Bill Text: NY S00126 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the sale and distribution of glyphosate and products containing glyphosate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S00126 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00126-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           126
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          prohibiting  the  sale  and  distribution  of  glyphosate and products
          containing glyphosate
          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  § 37-0115. Prohibition of glyphosate and products containing glyphosate.
     4    1. No person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability compa-
     5  ny or corporation shall distribute, sell, offer for sale or use  glypho-
     6  sate or any products containing glyphosate within New York state.
     7    2. For the purposes of this section, glyphosate shall mean a synthetic
     8  compound  that  is  a  non-selective  systemic  herbicide, also known as
     9  N-(phosphonomethyl) glycerine with a chemical formula of C3H8NO5P.
    10    3. The department is authorized to promulgate  such  rules  and  regu-
    11  lations  as  it shall deem necessary to implement the provisions of this
    12  section.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    14  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    15  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    16  tation  of  this act on its effective date is authorized and directed to
    17  be made and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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