such
activity | ||||||
12 | is a requirement of the terms of employment and such
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13 | application of pesticides under this certification is | ||||||
14 | limited to
property under the control of the employer only | ||||||
15 | and includes, but is not
limited to, the use or | ||||||
16 | supervision of
the use of pesticides in a greenhouse | ||||||
17 | setting. "Commercial Not For Hire Applicator" also | ||||||
18 | includes a certified applicator who uses or supervises the | ||||||
19 | use of pesticides classified for general or restricted use | ||||||
20 | as an employee of a state agency, municipality, or other | ||||||
21 | duly constituted governmental agency or unit.
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22 | 8. "Defoliant" means any substance or combination of | ||||||
23 | substances
which cause leaves or foliage to drop from a plant | ||||||
24 | with or without
causing abscission.
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25 | 9. "Desiccant" means any substance or combination of | ||||||
26 | substances
intended for artificially accelerating the drying |
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1 | of plant tissue.
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2 | 10. "Device" means any instrument or contrivance, other | ||||||
3 | than a
firearm or equipment for application of pesticides when | ||||||
4 | sold separately
from pesticides, which is intended for | ||||||
5 | trapping, repelling, destroying,
or mitigating any pest, other | ||||||
6 | than bacteria, virus, or other
microorganisms on or living in | ||||||
7 | man or other living animals.
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8 | 11. "Distribute" means offer or hold for sale, sell, | ||||||
9 | barter, ship,
deliver for shipment, receive and then deliver, | ||||||
10 | or offer to deliver
pesticides, within the State.
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11 | 12. "Environment" includes water, air, land, and all | ||||||
12 | plants and
animals including man, living therein and the | ||||||
13 | interrelationships which
exist among these.
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14 | 13. "Equipment" means any type of instruments and | ||||||
15 | contrivances using
motorized, mechanical or pressure power | ||||||
16 | which is used to apply any
pesticide, excluding pressurized | ||||||
17 | hand-size household apparatus
containing dilute ready to apply | ||||||
18 | pesticide or used to apply household
pesticides.
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19 | 14. "FIFRA" means the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and | ||||||
20 | Rodenticide
Act, as amended.
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21 | 15. "Fungi" means any non-chlorophyll bearing | ||||||
22 | thallophytes, any
non-chlorophyll bearing plant of a lower | ||||||
23 | order than mosses or
liverworts, as for example rust, smut, | ||||||
24 | mildew, mold, yeast and bacteria,
except those on or in living | ||||||
25 | animals including man and those on or in
processed foods, | ||||||
26 | beverages or pharmaceuticals.
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1 | 16. "Household Substance" means any pesticide customarily | ||||||
2 | produced
and distributed for use by individuals in or about | ||||||
3 | the household.
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4 | 17. "Imminent Hazard" means a situation which exists when | ||||||
5 | continued
use of a pesticide would likely result in | ||||||
6 | unreasonable adverse effect on
the environment or will involve | ||||||
7 | unreasonable hazard to the survival of a
species declared | ||||||
8 | endangered by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior or to
species | ||||||
9 | declared to be protected by the Illinois Department of Natural
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10 | Resources.
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11 | 18. "Inert Ingredient" means an ingredient which is not an | ||||||
12 | active
ingredient.
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13 | 19. "Ingredient Statement" means a statement of the name | ||||||
14 | and
percentage of each active ingredient together with the | ||||||
15 | total percentage
of inert ingredients in a pesticide and for | ||||||
16 | pesticides containing
arsenic in any form, the ingredient | ||||||
17 | statement shall include percentage
of total and water soluble | ||||||
18 | arsenic, each calculated as elemental
arsenic. In the case of | ||||||
19 | spray adjuvants the ingredient statement need
contain only the | ||||||
20 | names of the functioning agents and the total percent
of those | ||||||
21 | constituents ineffective as spray adjuvants.
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22 | 20. "Insect" means any of the numerous small invertebrate | ||||||
23 | animals
generally having the body more or less obviously | ||||||
24 | segmented for the most
part belonging to the class Insects, | ||||||
25 | comprised of six-legged, usually
winged forms, as for example | ||||||
26 | beetles, caterpillars, and flies. This
definition encompasses |
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1 | other allied classes of arthropods whose members
are wingless | ||||||
2 | and usually have more than 6 legs as for example spiders,
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3 | mites, ticks, centipedes, and millipedes.
