House Bill 3609

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3609

        By Representative Miller






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to pesticide spraying;

  3         prohibiting aerial application of certain

  4         substances for certain purposes; providing a

  5         penalty; requiring certain legislative

  6         committees and the Department of Agriculture

  7         and Consumer Services to conduct workshops for

  8         certain purposes; requiring a report; providing

  9         an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Until July 1, 1999, it is unlawful for any

14  person to apply any pesticide or other poisonous or toxic

15  substance from an airplane, helicopter, glider, or other

16  aircraft, or lighter-than-air craft, for purposes of

17  controlling or eradicating insects. Any person who applies any

18  pesticide or other poisonous or toxic substance from an

19  airplane, helicopter, glider, or other aircraft, or

20  lighter-than-air craft, in violation of this section commits a

21  misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.

22  775.082 or s. 775.083, Florida Statutes.

23         Section 2.  The Agriculture Committees of the Senate

24  and the House of Representatives shall conduct a series of

25  workshops with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer

26  Services and any other appropriate public or private agency

27  involved in regulating or otherwise monitoring or overseeing

28  the application of pesticides or other poisonous or toxic

29  substances to control or eradicate insects to develop

30  alternative procedures and methodologies for application of

31  pesticides or other poisonous or toxic substances to control

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3609

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  1  or eradicate insects. The workshops shall consider procedures

  2  for scheduling aerial application of pesticides or other

  3  poisonous or toxic substances, including, but not limited to,

  4  minimum requirements for advance notification of residents of

  5  any area over which pesticides or other poisonous or toxic

  6  substances are to be aerially applied, the impacts of aerial

  7  application over water or residential, urban, agricultural,

  8  commercial, or industrial areas, methodologies for mitigation

  9  of adverse impacts of aerial applications, and alternatives to

10  aerial application.  On or before January 1, 1999, the

11  department shall prepare and submit a report to the Governor,

12  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

13  Representatives describing the results of such workshops and

14  proposing recommendations to regulate the application of

15  pesticides or other poisonous or toxic substances to control

16  or eradicate insects.

17         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

18  law.

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21                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Prohibits until July 1, 1999, aerial application of
23    pesticides or other poisonous or toxic substances to
      control or eradicate insects. Requires the Agriculture
24    Committees of the Legislature and the Department of
      Agriculture and Consumer Services to conduct workshops to
25    explore alternatives to and methodologies for aerial
      application of pesticides or other poisonous or toxic
26    substances to control or eradicate insects. Requires a
      report to the Governor and the Legislature. See bill for
27    details.

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