Bill Text: NJ A4828 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits installation or use of residential automatic pesticide misting systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-15 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee [A4828 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A4828-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 4828

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED JANUARY 15, 2019

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  YVONNE LOPEZ

District 19 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits installation or use of residential automatic pesticide misting systems.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

 

An Act prohibiting the installation and use of residential automatic pesticide misting systems, and supplementing P.L.1971, c.176 (C.13:1F-1 et  seq.).

 

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

 

     1.    No person shall install or use any residential automatic pesticide misting system on any residential property in the State.  As used in this section, "residential automatic pesticide misting system" means any device that is designed to be installed on, near, or around the exterior, or the grounds, of a residential dwelling and to automatically spray a pesticide solution at timed intervals.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

    

     This bill would prohibit the installation and use of any residential automatic pesticide misting system on any residential property in the State.   The bill defines "residential automatic pesticide misting system" as any device that is designed to be installed on, near, or around the exterior, or the grounds, of a residential dwelling and to automatically spray a pesticide solution at timed intervals.  Also the bill supplements the Pesticide Control Act of 1971, and therefore a violator is subject to the penalties set forth under that act.

     Often installed to control mosquito and tick populations, pesticide misting systems have been shown to have little efficacy in controlling these pests while simultaneously posing a threat to the health of people and helpful insects, such as honey bees and other pollinators, according to at least one environmental organization.  Connecticut recently enacted legislation prohibiting these misting devices and New York State has taken administrative action to regulate the devices.