Connecticut 2019 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00076 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/16/2019

                     
 
LCO No. 435   	1 of 1 
 
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.