APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 14, 2021 54
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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S.P. 209 - L.D. 524
Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Research Workable
Methods To Collect Pesticide Sales and Use Records for the Purpose of
Providing Information to the Public
Sec. 1. Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Board of
Pesticides Control to research workable methods to collect pesticide sales and
use records. Resolved: That the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry,
Board of Pesticides Control shall research workable methods to collect pesticide sales and
use records for the purpose of providing information to the public. The board shall explore
the best methods for collecting pesticide use information from schools as defined in the
board's rule Chapter 27: Standards for Pesticide Applications and Public Notification in
Schools; private applicators as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section
1471-C, subsection 22; and commercial applicators as defined in Title 22, section 1471-C,
subsection 5. The board shall explore the best methods for collecting information on
pesticide sales in the State. The board shall submit a report with findings and
recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and
Forestry no later than January 1, 2022. The joint standing committee may submit a bill to
the 130th Legislature relating to the subject matter of the report.
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