Bill Text: NY A04461 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 4461 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Prohibits the use of atrazine, metalaxyl or the neonicotinoids class of chemicals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A04461 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04461-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4461--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, WEISENBERG, LAVINE, SCHIMEL, ROSEN-
         THAL, QUART, AUBRY, MILLER, JAFFEE, COLTON, COOK,  GALEF,  ROBERTS  --
         Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A. ABINANTI, FARRELL, GLICK, GOTTFRIED,
         JACOBS, McDONALD, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Environmental Conservation  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         prohibiting the use of the chemicals atrazine, metalaxyl and the neon-
         icotinoids class of chemicals
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
    2  new section 37-0115 to read as follows:
    3  S 37-0115. PROHIBITION OF USE OF THE CHEMICALS  ATRAZINE,  METALAXYL  OR
    4               THE NEONICOTINOIDS CLASS OF CHEMICALS.
    5    IT  SHALL  BE  UNLAWFUL  FOR ANY PERSON TO DISTRIBUTE, SELL, OFFER FOR
    6  SALE OR USE THE CHEMICALS ATRAZINE, METALAXYL OR THE CLASS OF  CHEMICALS
    7  NEONICOTINOIDS,  INCLUDING  IMIDACLOPRID, CLOTHIANIDIN AND THIAMETHOXAM,
    8  WITHIN THIS STATE OR DELIVER FOR TRANSPORTATION OR TRANSPORT  IN  INTRA-
    9  STATE  COMMERCE  OR  BETWEEN  POINTS WITHIN THIS STATE THROUGH ANY POINT
   10  OUTSIDE THIS STATE.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect January 1,  2015;  provided,  however,
   12  that  effective  immediately,  the addition and/or repeal of any rule or
   13  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
   14  date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on  or  before
   15  such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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