Bill Text: MI HB5369 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Agriculture; fertilizer; use of phosphorus fertilizer; restrict. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding sec. 8512c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5368'09

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-09-16 - Printed Bill Filed 09/16/2009 [HB5369 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5369-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5369

 

September 15, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Valentine, Warren, Scripps, Miller, Sheltrown, Leland, Lipton, Bledsoe, Gonzales, Espinoza, Smith, Donigan, Roberts, Kennedy and Meadows and referred to the Committee on Great Lakes and Environment.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 8512c.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 8512c. (1) Beginning January 1, 2011, a person shall not

 

display for retail sale a turf fertilizer labeled as containing the

 

plant nutrient available phosphate (P₂O₅). A person that sells turf

 

fertilizer labeled as containing the plant nutrient available

 

phosphate at retail may post a sign advising customers that turf

 

fertilizer labeled as containing available phosphate is available

 

upon request for permitted uses. The sign shall advise customers in

 

easily legible type of the requirements of section 8512b(1) to (3).

 

     (2) As used in this section, "turf fertilizer" means

 

fertilizer labeled for use on turf, lawns, or lawns and gardens.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.

 

00613'09 **) of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.