Bill Text: NY S00920 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides definition of integrated pest management.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S00920 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00920-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           920
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Environmental
          Conservation
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          providing the definition of integrated pest management
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  33-0101 of the environmental conservation law is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 27-a to read as follows:
     3    27-a. "Integrated pest management"  means  a  systematic  approach  to
     4  managing  pests that utilizes a diversity of management options to mini-
     5  mize health, environmental and economic risks and impacts. These options
     6  may include biological, cultural, physical and chemical tools to prevent
     7  pest infestations or reduce them to acceptable levels.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00420-01-9