HB4801 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4801

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Sacia

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

510 ILCS 20/2d new

Amends the Bees and Apiaries Act. Requires the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules requiring any owner of property that is adjacent to a registered apiary to: (i) establish a buffer zone when spraying pesticides that are potentially harmful to bees; or (ii) use only pesticides that are not harmful to bees. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning animals.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Bees and Apiaries Act is amended by adding Section 2d as follows:

(510 ILCS 20/2d new)

Sec. 2d. Pesticide buffer zones. The Department shall adopt rules requiring any owner of property that is adjacent to a registered apiary to: (i) establish a buffer zone when spraying pesticides that are potentially harmful to bees; or (ii) use only pesticides that are not harmful to bees.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.