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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 76
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 435
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. BERGSTEIN, 36
th Dist.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO RESTRICT THE USE OF
PESTICIDES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OR ON
CERTAIN TYPES OF PROPERTIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 441 of the general statutes be amended to authorize 1
municipalities, in addition to the Commissioner of Energy and 2
Environmental Protection, to designate pesticides as restricted use 3
pesticides. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To allow towns to ban or restrict the use of pesticides that may not be
banned or restricted on the state level and restrict the application of
pesticides in certain areas of the municipality or on certain types of
properties.