| 1 | 1 | | LRB-2942/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 360 |
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| 5 | 5 | | July 27, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SNODGRASS, CONSIDINE, C. |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANDERSON, J. ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BALDEH, BEHNKE, CABRERA, CONLEY, |
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| 7 | 7 | | EMERSON, HAYWOOD, HONG, JACOBSON, JOERS, MOORE OMOKUNDE, OHNSTAD, |
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| 8 | 8 | | ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SCHUTT, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SINICKI, |
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| 9 | 9 | | STUBBS, SUBECK, VINING and MADISON, cosponsored by Senators PFAFF, AGARD, |
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| 10 | 10 | | BALLWEG, CARPENTER, HESSELBEIN, LARSON, ROYS and SPREITZER. Referred to |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Agriculture. |
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| 12 | 12 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to create 29.601 (4m) of the statutes; relating to: ban on the use of |
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| 14 | 14 | | certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 16 | 16 | | This bill prohibits, with limited exceptions, the Department of Natural |
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| 17 | 17 | | Resources from using any insecticide from the neonicotinoid class on land |
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| 18 | 18 | | maintained by DNR. Under the bill, this prohibition does not apply to uses of this |
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| 19 | 19 | | insecticide that are 1) pursuant to existing cooperative farming agreements or |
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| 20 | 20 | | contracts or 2) for forest insect control on forested lands, state forest nurseries, or |
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| 21 | 21 | | seed orchards or in designated zones of infestation. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 23 | 23 | | enact as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. 29.601 (4m) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 25 | 25 | | 29.601 (4m) USE OF INSECTICIDES. (a) The department may not use any |
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| 26 | 26 | | insecticide from the neonicotinoid class on land that is acquired and maintained by |
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| 27 | 27 | | the department as provided under s. 23.09 (2) (d). |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to insecticides from the neonicotinoid class |
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| 29 | 29 | | that are used pursuant to a cooperative farming agreement or contract that the |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 360 |
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| 40 | 40 | | department entered into prior to the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts |
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| 41 | 41 | | date]. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to insecticides from the neonicotinoid class |
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| 43 | 43 | | that are used for forest insect control on forested lands, state forest nurseries, or seed |
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| 44 | 44 | | orchards or in designated zones of infestation as provided under s. 26.30 (7) (a). |
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