PESTICIDE NOTIFICATION REGISTRY                                                        S.B. 542 (S-4):

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                                  ON THIRD READING

Senate Bill 542 (Substitute S-4 as reported by the Committee of the Whole)

Sponsor:  Senator Tom Casperson

Committee:  Natural Resources

CONTENT

The bill would amend Part 83 (Pesticide Control) of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to require the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to maintain a voluntary registry of individuals who, due to a medically documented condition, are required to be notified before the application of a lawn or ornamental pesticide, other than a general-use ready-to-use pesticide, on property adjacent to the property on which the individual's primary residence is located. The registry would have to contain a list of those properties adjacent to the individual's primary residence. The notification to the individual listed in the registry would have to be given by the means provided in the registry and state that a pesticide application was scheduled on one or more of the adjacent properties listed in the registry.

"Adjacent to" would mean either of the following:

-- Sharing a common boundary line or property corner with.

-- Located directly across an undivided road, stream, or right-of-way from.

MCL 324.8316b                                                        Legislative Analyst:  Nathan Leaman

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  10-17-17                                                   Fiscal Analyst:  Bruce Baker

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.