NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7775

Senate Bill S7775

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates a temporary state pesticide commission to study the effects of the application of pesticides in N.Y. city

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to finance
Nov 29, 2023	referred to rules

2023-S7775 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2592
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Commissions
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A1572
2011-2012: A901
2013-2014: A1255
2015-2016: A4682
2017-2018: A3808
2019-2020: A4923
2021-2022: A4034

2023-S7775 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a temporary state pesticide commission to study the effects of the application of pesticides in cities with a population of one million or more.

2023-S7775 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7775

SPONSOR: SERRANO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to create a temporary state commission to study and make recom-
mendations concerning the application of pesticides in cities with a
population of one million or more

 
PURPOSE:

To protect the residents of New York State from the possible health
hazard posed. by the repeated spreading of pesticides.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Directs the creation of a temporary state commission to study the appli-
cation of pesticides in. cities with a population of one million or more
The commission will consist of eleven. members to be appointed as
follows: five by the Governor, two by the Temporary President of the
Senate, one by the Senate Minority Leader, two by the Assembly Speaker
and one by the Assembly Minority leader. Of the five members appointed

by the Governor, one shall be from the Department of Health and. one
from the Department of Environmental Conservation.

The members of the commission will not be compensated for their
services. The commission shall make a report of its findings and make
recommendations to the Governor, the Temporary President of the Senate
and the Speaker of the Assembly.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In 1999, the New York City Department of Health and Center for Disease
Control and Prevention concluded that there was an outbreak of a mosqui-
to borne viral disease known as the West Nile Virus. By September of
that year there were 59 confirmed cases throughout the area of New York
City, Nassau County and Westchester County, ineluding 7 deaths. To
combat the spread of this virus, the New York City Mayor's Office of
Emergency Management coordinated efforts to eradicate adult mosquitos
through citywide aerial and ground application of Malathion and the
pyrethroid-based insecticides resmethrmn and sumethrin. Although immedi-
ate action was required to prevent the spread of this virus, the health
hazards posed to residents of infected areas was not studied.

In 2001, many of the truck drivers who sprayed the pesticides reported
being sickened by the pesticides and many New York City residents
reported respiratory problems due to the pesticide spraying. The
outbreak of the West Nile Virus in the New York City metropolitan area
represented the first time this virus had been detected in the Western
Hemisphere. To allow the State of New York and its localities to be
prepared for possible future outbreak of the West Nile Virus or a simi-
lar virus we must understand. the health effects posed by the spread of
pesticide on the residents of the State. The creation of a temporary
state commission to study and make recommendation concerning the appli-
cation of pesticides will, assist the state in properly combating the
virus without further harming the health of our constituents.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

2013-14: A.1255/Environmental Conservation; S.1236/Finance

2011-12: A.901/Encon; S.1390/Finance

2009-10: A.1572/Encon; S.10490/Finance

2007-08: A.3195/Encon; S.2919/Finance

2005-06: A.8168/Encon; S.1384/Finance

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined_

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S7775 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7775
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 29, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to create a temporary state commission to study and  make  recom-
   mendations  concerning  the application of pesticides in cities with a
   population of one million or more

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. A temporary state commission, to be known as the "temporary
 state  pesticide commission", is hereby created to study and make recom-
 mendations relating to the application of pesticides in  cities  with  a
 population of one million or more.
   § 2. The commission shall consist of eleven members to be appointed as
 follows: five shall be appointed by the governor; two shall be appointed
 by  the temporary president of the senate and one by the minority leader
 of the senate; and two shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly
 and one by the minority leader of  the  assembly.  The  members  of  the
 commission  shall  serve  at  the  pleasure  of  the official making the
 appointment of such member.  Of the five members appointed by the gover-
 nor, one shall be from the department of health and one  shall  be  from
 the department of environmental conservation. The remaining nine members
 of the commission must reside in a city with a population of one million
 or  more.  Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled
 in the manner provided for  original  appointments.  Membership  on  the
 commission shall not constitute a public office. A chairperson and vice-
 chairperson  of  the  commission  shall  be elected by a majority of its
 members, all members being present.
   § 3. The members of the commission shall receive no  compensation  for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.
   §  4.  The commission shall make a report of its findings and make any
 recommendations it may deem necessary and appropriate to  the  governor,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00894-01-3

 S. 7775                             2
 
 the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly no
 later than one year after the effective date of this act.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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