Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05999 Compare Versions

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7	7		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5999
8	8		January Session, 2019
9	9		LCO No. 5559
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12	12		Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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20	20		AN ACT CONCERNING PE STICIDE REGULATION IN THE STATE.
21	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22		Assembly convened:
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24	24		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) There is established an 1
25	25		account to be known as the pesticide enforcement account which shall 2
26	26		be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Moneys in 3
27	27		such account shall be used to provide for the costs of regulating 4
28	28		pesticides, performing requisite inspections concerning such 5
29	29		regulation and any enforcement activities concerning the regulation of 6
30	30		pesticides by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. 7
31	31		All funds collected from the registration of any pesticide pursuant to 8
32	32		sections 22a-48 to 22a-50, inclusive, of the general statutes shall be 9
33	33		deposited into the pesticide enforcement account. Such account shall 10
34	34		contain all moneys required by law to be deposited in such account. 11
35	35		Such account may receive funds from private or public sources, 12
36	36		including, but not limited to, any municipal government or the federal 13
37	37		government. 14
38	38		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) Not later than December 1, 15
39	39		2021, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 16 Committee Bill No. 5999
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46	46		implement the use of an electronic reporting and record keeping 17
47	47		system for pesticide registrations and private and commercial pesticide 18
48	48		applicator permits and certifications. Such system shall include, but 19
49	49		not be limited to, components that improve the Department of Energy 20
50	50		and Environmental Protection's ability to make available to the public 21
51	51		data concerning the use of pesticides in the state. 22
52	52		Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) Not later than October 1, 23
53	53		2020, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 24
54	54		adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of 25
55	55		the general statutes, to: (1) Regulate the on-line purchase of restricted 26
56	56		use pesticides in order to assure that such restricted use pesticides are 27
57	57		not purchased and applied by persons who are not authorized to 28
58	58		possess and apply such pesticides in accordance with the provisions of 29
59	59		chapter 441 of the general statutes; and (2) implement and conduct a 30
60	60		monitoring program that accurately and effectively determines levels 31
61	61		of pesticides in the soil, water and natural resources of the state, 32
62	62		including, but not limited to, the state's wildlife. 33
63	63		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
64	64		sections:
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66	66		Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
67	67		Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 New section
68	68		Sec. 3 October 1, 2019 New section
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70	70		ENV Joint Favorable
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