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4 | 21. "Label" means the written, printed or graphic matter | ||||||
5 | on or
attached to the pesticide or device or any of its | ||||||
6 | containers or
wrappings.
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7 | 22. "Labeling" means the label and all other written, | ||||||
8 | printed or
graphic matter: (a) on the pesticide or device or | ||||||
9 | any of its containers
or wrappings, (b) accompanying the | ||||||
10 | pesticide or device or referring to
it in any other media used | ||||||
11 | to disseminate information to the public,
(c) to which | ||||||
12 | reference is made to the pesticide or device except when
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13 | references are made to current official publications of the U. | ||||||
14 | S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Departments of | ||||||
15 | Agriculture, Health,
Education and Welfare or other Federal | ||||||
16 | Government institutions, the
state experiment station or | ||||||
17 | colleges of agriculture or other similar
state institution | ||||||
18 | authorized to conduct research in the field of
pesticides.
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19 | 23. "Land" means all land and water area including | ||||||
20 | airspace, and all
plants, animals, structures, buildings, | ||||||
21 | contrivances, and machinery
appurtenant thereto or situated | ||||||
22 | thereon, fixed or mobile, including any
used for | ||||||
23 | transportation.
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24 | 24. "Licensed Operator" means a person employed to apply | ||||||
25 | pesticides
to the lands of others under the direction of a | ||||||
26 | "licensed commercial
applicator" or a "licensed commercial
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1 | not-for-hire applicator".
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2 | 25. "Nematode" means invertebrate animals of the phylum
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3 | nemathelminthes and class nematoda, also referred to as nemas | ||||||
4 | or
eelworms, which are unsegmented roundworms with elongated | ||||||
5 | fusiform or
sac-like bodies covered with cuticle and | ||||||
6 | inhabiting soil, water, plants
or plant parts.
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7 | 26. "Permit" means a written statement issued by the | ||||||
8 | Director or his
authorized agent, authorizing certain acts of | ||||||
9 | pesticide purchase or of
pesticide use or application on an | ||||||
10 | interim basis prior to normal
certification, registration, or | ||||||
11 | licensing.
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12 | 27. "Person" means any individual, partnership, | ||||||
13 | association,
fiduciary, corporation, or any organized group of | ||||||
14 | persons whether
incorporated or not.
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15 | 28. "Pest" means (a) any insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, | ||||||
16 | weed, or
(b) any other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or | ||||||
17 | animal life or
virus, bacteria, or other microorganism, | ||||||
18 | excluding virus, bacteria, or
other microorganism on or in | ||||||
19 | living animals including man, which the
Director declares to | ||||||
20 | be a pest.
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21 | 29. "Pesticide" means any substance or mixture of | ||||||
22 | substances
intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or | ||||||
23 | mitigating any pest
or any substance or mixture of substances | ||||||
24 | intended for use as a plant
regulator, defoliant or desiccant.
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25 | 30. "Pesticide Dealer" means any person who distributes | ||||||
26 | registered
pesticides to the user.
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1 | 31. "Plant Regulator" means any substance or mixture of | ||||||
2 | substances
intended through physiological action to affect the | ||||||
3 | rate of growth or
maturation or otherwise alter the behavior | ||||||
4 | of ornamental or crop plants
or the produce thereof. This does | ||||||
5 | not include substances which are not
intended as plant | ||||||
6 | nutrient trace elements, nutritional chemicals, plant
or seed | ||||||
7 | inoculants or soil conditioners or amendments.
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8 | 32. "Protect Health and Environment" means to guard | ||||||
9 | against any
unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.
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10 | 33. "Registrant" means person who has registered any | ||||||
11 | pesticide
pursuant to the provision of FIFRA and this Act.
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12 | 34. "Restricted Use Pesticide" means any pesticide with | ||||||
13 | one or more
of its uses classified as restricted by order of | ||||||
14 | the Administrator of
USEPA or the Director, or any pesticide | ||||||
15 | which contains a neonicotinoid as defined in this Section .
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16 | 35. "SLN Registration" means registration of a pesticide | ||||||
17 | for use
under conditions of special local need as defined by
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18 | FIFRA.
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19 | 36. "State Restricted Pesticide Use" means any pesticide | ||||||
20 | use which
the Director determines, subsequent to public | ||||||
21 | hearing, that an
additional restriction for that use is needed | ||||||
22 | to prevent unreasonable
adverse effects.
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23 | 37. "Structural Pest" means any pests which attack and | ||||||
24 | destroy
buildings and other structures or which attack | ||||||
25 | clothing, stored food,
commodities stored at food | ||||||
26 | manufacturing and processing facilities or
manufactured and |
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1 | processed goods.
