NY State Assembly Bill 2019-A5169A

Assembly Bill A5169A

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires notices relating to lawn pesticides to be printed in both the English and Spanish languages

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Aug 24, 2020	signed chap.145
Aug 12, 2020	delivered to governor
Jul 23, 2020	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.887 substituted for s5579a
Jul 20, 2020	referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.161 rules report cal.161 reported
Jul 14, 2020	reported referred to rules
Mar 11, 2020	print number 5169a
Mar 11, 2020	amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
Jan 08, 2020	referred to environmental conservation
Feb 07, 2019	referred to environmental conservation

Votes

- Jul 23, 2020 - Floor Vote
  A5169A
  
  55
  
  Aye
  
  5
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jul 23, 2020
      
      aye (55)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Funke
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (5)
      
      Borrello
      
      Gallivan
      
      Lanza
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2019-A5169 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S5579
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§33-1004 & 33-1005, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A8483
2011-2012: A4681
2013-2014: A6135
2015-2016: A4451
2017-2018: A4936

2019-A5169 - Summary

Requires the written notices, signs and markers required for pesticides for commercial and residential lawn application to be printed in both the English and Spanish languages and any other languages if the commissioner of environmental conservation deems it necessary.

2019-A5169 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5169
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring certain signs and notices relating to pesticides for commer-
   cial  or  residential  lawn  application  to be printed in the Spanish
   language in areas with a significant number of Spanish speaking  resi-
   dents
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1  of  section  33-1004  of  the
 environmental  conservation  law, as added by chapter 285 of the laws of
 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   a. All retail establishments that  sell  general  use  pesticides  for
 commercial  or residential lawn application shall display a sign meeting
 standards, established by the commissioner pursuant to  subdivision  one
 of  section  33-1005  of  this article, in a conspicuous place, and such
 sign shall be placed as close as possible to the place where such pesti-
 cides are displayed.  SUCH STANDARDS OF THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE
 THAT IN AREAS OF THE STATE WITH A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SPANISH SPEAKING
 RESIDENTS, THE SIGNS REQUIRED BY THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE PRINTED IN BOTH
 THE  ENGLISH  AND  SPANISH LANGUAGES.   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH
 RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING WHAT CONSTITUTES A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
 SPANISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS.
   § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph  b  of  subdivision  1  of  section
 33-1004 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 324
 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  At  least forty-eight hours prior to any commercial lawn applica-
 tion of a pesticide, the person  or  business  making  such  application
 shall  supply written notice, as defined in subdivision three of section
 33-1005 of this article to:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07471-01-9

 A. 5169                             2
 
   A. occupants of all dwellings, as defined in paragraph d  of  subdivi-
 sion  five of section 33-0905 of this article, on abutting property with
 a boundary that is within one hundred fifty feet of  the  site  of  such
 application;  and to owners, owners' agents, or other persons in a posi-
 tion  of  authority for all other types of premises, as defined in para-
 graph d of subdivision five of section 33-0905 of this article, that are
 on abutting property with a boundary that is within  one  hundred  fifty
 feet  of  the  site of such application.  THE WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIRED BY
 THIS PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE  PRINTED  IN  BOTH  THE  ENGLISH  AND  SPANISH
 LANGUAGES  IN  AREAS  OF  THE STATE WITH A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SPANISH
 SPEAKING RESIDENTS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  ESTABLISH  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  REGARDING  WHAT  CONSTITUTES  A  SIGNIFICANT  NUMBER OF SPANISH
 SPEAKING RESIDENTS. Owners or owners' agents of multiple  family  dwell-
 ings  shall supply such written notice to the occupants of such multiple
 family dwellings and for all other types of  premises,  owners,  owners'
 agents or other persons in a position of authority shall post such writ-
 ten notice in a manner specified by the commissioner; and
   B.  owners,  owners' agents or other persons in positions of authority
 for multiple family dwellings, the property of which is the site of such
 application. Owners, or owners'  agents  of  multiple  family  dwellings
 shall supply such written notice to the occupants of such multiple fami-
 ly dwellings in a manner specified by the commissioner.
   §  3.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  c of subdivision 1 of section
 33-1004 of the environmental conservation law, as added by  chapter  285
 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  All  persons performing residential lawn applications treating an
 area more than one hundred square feet shall affix markers to be  placed
 within  or  along  the  perimeter  of  the area where pesticides will be
 applied. Markers are to be placed so as to be clearly visible to persons
 immediately outside the perimeter of such property. Such  markers  shall
 be  posted at least twelve inches above the ground and shall be at least
 four inches by five inches in size.  FURTHERMORE, SUCH MARKERS SHALL  BE
 PRINTED  IN BOTH THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH LANGUAGES IN AREAS OF THE STATE
 WITH A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SPANISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS.    THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING WHAT CONSTITUTES
 A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SPANISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS.
   § 4. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 33-1005 of  the
 environmental  conservation  law, as added by chapter 285 of the laws of
 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   The commissioner shall promulgate rules and  regulations  establishing
 uniform  standards  for  a consumer pesticide use information sign which
 shall be placed in retail establishments that sell  general  use  pesti-
 cides for commercial or residential lawn application. SUCH UNIFORM STAN-
 DARDS  SHALL REQUIRE THAT SIGNS IN AREAS OF THE STATE WITH A SIGNIFICANT
 NUMBER OF SPANISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS BE PRINTED IN BOTH THE ENGLISH  AND
 SPANISH  LANGUAGES.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS REGARDING WHAT  CONSTITUTES  A  SIGNIFICANT  NUMBER  OF  SPANISH
 SPEAKING RESIDENTS. This sign shall contain the following information:
   §  5.  Subdivision 2 of section 33-1005 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as added by chapter 285 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   2.  The  commissioner  shall prepare and publish, in consultation with
 the commissioner of health, educational materials, IN BOTH  THE  ENGLISH
 AND SPANISH LANGUAGES, explaining the requirements of paragraphs b and c
 of  subdivision one of section 33-1004 of this article and section three

