as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 04/09/2021 12:47pm
A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; banning the sale, use, and application of chlorpyrifos;
requiring certain product recall and collection efforts; transferring money; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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The state, a state agency, a political subdivision of the state, a person, or other legal
entity may not sell, use, or apply the pesticide chlorpyrifos in this state.
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A person who registered a pesticide
product containing chlorpyrifos with the commissioner of agriculture in calendar year 2019,
2020, or 2021 must satisfy the pesticide withdrawal requirements in Minnesota Statutes,
section 18B.26, subdivision 6.
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$100,000 in fiscal year 2022 is transferred from the pesticide
regulatory account to the waste pesticide cooperative agreement account in the agricultural
fund for chlorpyrifos collection efforts. This is a onetime transfer.
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