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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5983--A
Cal. No. 520
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 4, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
vation -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the application of pesticides to certain local freshwater
wetlands
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 24-0513 to read as follows:
§ 24-0513. LOCAL FRESHWATER WETLANDS PESTICIDE PROHIBITION.
1. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAS IMPLEMENTED A FRESHWATER WETLANDS
PROTECTION LAW OR ORDINANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 24-0501 OF THIS
TITLE MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE APPLICATION OF
PESTICIDES TO WETLANDS IT REGULATES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUCH
LAW OR ORDINANCE SHALL NOT PROHIBIT PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS FOR THE
CONTROL OF INVASIVE SPECIES IDENTIFIED PURSUANT TO TITLE 17 OF ARTICLE 9
OF THIS CHAPTER, PESTS OF SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE, NOXIOUS
WEEDS DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS INJURIOUS TO ECOSYSTEM HEALTH, OR
FOR THE PROTECTION OF CRITICAL NATIVE PLANT SPECIES.
2. (A) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY ONLY TO THOSE
WETLANDS WHICH ARE HYDROLOGICALLY CONNECTED TO ANY RESERVOIR, RESERVOIR
STEM, CLASS A WATERWAY OR OTHER SOURCE OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY.
(B) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT
OR LIMIT THE USE OR APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES USED IN FARM OPERATIONS AS
DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
3. ANY LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL
TAKE EFFECT ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY AFTER IT SHALL HAVE BEEN
ADOPTED.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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