Bill Text: NJ A1243 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires certain notification prior to mosquito control spraying applications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-14 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture Committee [A1243 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-A1243-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1243

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  GARY S. SCHAER

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Mukherji

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires certain notification prior to mosquito control spraying applications.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning mosquito control and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  The State Mosquito Control Commission shall:  (1) notify any registered apiarist at least 24 hours prior to performing within three miles of a registered apiary any mosquito control spraying application by telephone, regular or certified mail with sufficient lead time for the notice to be delivered the day before the application, fax, or email; and (2) post notice on their website no later than 12 hours prior to beginning any mosquito control spraying application.

     b.    Any mosquito control spraying application shall be conducted before dawn or after dusk.

 

     2.    a.  A county mosquito control commission shall:  (1) notify any registered apiarist at least 24 hours prior to performing within three miles of a registered apiary any mosquito control spraying application by telephone, regular or certified mail with sufficient lead time for the notice to be delivered the day before the application, fax, or email; and (2) post notice on their website no later than 12 hours prior to beginning any mosquito control spraying application.

     b.    Any mosquito control spraying application shall be conducted before dawn or after dusk.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would require certain notification prior to mosquito control spraying applications. Specifically, the bill would require the State Mosquito Control Commission and all county mosquito control commissions to:

     1)    notify any registered apiarist at least 24 hours prior to performing within three miles of a registered apiary any mosquito control spraying application by telephone, regular or certified mail with sufficient lead time for the notice to be delivered the day before the application, fax, or email; and

     2)   post notice on their website no later than 12 hours prior to beginning any mosquito control spraying application.

     Additionally, the bill would require all mosquito control spraying applications to be conducted before dawn or after dusk.