Legislation
- Title
- Neonicotinoid Pesticides - Restrictions on Sales and Use (Pollinator Protection Act of 2016)
- Sponsored by
- Delegates Healey, Beidle, Beitzel, Carr, Fraser-Hidalgo, Frush, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Holmes, Jalisi, Kaiser, Lafferty, Lam, Lierman, Luedtke, Moon, Morhaim, Pendergrass, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Sydnor, M. Washington, and Zucker
- Status
- Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 662
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Prohibiting a person from selling, on or after January 1, 2018, a neonicotinoid pesticide unless the person also sells a restricted use pesticide; prohibiting a person from using a neonicotinoid pesticide on or after January 1, 2018, unless the person is a certified applicator or a person working under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Agriculture to incorporate pollinator habitat expansion and enhancement practices into the State's Managed Pollinator Protection Plan; requiring a specified report; etc.
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12-101, 12-102, 12-103, 12-104, 5-201, 5-2A-01 through 5-2A-05 )
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