An Act To Require Certification of Private Applicators of General Use Pesticides
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1471-C, sub-§22-A is enacted to read:
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §1471-D, sub-§2-D is enacted to read:
Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §1471-M, sub-§1, ¶C-1 is enacted to read:
Sec. 4. Board of Pesticides Control to establish certification requirements. No later than January 1, 2012, the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, Board of Pesticides Control shall adopt rules under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1471-M, subsection 1, paragraph C-1 establishing certification requirements for private applicators of general use pesticides under Title 22, section 1471-D, subsection 2-D. The rules must require an initial certification examination and one hour per year of continuing education credits for recertification. Upon establishing certification requirements in rule, the board shall begin offering or arrange for the offering of courses and other opportunities to prepare applicators for the examination and to meet certification requirements. The board shall establish a license fee in rule that equals the license fee for a private applicator established in the board's rule in Chapter 32.
No later than April 1, 2012, the board shall begin outreach efforts to inform agricultural producers that, beginning April 1, 2015, a license will be required to apply general use pesticides for food production.
Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
Pesticides Control - Board of 0287
Initiative: Provides funding for one part-time Office Associate II position and related All Other to administer exams and training for farms.
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.500 | 0.500 |
Personal Services
|
$31,127 | $32,086 |
All Other
|
$251 | $251 |
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $31,378 | $32,337 |
Sec. 6. Effective date. That section of this Act that enacts the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1471-D, subsection 2-D takes effect April 1, 2015.