The Florida Senate

593.20  Emergency aerial application of pesticides in urban areas; duties of department.--To carry out its duties with respect to emergency responses to plant pest infestations when the eradication programs involve the aerial application of a pesticide to an urbanized area, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall:

(1)  Use a pesticide previously approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for that eradication purpose.

(2)  Provide a system for dissemination of information to the public about infestations of pests that are the subject of such eradication programs. The system shall disseminate information relating to the pest; the pesticide selected to eradicate that pest; the generally accepted effects, if any, of the pesticide on the human population and the environment in the area in which an aerial eradication program will be conducted; recommended safety precautions; and the alternative methods of responding to the pest infestation, if any.

History.--s. 1, ch. 98-108.