Assembly Bill A6877

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Institutes a moratorium on the distribution, sale or use of glyphosate until a task force completes a study regarding the safety, alternatives and use of such compound

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6877 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S223
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §37-0115, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5472
2017-2018: S127
2021-2022: S1002
2023-2024: S4165

2019-A6877 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Institutes a moratorium on the distribution, sale or use of glyphosate until a task force completes a study regarding the safety, alternatives and use of such compound.

2019-A6877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6877
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   instituting  a  moratorium on the distribution, sale or use of glypho-
   sate until a task force completes a study regarding the safety, alter-
   natives and use of such compound

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 37-0115 to read as follows:
 § 37-0115. PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF GLYPHOSATE.
   1. NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPA-
 NY OR CORPORATION SHALL DISTRIBUTE, SELL, OFFER FOR SALE OR USE  GLYPHO-
 SATE  OR  ANY PRODUCTS CONTAINING GLYPHOSATE WITHIN NEW YORK STATE UNTIL
 JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, "GLYPHOSATE" SHALL MEAN A SYNTHET-
 IC COMPOUND THAT IS A NON-SELECTIVE SYSTEMIC HERBICIDE,  ALSO  KNOWN  AS
 N-(PHOSPHONOMETHYL) GLYCINE WITH A CHEMICAL FORMULA OF C3H8NO5P.
   3.  THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT A GLYPHOSATE TASK
 FORCE WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS:
   (A) THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT, OR THE  COMMISSIONER'S  DESIG-
 NEE.
   (B)  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OR SUCH COMMISSION-
 ER'S DESIGNEE.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS,  OR
 SUCH COMMISSIONER'S DESIGNEE.
   (D)  A  REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK'S COLLEGE
 OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORESTRY, APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
   (E) A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NEW YORK FARM BUREAU, APPOINTED  BY  THE
 GOVERNOR.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05487-01-9

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