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2 | 38. "Unreasonable Adverse Effects on the Environment" | ||||||
3 | means the
unreasonable risk to the environment, including man, | ||||||
4 | from the use of any
pesticide, when taking into account | ||||||
5 | accrued benefits of as well as the
economic, social, and | ||||||
6 | environmental costs of its use.
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7 | 39. "USEPA" means United States Environmental Protection | ||||||
8 | Agency.
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9 | 40. "Use inconsistent with the label" means to use a | ||||||
10 | pesticide in
a manner not consistent with the label | ||||||
11 | instruction, the definition
adopted in FIFRA as interpreted by | ||||||
12 | USEPA shall apply in Illinois.
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13 | 41. "Weed" means any plant growing in a place where it is | ||||||
14 | not
wanted.
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15 | 42. "Wildlife" means all living things, not human, | ||||||
16 | domestic, or
pests.
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17 | 43. "Bulk pesticide" means any registered pesticide which | ||||||
18 | is
transported or held in an individual container in undivided | ||||||
19 | quantities of
greater than 55 U.S. gallons liquid measure or | ||||||
20 | 100 pounds net dry weight.
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21 | 44. "Bulk repackaging" means the transfer of a registered | ||||||
22 | pesticide from
one bulk container (containing undivided | ||||||
23 | quantities of greater than 100
U.S. gallons liquid measure or | ||||||
24 | 100 pounds net dry weight) to another bulk
container | ||||||
25 | (containing undivided quantities of greater than 100 U.S. | ||||||
26 | gallons
liquid measure or 100 pounds net dry weight) in an |
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1 | unaltered state in
preparation for sale or distribution to | ||||||
2 | another person.
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3 | 45. "Business" means any individual, partnership, | ||||||
4 | corporation or
association engaged in a business operation for | ||||||
5 | the purpose of
selling or distributing pesticides or providing | ||||||
6 | the service of application
of pesticides in this State.
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7 | 46. "Facility" means any building or structure and all | ||||||
8 | real property
contiguous thereto, including all equipment | ||||||
9 | fixed thereon used for the
operation of the business.
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10 | 47. "Chemigation" means the application of a pesticide | ||||||
11 | through the
systems or equipment employed for the primary | ||||||
12 | purpose of irrigation of land and
crops.
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13 | 48. "Use" means any activity covered by the pesticide | ||||||
14 | label including
but not limited to application of pesticide, | ||||||
15 | mixing and loading, storage of
pesticides or pesticide | ||||||
16 | containers, disposal of pesticides and pesticide
containers | ||||||
17 | and reentry into treated sites or areas. | ||||||
18 | 49. "Neonicotinoid" means any pesticide that contains | ||||||
19 | clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, dinotefuran, | ||||||
20 | acetamiprid, thiacloprid, nithiazine, nitenpyram, or other | ||||||
21 | neonicotinoid as may be identified by rules adopted by the | ||||||
22 | Department of Agriculture.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 99-540, eff. 1-1-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
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24 | (415 ILCS 60/14.1 new) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 14.1. Neonicotinoids. On and after January 1, 2021, |
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1 | no pesticide containing a neonicotinoid may be used outdoors | ||||||
2 | on any land owned or maintained by the State, except for use | ||||||
3 | in: | ||||||
4 | (a) structural pest control; or | ||||||
5 | (b) abatement of non-native insect borers, such as Agrilus | ||||||
6 | planipennis or related or similar insect pests, subject to the | ||||||
7 | following: | ||||||
8 | (1) Abatement application is restricted to the | ||||||
9 | following methods: | ||||||
10 | (A) Basal bark spray. | ||||||
11 | (B) Basal drench solely at the base of a tree. | ||||||
12 | (C) Soil injection solely at the base of a tree. | ||||||
13 | (D) Systemic root flare or trunk injection. | ||||||
14 | (2) Broadcast soil treatment, foliar spraying, or | ||||||
15 | dusting is not permitted. | ||||||
16 | (3) Abatement application made to a zoophilous species | ||||||
17 | shall occur after the blooming period has passed and early | ||||||
18 | enough to ensure that chemical decomposition occurs prior | ||||||
19 | to the following bloom season. | ||||||
20 | (c) For purposes of this Section, "zoophilous species" | ||||||
21 | means plants pollinated by insects, birds, or bats.
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law.
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