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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2943 Introduced 2/4/2020, by Sen. Dale Fowler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a pesticide applicator shall notify a beekeeper if the pesticide is applied within 3 miles of the beekeeper's colony registered with the Department of Agriculture under the Bees and Apiaries Act. Effective January 1, 2021.
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| | SB2943 | | LRB101 18137 CPF 67577 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 11.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/11.2 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11.2. Pesticide applicators; beekeepers. A pesticide |
| 8 | | applicator shall notify a beekeeper, as that term is defined |
| 9 | | under Section 1a of the Bees and Apiaries Act, if the pesticide |
| 10 | | is applied within 3 miles of the beekeeper's colony registered |
| 11 | | with the Department of Agriculture under the Bees and Apiaries |
| 12 | | Act.
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| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
| 14 | | 1, 2021.
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