Bill Text: NC S603 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Pesticide Registration Paper Reduction
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-23 - Ch. SL 2011-239 [S603 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2011-S603-Chaptered.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
SESSION LAW 2011-239
SENATE BILL 603
AN ACT to eliminate the requirement to submit a material safety data sheet to the north carolina pesticide board in connection with registration of a pesticide.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 143‑442(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Every pesticide
prior to being distributed, sold, or offered for sale within this State or
delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between
points within this State through any point outside this State shall be
registered in the office of the Board, and such registration shall be renewed
annually before January 1 for the ensuing calendar year. Beginning in 1988, the
Board may by rule adopt a system of staggered three‑year registrations.
The applicant for registration shall file with the Board a statement including:that
includes all of the following:
(1) The name and address of
the applicant and the name and address of the person whose name will appear on
the label, if other than the applicant;applicant.
(2) The name of the pesticide;pesticide.
(3) A complete copy of the
labeling accompanying the pesticide and a statement of all claims to be made
for it including directions for use;use.
(4) If requested by the
Board, a full description of the tests made and the results thereof upon which
the claims are based;based.
(5) In the case of renewal
of registration, a statement with respect to information which is different
from that furnished when the pesticide was last registered;registered.
(6) A Material
Safety Data Sheet for the pesticide; and
(7) Any other information needed by the Board to determine the amount of annual assessment payable by the applicant."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to applications for registration or renewals of registration filed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of June, 2011.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 1:00 p.m. this 23rd day of June, 2011