Bill Text: NY A01630 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes fees for certification of pesticide applicators of subcategory 3A-ornamentals, shade trees and turf or only subcategory 3B-turf the same as the fees for all other applicators.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A01630 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01630-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1630
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. SKOUFIS, MAGEE, WOERNER, STIRPE, SALADINO -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
        AN  ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to fees
          for certification of pesticide  applicators;  and  to  repeal  certain
          provisions of such law relating thereto
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 3  of  section  33-0905  of  the
     2  environmental  conservation  law,  as  amended by section 1 of part U of
     3  chapter 59 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
     4    d. Except as provided in [paragraphs] paragraph  e  [and  f]  of  this
     5  subdivision,  pesticide  applicator  certifications  shall  be valid for
     6  three years after which every applicator shall  recertify  according  to
     7  the  requirements  then  in  effect.  Certification identification cards
     8  shall be valid for three years.
     9    § 2. Paragraph f of subdivision 3 of section 33-0905 of  the  environ-
    10  mental conservation law is REPEALED.
    11    §  3.  Subdivision 2 of section 33-0911 of the environmental conserva-
    12  tion law, as amended by section 3 of part YY of chapter 59 of  the  laws
    13  of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
    14    2.  [a.  Except  as provided in paragraph b of this subdivision, fees]
    15  Fees for pesticide applicator certification shall be four hundred  fifty
    16  dollars  for  commercial pesticide applicator certification in one indi-
    17  vidual category, one hundred fifty dollars for each additional  category
    18  and  one  hundred fifty dollars for each additional sub-category chosen.
    19  For private applicators a fee of twenty-five  dollars  for  the  initial
    20  certified private applicator and five dollars for subsequent applicators
    21  on  the  same  farm  or business shall be charged at the time of initial
    22  certification, renewal of certification or recertification.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    [b. Fees for  pesticide  applicator  certification  for  a  commercial
     2  pesticide  applicator  with only subcategory 3A-ornamentals, shade trees
     3  and turf or only subcategory 3B-turf shall be two hundred dollars.]
     4    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to certif-
     5  ications issued on or after such date.