Bill Text: NY A07638 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires lawn care companies to provide certain information to property owners prior to any commercial lawn application.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-09-23 - signed chap.526 [A07638 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07638-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7638
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 11, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         requiring  law  care  companies to provide information to the property
         owner prior to any commercial lawn application
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 33-1001 of the environmental conservation law, as
    2  added by chapter 559 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
    3  S 33-1001. Requirements and restrictions.
    4    1. Prior to any commercial lawn application the applicator shall enter
    5  into a written contract with the owner of  the  property  or  his  agent
    6  specifying  the  approximate  date  or  dates  of application, number of
    7  applications, and total cost for the service to be provided [and].
    8    2. PRIOR TO ANY  COMMERCIAL  LAWN  APPLICATION  THE  APPLICATOR  shall
    9  supply  the  property  owner  or  his agent with a [written] copy [in at
   10  least 12 point type] of:
   11    a. a list of substances to be applied including brand names and gener-
   12  ic names of active ingredients;
   13    b. any warnings that appear on the label of pesticides to  be  applied
   14  that  are pertinent to the protection of humans, animals or the environ-
   15  ment; and
   16    c. the company name, address, telephone number, business  registration
   17  number and applicator certification identification card number.
   18    SUCH  INFORMATION  SHALL  BE  SUPPLIED IN EITHER A WRITTEN, DIGITAL OR
   19  ELECTRONIC FORMAT WHICH SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE OWNER OR HIS  OR  HER
   20  AGENT PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT THE APPLICATOR MUST ALSO HAVE A WRITTEN COPY
   21  OF SUCH INFORMATION IN OR HER POSSESSION.
   22    [2]  3.   In the event that application on the date or dates specified
   23  becomes infeasible, the person who is to provide such application  shall
   24  give  the  owner  or  his  agent  oral or written notice of the proposed
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11566-01-1
       A. 7638                             2
    1  alternate date or dates, and shall receive acceptance of such  alternate
    2  date or dates from the owner or his agent prior to initiating commercial
    3  lawn application.
    4    [3]  4.  Persons providing commercial lawn applications shall maintain
    5  copies of all contracts required pursuant to  subdivision  one  of  this
    6  section.
    7    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    8  have become a law.