A7638-2011 Actions

• Sep 23, 2011: signed chap.526
• Sep 12, 2011: delivered to governor
• Jun 15, 2011: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 15, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 15, 2011: 3RD READING CAL.1040
• Jun 15, 2011: SUBSTITUTED FOR S4363A
• Jun 2, 2011: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• Jun 2, 2011: delivered to senate
• Jun 2, 2011: passed assembly
• May 23, 2011: amended on third reading (t) 7638a
• May 19, 2011: advanced to third reading cal.427
• May 17, 2011: reported
• May 11, 2011: referred to environmental conservation

A7638-2011 Votes

A7638-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         7638
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 May 11, 2011
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Commit
 tee on Environmental Conservation
 

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
 requiring  law  care  companies to provide information to the property
 owner prior to any commercial lawn application
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1. 

Section 33-1001 of the environmental conservation law, as
 added by chapter 559 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:

 

S 33-1001. Requirements and restrictions.
 1. Prior to any commercial lawn application the applicator shall enter
 into a written contract with the owner of  the  property  or  his  agent
 specifying  the  approximate  date  or  dates  of application, number of
 applications, and total cost for the service to be provided [and].
 2. PRIOR TO ANY  COMMERCIAL  LAWN  APPLICATION  THE  APPLICATOR  shall
 supply  the  property  owner  or  his agent with a [written] copy [in at
 least 12 point type] of:

 a. a list of substances to be applied including brand names and gener
 ic names of active ingredients;
 b. any warnings that appear on the label of pesticides to  be  applied
 that  are pertinent to the protection of humans, animals or the environ
 ment; and
 c. the company name, address, telephone number, business  registration
 number and applicator certification identification card number.
 SUCH  INFORMATION  SHALL  BE  SUPPLIED IN EITHER A WRITTEN, DIGITAL OR
 ELECTRONIC FORMAT WHICH SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE OWNER OR HIS  OR  HER
 AGENT PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT THE APPLICATOR MUST ALSO HAVE A WRITTEN COPY
 OF SUCH INFORMATION IN OR HER POSSESSION.
 [2]  3.   In the event that application on the date or dates specified
 becomes infeasible, the person who is to provide such application  shall
 give  the  owner  or  his  agent  oral or written notice of the proposed
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11566-01-1
 
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 alternate date or dates, and shall receive acceptance of such  alternate
 date or dates from the owner or his agent prior to initiating commercial
 lawn application.
 [3]  4.  Persons providing commercial lawn applications shall maintain
 copies of all contracts required pursuant to  subdivision  one  of  this
 section.
 

S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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