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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 76
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5558
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO RESTRICT THE USE OF
PESTICIDES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OR ON
CERTAIN TYPES OF PRO PERTIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) Notwithstanding any 1
provision of chapter 441 of the general statutes or any regulation 2
adopted pursuant to said chapter, any municipality may, by 3
ordinance, restrict the application of any pesticide, as defined in 4
section 22a-47 of the general statutes, on any parcel of real property 5
located in such municipality. 6
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To enable municipalities to prohibit the application of pesticides on
certain properties within such municipality.
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[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. BERGSTEIN, 36th Dist.; REP. CAMILLO, 151st Dist.
S.B. 76