STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator JOHN F. MCKEON
District 27 (Essex and Passaic)
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Requires use of uniform silver flags to mark certain pesticide applications.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Environment and Energy Committee with technical review.
An Act requiring the use of uniform silver flags to mark certain pesticide applications and supplementing P.L.1971, c.176 (C.13:1F-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Every commercial pesticide applicator shall use flags to mark pesticide applications. The flags used shall be silver in color and be of a uniform type and size, and shall provide information in English and Spanish. Each flag shall stay in place for a minimum of 72 hours after the pesticide application.
b. No person shall use a silver flag in a manner that is reasonably likely to be confused with a pesticide application, including but not limited to, markings for invisible dog fences, underground utility lines, septic tanks, and underground piping.
c. The department shall adopt, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to effectuate this act.
2. This act shall take effect one year after the date of enactment, but the Commissioner of Environmental Protection may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.