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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB2757 Introduced 1/16/2024, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 415 ILCS 60/3 | from Ch. 5, par. 803 |
| Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Removes language providing that the regulation of pesticides by any political subdivision of the State is specifically prohibited except for counties and municipalities with a population over 2,000,000. Provides instead that neither a home rule unit nor any other political subdivision of the State may regulate pesticides in a manner that is less restrictive than the regulation of pesticides by the State under the Act. |
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| | SB2757 | | LRB103 34762 LNS 64612 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning safety. |
2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly: |
4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Pesticide Act is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 3 as follows: |
6 | | (415 ILCS 60/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 803) |
7 | | Sec. 3. Delegation of Authority. The Illinois Department |
8 | | of Agriculture shall administer "The Illinois Pesticide Act". |
9 | | 1. It shall be the duty of the Department of Agriculture to |
10 | | enforce this Act and such provisions of other Acts intended to |
11 | | control the registration, purchase, use, storage and disposal |
12 | | of pesticides, unless otherwise specified in this Section. |
13 | | Also, the Department of Agriculture shall control the purchase |
14 | | and use of pesticides pertaining to the production, |
15 | | protection, care, storage, or transportation of agricultural |
16 | | commodities and to control the use of pesticides applied by |
17 | | agricultural equipment. Also, the Department shall establish |
18 | | and implement an Agrichemical Facility Response Action Program |
19 | | as provided in Section 19.3. |
20 | | 2. It shall be the duty of the Department of Public Health |
21 | | to enforce such provisions of this Act and other Acts intended |
22 | | to control structural pest pesticides, as defined in |
23 | | subparagraph 37 of Section 4, of this Act. It shall be the duty |