Agriculture & Conservation Committee

Filed: 3/6/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 425

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 425 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Structural Pest Control Act is amended by
5 changing Section 10.2 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 235/10.2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2210.2)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
8     Sec. 10.2. Integrated pest management guidelines;
9 notification; training of designated persons; request for
10 copies.
11     (a) The Department shall prepare guidelines for an
12 integrated pest management program for structural pest control
13 practices at school buildings and other school facilities and
14 day care centers. Such guidelines shall be made available to
15 schools, day care centers and the public upon request.
16     (b) When economically feasible, each school and day care

 

 

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1 center is required to develop and implement adopt an integrated
2 pest management program that incorporates the guidelines
3 developed by the Department. Each school and day care center
4 must notify the Department, within one year after the effective
5 date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly and
6 every 5 years thereafter, on forms provided by the Department
7 that the school or day care center has developed and is
8 implementing an integrated pest management program If adopting
9 an integrated pest management program would not be economically
10 feasible because it would result in an increase in the school's
11 or day care center's pest control cost, the school district or
12 day care center must provide written notification to the
13 Department. The notification must include projected pest
14 control costs for the term of the pest control program and
15 projected costs for implementing integrated pest management
16 for that same time period. The Department shall make this
17 notification available to the general public upon request. In
18 implementing an integrated pest management program, a school or
19 day care center must assign a employee should be designated
20 person to assume responsibility for the oversight of pest
21 management practices in that school or day care center and for
22 recordkeeping requirements.
23     (b-1) If adopting an integrated pest management program is
24 not economically feasible because such adoption would result in
25 an increase in the pest control costs of the school or day care
26 center, the school or day care center must provide, within one

 

 

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1 year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2 95th General Assembly and every 5 years thereafter, written
3 notification to the Department, on forms provided by the
4 Department, that the development and implementation of an
5 integrated pest management program is not economically
6 feasible. The notification must include projected pest control
7 costs for the term of the pest control program and projected
8 costs for implementing an integrated pest management program
9 for that same time period.
10     (b-2) Each school or day care center that provides written
11 notification to the Department that the adoption of an
12 integrated pest management program is not economically
13 feasible pursuant to subsection (b-1) of this Section must have
14 its designated person attend a training course on integrated
15 pest management within one year after the effective date of
16 this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, and every 5
17 years thereafter until an integrated pest management program is
18 developed and implemented in the school or day care center. The
19 training course shall be approved by the Department in
20 accordance with the minimum standards established by the
21 Department under this Act.
22     (b-3) Each school and day care center shall ensure that all
23 parents, guardians, and employees are notified at least once
24 each school year that the notification requirements
25 established by this Section have been met. The school and day
26 care center shall keep copies of all notifications required by

 

 

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1 this Section and any written integrated pest management program
2 plan developed in accordance with this Section and make these
3 copies available for public inspection at the school or day
4 care center.
5     (c) The Structural Pest Control Advisory Council shall
6 assist the Department in developing the guidelines for
7 integrated pest management programs. In developing the
8 guidelines, the Council shall consult with individuals
9 knowledgeable in the area of integrated pest management.
10     (d) The Department, with the assistance of the Cooperative
11 Extension Service and other relevant agencies, may prepare a
12 training program for school or day care center pest control
13 specialists.
14     (e) The Department may request copies of a school's or day
15 care center's integrated pest management program plan and
16 notification required by this Act and offer assistance and
17 training to schools and day care centers on integrated pest
18 management programs.
19     (f) The requirements of this Section are subject to
20 appropriation to the Department for the implementation of
21 integrated pest management programs.
22 (Source: P.A. 93-381, eff. 7-1-04.)
 
23     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.".