PESTICIDE NOTIFICATION REGISTRY                                                        S.B. 542 (S-3):

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                      REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

Senate Bill 542 (Substitute S-3 as reported)

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 contain a list of those properties adjacent to the registrant's primary residence. The notification to the registrant would 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.

Proposed MCL 324.8316b                                           Legislative Analyst:  Nathan Leaman

FISCAL IMPACT

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

Date Completed:  9-29-17                                                     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.