HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1059        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 805

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to mosquito control..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  That the Department of Public Health (DPH), in coordination with the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) and the State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board (SRMCB), meet with representatives of several environmental organizations to discuss mosquito control, EEE, and aerial spraying. 

Also, that the state shall meet prior to April 1 of the current year and conduct a full and

open public review process regarding the mosquito control practices and the

management of mosquito-borne diseases including Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)

and West Nile Virus (WNV).