 A. 5169                             3
 
 hundred ninety-c of the social services law and the human  and  environ-
 mental health effects of lawn care pesticides.
   §  6.  Subdivision 3 of section 33-1005 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as added by chapter 285 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  by
 adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C.  THE  WRITTEN  NOTICE REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION 33-1004 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, IN AREAS  OF  THE  STATE  WITH  A
 SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SPANISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS, BE PRINTED IN BOTH THE
 ENGLISH  AND  SPANISH LANGUAGES.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH RULES
 AND REGULATIONS REGARDING WHAT CONSTITUTES A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SPAN-
 ISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS.
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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2019-A5169A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S5579
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§33-1004 & 33-1005, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A8483
2011-2012: A4681
2013-2014: A6135
2015-2016: A4451
2017-2018: A4936

2019-A5169A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-A5169A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5169--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on Envi-
   ronmental Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring certain signs and notices relating to pesticides for commer-
   cial or residential lawn application to be printed in both the English
   and Spanish languages
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section
 33-1004 of the environmental conservation law, as added by  chapter  285
 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  All  persons performing residential lawn applications treating an
 area more than one hundred square feet shall affix markers to be  placed
 within  or  along  the  perimeter  of  the area where pesticides will be
 applied. Markers are to be placed so as to be clearly visible to persons
 immediately outside the perimeter of such property. [Such markers] MARK-
 ERS shall be posted at least twelve inches above the ground and shall be
 at least four inches by five inches in size. SUCH MARKERS  SHALL  BE  IN
 BOTH  THE  ENGLISH AND SPANISH LANGUAGES, AND ANY OTHER LANGUAGES IF THE
 COMMISSIONER DEEMS IT NECESSARY PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS.
   § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 33-1005 of  the
 environmental  conservation  law, as added by chapter 285 of the laws of
 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   The commissioner shall promulgate rules and  regulations  establishing
 uniform  standards  for  a consumer pesticide use information sign which
 shall be placed in retail establishments that sell  general  use  pesti-
 cides for commercial or residential lawn application. This sign SHALL BE
 IN  BOTH  THE  ENGLISH AND SPANISH LANGUAGES, AND ANY OTHER LANGUAGES IF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07471-02-0

 A. 5169--A                          2
 
 THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS IT NECESSARY PURSUANT TO RULES  AND  REGULATIONS,
 AND shall contain the following information:
   §  3.  Subdivision 2 of section 33-1005 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as added by chapter 285 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   2.  The  commissioner  shall prepare and publish, in consultation with
 the commissioner of health, educational materials, IN BOTH  THE  ENGLISH
 AND  SPANISH LANGUAGES AND ANY OTHER LANGUAGES IF THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS
 IT NECESSARY, explaining the requirements  of  paragraphs  b  and  c  of
 subdivision  one  of  section  33-1004 of this article and section three
 hundred ninety-c of the social services law and the human  and  environ-
 mental health effects of lawn care pesticides.
   §  4.  Subdivision 3 of section 33-1005 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as added by chapter 285 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  by
 adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C.  THE  WRITTEN  NOTICE REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION 33-1004 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE IN BOTH THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH
 LANGUAGES, AND ANY OTHER LANGUAGES IF THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS  IT  NECES-
 SARY PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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