Bill Text: NY S04949 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 4949 (Prior Session Legislation)

Amended

Bill Title: Provides for definition of integrated pest management.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-17 - referred to environmental conservation [S04949 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04949-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4949--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by Sen. THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
         -- recommitted to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  in
         accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
         amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
         tee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         providing the definition of integrated pest management
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  33-0101 of the environmental conservation law is
    2  amended by adding a new subdivision 27-a to read as follows:
    3    27-A. "INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT"  MEANS  A  SYSTEMATIC  APPROACH  TO
    4  MANAGING  PESTS THAT UTILIZES A DIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT OPTIONS TO MINI-
    5  MIZE HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC RISKS AND IMPACTS. THESE OPTIONS
    6  MAY INCLUDE BIOLOGICAL, CULTURAL, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TOOLS TO PREVENT
    7  PEST INFESTATIONS OR REDUCE THEM TO ACCEPTABLE LEVELS.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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