Bill Text: NY S07356 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Defines "integrated pest management" for the purposes of the use of pesticides, to be a sustainable approach to managing pests by combining biological, cultural, physical and chemical tools in a manner that minimizes economic, health and environmental risks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-31 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S07356 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S07356-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7356
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 31, 2010
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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  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 SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO
    4  MANAGING PESTS BY COMBINING BIOLOGICAL, CULTURAL, PHYSICAL AND  CHEMICAL
    5  TOOLS  IN  A  MANNER  THAT  MINIMIZES ECONOMIC, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL
    6  RISKS.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD16694-01-0