SB 76 — AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO RESTRICT THE USE OF PESTICIDES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OR ON CERTAIN TYPES OF PROPERTIES.

General Assembly ProposedCommittee Bill No.

4355558 Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by:

SEN.(ENV) AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO RESTRICT THE USE OF PESTICIDES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OR ON CERTAIN TYPES OF PROPERTIES.

BERGSTEIN, 36 Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO RESTRICT THE USE OF PESTICIDES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OR ON CERTAIN TYPES OF PROPERTIES.

ThatSection chapter1. 441 of the general statutes be amended to authorize municipalities, in addition to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, to designate pesticides as restricted use pesticides.

Statement(NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) Notwithstanding any provision of Purpose:chapter 441 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted pursuant to said chapter, any municipality may, by ordinance, restrict the application of any pesticide, as defined in section 22a-47 of the general statutes, on any parcel of real property located in such municipality.

ToThis allowact townsshall totake baneffect oras restrictfollows the use of pesticides that may not be banned or restricted on the state level and restrictshall theamend application of pesticides in certain areas of the municipalityfollowing orsections: on certain types of properties.

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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76 [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.

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