Sen. Julie A. Morrison
Filed: 3/2/2023
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1772
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1772 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Pesticide Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 13.10 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (415 ILCS 60/13.10 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 13.10. Lawn care pesticides; schools. Beginning July | ||||||
| 8 | 1, 2024, no person shall spray a pesticide at a school serving | ||||||
| 9 | students grades kindergarten through 8th grade on areas of the | ||||||
| 10 | property where children may be present, including, but not | ||||||
| 11 | limited to, blacktops, playing fields, or playgrounds, during | ||||||
| 12 | normal school hours or within 24 hours of students' arrival on | ||||||
| 13 | school grounds for a normal school day.
This Section shall not | ||||||
| 14 | apply to areas of school grounds where children are not | ||||||
| 15 | typically present, including, but not limited to, flower beds | ||||||
| 16 | and lawns surrounding the schools not used as playing fields.
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| 1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 2 | becoming law.".
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