Bill Text: NY A09451 | 2015-2016 | 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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-04 - referred to environmental conservation [A09451 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09451-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9451
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 4, 2016
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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    10  mental conservation law is REPEALED.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.
    23    [b.  Fees  for  pesticide  applicator  certification  for a commercial
    24  pesticide applicator with only subcategory 3A-ornamentals,  shade  trees
    25  and turf or only subcategory 3B-turf shall be two hundred dollars.]
    26    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to certif-
    27  ications issued on or after such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14469-01-6