Bill Text: NY S01248 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to guidelines for best practices in treating residential properties for integrated pest management to assist in the prevention of ticks.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S01248 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01248-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1248
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2019
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        Introduced by Sens. SERINO, AMEDORE, CARLUCCI, JACOBS, KENNEDY, LAVALLE,
          LITTLE,  O'MARA,  RITCHIE,  SEWARD,  TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
          mental Conservation
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          guidelines  for  best practices in treating residential properties for
          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  33-0303 of the environmental conservation law is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8. The commissioner shall develop guidelines  for  best  practices  in
     4  treating residential properties for integrated pest management to assist
     5  in  the  prevention  of  ticks that contribute to tick-borne infections.
     6  Such guidelines shall include but not be limited to the use of landscape
     7  techniques, methods to discourage rodent activity and  effective  pesti-
     8  cide applications. The guidelines shall be available on the department's
     9  website  and  shall  be  reviewed and revised annually with current best
    10  practices.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00467-02-9