HOUSE  .   .   .   .   .   .   .  No. 4931

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, June 28, 2022.

The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Bill relative to pesticides (House, No. 4600), reports recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting therefor the accompanying bill (House, No. 4931).

For the committee,

AARON MICHLEWITZ.

        FILED ON: 6/28/2022

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4931

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act relative to pesticides.

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. Section 6E of chapter 132B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the words “On or before November 1, 2001, each”, in line 1, and inserting in place thereof the following word:- Each.

SECTION 2. Said section 6E of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “center”, in lines 2, 7 and 8, 9 and 18, the following words:- , public institution of higher education, as established in section 5 of chapter 15A,.

SECTION 3. Section 7A of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the word “a”, in line 2, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- an electronic.

SECTION 4. Said section 7A of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “the”, in line 5, the second time it appears, the following word:- electronic.

SECTION 5. Said section 7A of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “the”, in lines 6, 19, 37 and 46 the following word:- electronic.

SECTION 6. Subsection (a) of said section 7A of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Said department may use the ePlace Portal system established by the executive office of energy and environmental affairs to implement the requirements of this section.

SECTION 7. Said section 7A of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “cost-effective”, in line 39, the following word:- electronic.

SECTION 8. Subsection (c) of said section 7A of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Annually, the department shall make available data on pesticide use in the commonwealth.

SECTION 9. Each school, child care center, public institution of higher education and school age child care program in the commonwealth shall adopt and implement the integrated pest management plans pursuant to section 6E of chapter 132B of the General Laws not later than November 1, 2022.

SECTION 10. Sections 3 to 8, inclusive, shall take effect 6 months after the effective date of this act.