SB-0542, As Passed Senate, June 12, 2018

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 542

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 8316b.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 8316b. (1) The department shall 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, but only if the application is on property adjacent to

or within a physician-recommended distance from the property on

which the individual's primary residence is located. The registry

shall contain a list of those properties adjacent to or within a

physician-recommended distance from the individual's primary

Senate Bill No. 542 as amended June 12, 2018

residence. The notification to the individual listed in the

registry shall be provided by the means provided in the registry

and shall state that a pesticide application is scheduled on 1 or

more of the properties listed in the registry.

     (2) The notification requirements described in subsection (1)

and any yard marker requirements provided by rule do not apply if

the pesticide is applied only on or within 10 feet of a structure

located on the property on which the pesticide application takes

place and is applied to prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate pests

on the structure.

     (3) As used in subsection (1):

     (a) "Adjacent to" means either of the following:

     (i) Sharing a common boundary line or property corner with.

     (ii) Located directly across an undivided road, stream, or

right-of-way from.

     (b) "Physician-recommended distance" means a specified

distance, not more than [100 feet from a linear boundary line],

 considered necessary and

substantiated by a physician.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.