Bill Text: NY S09054 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the department of environmental conservation to prepare recommendations for best practices in treating residential properties for tick prevention and management.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-15 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09054 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S09054-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9054
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 15, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to  require  the  department  of  environmental  conservation  to
          prepare  recommendations  for  best  practices in treating residential
          properties for tick prevention and management
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.    The  commissioner  of  the  department of environmental
     2  conservation, in consultation with New York state's land grant universi-
     3  ty and the Cary Institute, shall develop recommendations no  later  than
     4  May  1,  2019  for  residential property tick prevention and management.
     5  Such science-based recommendations shall include but not be  limited  to
     6  the use of landscape techniques demonstrated to be safe for people, pets
     7  and  the  environment,  methods  to  discourage  rodent activity, use of
     8  fungal pathogens, and effective active ingredients, as defined in subdi-
     9  vision 1 of section  33-0101  of  the  environmental  conservation  law,
    10  including  usage  information  and  any label warnings or caution state-
    11  ments. The  recommendations  shall  be  available  on  the  department's
    12  website  and  shall  be reviewed and revised annually to reflect current
    13  best practices.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06566-06-8