Bill Text: NY A06336 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibits the use of the chemical Methoprene, trade name ALTOSID, as a pesticide.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-12 - restored to third reading [A06336 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A06336-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 4819--B A. 6336--B Cal. No. 451 2017-2018 Regular Sessions SENATE - ASSEMBLY March 2, 2017 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conser- vation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, L. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, OTIS, ABINANTI, MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading -- again amended on third reading, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the use of Methoprene The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 33-1301 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 3 12. For any person to use any pesticide containing the active ingredi- 4 ent isopropyl(2E, 4E)-11 Methoxy-3, 7, 11 Trimethyl-2, 4 Dodecadienoate 5 (Methoprene) in any storm drain, conveyance for water or fish habitat in 6 any municipality adjoining the Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, 7 and their connecting water bodies, bays, harbors, shallows and marshes 8 provided, however, an emergency application of such pesticide may be 9 made as determined by the county health department in cases where there 10 is a significant threat to public health. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2020. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09655-03-8
