Day Four: The New Year Countdown – Pesticide Notices
This year, Municipal Minute will be counting down to the New Year with updates on legislation that will be effective starting on January 1, 2025.
Today, we are covering Public Act 103-0976 which regulates the use of pesticides in municipalities. This Act provides that municipalities and government actors must provide 24-hours of notice to the public before applying a pesticide on a public right-of-way. The notice must include intended location, name of the product, the reason for application, any special instructions on the product label, and contact information for the Department of Agriculture. A violation of this act may result in fines up to $1,000. The notice must be written and is sufficient if posted in newsletters, websites, calendars, or other correspondence published by the government entity. Posting on a bulletin board is not sufficient.
The Act also provides that a municipality is exempt from these notice requirements if the pesticide application is in response to diseases in mosquito populations or a natural disaster recovery effort.
Post Authored by Alexis Carter & Julie Tappendorf, Ancel Glink
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