Requires lawn care companies to provide certain information to property owners prior to any commercial lawn application.

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A7638A-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

A7638A-2011 Votes

A7638A-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   7638--A
                                                          Cal. No. 427

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                                May 11, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY, LATIMER -- read once and referred to the
    Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation -- reported from committee,
    advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,  retaining
    its place on the order of third reading

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
    requiring lawn 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 OR HER
  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 OR HER 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 HIS OR HER POSSESSION.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD11566-03-1

 A. 7638--A                          2

    [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
  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.