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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 206.2, subsection 7, Code 1995, is 1 2 amended by striking the subsection. 1 3 Sec. 2. Section 206.5, subsection 6, Code 1995, is amended 1 4 by striking the subsection. 1 5 Sec. 3. Section 206.19, subsection 3, Code 1995, is 1 6 amended to read as follows: 1 7 3. Determine in cooperation with municipalities, the 1 8 proper notice to be given by a commercial or public applicator 1 9 to occupants of adjoining properties in urban areas prior to 1 10 or after the exterior application of pesticides, and establish 1 11 a schedule to determine the periods of application least 1 12 harmful to living beings, and adopt rules to implement these1 13provisions. The rules shall provide that a commercial or 1 14 public applicator must provide notice only if an occupant 1 15 requests that the commercial or public applicator provide the 1 16 occupant notice in a timely manner prior to the application. 1 17 The request shall include the name and address of the 1 18 occupant, a telephone number of a location where the occupant 1 19 may be contacted during normal business hours and evening 1 20 hours, and the address of each property that adjoins the 1 21 occupant's property. The notification shall expire on 1 22 December 31 of each year, or the date when the occupant no 1 23 longer occupies the property, whichever is earlier. 1 24 Municipalities shall cooperate with the department by 1 25 reporting infractions and in implementing this subsection. 1 26 Sec. 4. REPEAL. Chapter 206A, Code 1995, is repealed. 1 27 EXPLANATION 1 28 This bill amends section 206.19 which in part provides that 1 29 the department of agriculture and land stewardship must 1 30 cooperate with municipalities to provide notice by commercial 1 31 and public applicators to occupants of adjoining properties in 1 32 urban areas prior to or after the exterior application of 1 33 pesticides. The bill requires departmental rules to provide 1 34 that a commercial or public applicator must provide notice 1 35 only if an occupant requests that the commercial or public 2 1 applicator provide the occupant notice in a timely manner 2 2 prior to the application. The request shall include the name 2 3 and address of the occupant, a telephone number of a location 2 4 where the occupant may be contacted during normal business 2 5 hours and evening hours, and the address of each property that 2 6 adjoins the occupant's property. The notification shall 2 7 expire on December 31 of each year, or the date when the 2 8 occupant no longer occupies the property, whichever is 2 9 earlier. 2 10 The bill repeals chapter 206A which regulates the 2 11 application of a pesticide to land or plants, if the pesticide 2 12 is injected into water used in an irrigation distribution 2 13 system as provided in rules adopted by the department of 2 14 agriculture and land stewardship. The system of application 2 15 is referred to as chemigation. 2 16 LSB 2344HV 76 2 17 da/sc/14
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