Bill Text: MI SB0370 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Environmental protection: hazardous products; glyphosate herbicide; prohibit certain residential uses of. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding subpt. 3 to pt. 147.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-21 - Referred To Committee On Environmental Quality [SB0370 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0370-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 370
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding subpart 3 to part 147.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
SUBPART 3 GLYPHOSATE
Sec. 14727. (1) A person shall not apply glyphosate on residential turfgrass or in residential flower beds or other residential ground cover beds.
(2) A person that sells a product containing glyphosate at retail shall maintain in the immediate vicinity of the product a sign stating, in 24-point type, substantially the following: "State law prohibits the application of glyphosate, a herbicide, on residential turfgrass or in residential flower beds or other residential ground cover beds."
(3) A person that violates subsection (1) is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $100.00. A person that violates subsection (2) is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than the following for each day of violation:
(a) $100.00 if the violation occurs within 1 year after the effective date of this section.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (a), $200.00.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
