New York A 1555: Prohibits the nonemergency application of pesticide or lawn care pesticide within any municipal park lands and lands under the jurisdiction of the state office of parks, recreation and historic preservation

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A01555 Summary:

BILL NOA01555 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01363

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRSimone

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §37-0123, En Con L

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Prohibits the nonemergency application of pesticide or lawn care pesticide within any municipal park lands and lands under the jurisdiction of the state office of parks, recreation and historic preservation; requires notice of pesticide application.

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BILL NOA01555 

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01/10/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1555

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 prohibiting the nonemergency application of pesticide or lawn care
 pesticide within any municipal park lands and lands under the juris-
 diction of the state office of parks, recreation and historic preser-
 vation and requiring notice of pesticide application

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 37-0123 to read as follows:
 3 § 37-0123. Prohibition of nonemergency application of pesticide or lawn
 4 care pesticide.
 5 1. No person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability compa-
 6 ny, corporation, municipality or government entity shall allow or imple-
 7 ment the nonemergency application of pesticide or lawn care pesticide in
 8 any municipal park lands and lands under the jurisdiction of the state
 9 office of parks, recreation and historic preservation.
 10 2. Prior to any application of pesticide or lawn care pesticide, the
 11 office shall provide public notice at least seventy-two hours prior to
 12 such application. Such public notice shall remain posted on the premise
 13 and on any internet web site operated by the office for seventy-two
 14 hours.
 15 3. For the purposes of this section:
 16 (a) "pesticide" means a fungicide used on plants, an insecticide, a
 17 herbicide or a rodenticide, but does not mean a sanitizer, disinfectant,
 18 antimicrobial agent or pesticide bait in a tamper resistant container;
 19 (b) "lawn care pesticide" means a pesticide registered by the United
 20 States Environmental Protection Agency and labeled pursuant to the
 21 federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act for use in lawn,
 22 garden and ornamental sites or areas, but shall not include any:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03137-01-5

 A. 1555 2

 1 (1) microbial pesticide or biochemical pesticide that is registered
 2 with the United States Environmental Protection Agency; or
 3 (2) a pesticide classified by the United States Environmental
 4 Protection Agency as an exempt material under 40 CFR 152.25;
 5 (c) "microbial pesticide" means a pesticide that consists of a
 6 microorganism as the active ingredient; and
 7 (d) "biochemical pesticide" means a naturally occurring substance that
 8 controls pests by nontoxic mechanisms.
 9 4. The department is authorized to promulgate such rules and regu-
 10 lations as it shall deem necessary to implement the provisions of this
 11 section.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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