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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1585 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 811 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Carmine Lawrence Gentile and Mary S. Keefe |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/18/2023Mary S. Keefe15th Worcester1/18/2023Mary S. Keefe15th Worcester1/18/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/20/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/29/2023Brian M. Ashe2nd Hampden2/2/2023Margaret R. Scarsdale1st Middlesex2/6/2023Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth2/7/2023Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/13/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/18/2023Kate Lipper-Garabedian32nd Middlesex2/22/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1585 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 811 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Gentile of Sudbury and Keefe of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 19 | 19 | | House, No. 811) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile, Mary S. Keefe and others relative to pesticide |
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| 20 | 20 | | products eligible for use on the outdoor grounds of schools, child care centers or school age child |
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| 21 | 21 | | care programs. Environment and Natural Resources. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 4. Said section 6G of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2amended by adding following paragraph:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 Notwithstanding the forgoing, a school, child care center, public institution of higher |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4education or school age child care program shall only use pesticide products that: (i) are |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5classified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as an exempt material pursuant |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6to 40 C.F.R. 152.25, as amended; or (ii) include no active ingredients other than those published |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7in the National List at 7 C.F.R 205.601, as amended; provided, however, that a school, child care |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8center, public institution of higher education or school age child care program may be granted a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9hardship waiver, at the discretion of the department, for use of a pesticide that does not meet |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10such qualifications. |
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