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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 120
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 1194
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF CHLORPYRIFOS ON GOLF
COURSES AND NEONICOTINOIDS FOR NONAGRICULTURAL USE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2022) No person shall use or 1
apply chlorpyrifos: (1) On any golf course, or (2) for any cosmetic or 2
nonagricultural use. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 3
Protection may enforce the provisions of this section in accordance with 4
the provisions of chapter 441 of the general statutes. 5
Sec. 2. Subsection (l) of section 22a-50 of the general statutes is 6
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 7
1, 2022): 8
(l) (1) Not later than January 1, 2018, the commissioner shall classify 9
all neonicotinoids, as defined in section 22-61k, that are labeled for 10
treating plants, as restricted use pursuant to subdivision (2) of 11
subsection (c) of this section. 12
(2) Not later than January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall classify all 13
neonicotinoids, as defined in section 22-61k, that are labeled for 14 Raised Bill No. 120
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nonagricultural use, as restricted use pursuant to subdivision (2) of 15
subsection (c) of this section. 16
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2022 22a-50(l)
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit the use of chlorpyrifos on golf courses and for
nonagricultural use and to restrict the use of neonicotinoids for
nonagricultural use.
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