REFERENCE TITLE: prohibition; glyphosate; residential use

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

2021

SB 1768

Introduced by

Senators Gonzales: Alston, Contreras, Mendez, Navarrete, Peshlakai, Quezada, Steele; Representatives Cano, Hernandez M, Salman

AN ACT

Amending title 3, chapter 2, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding Section 3-342; relating to pesticides.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 3, chapter 2, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 3-342, to read:

START_STATUTE3-342. Prohibition; glyphosate; residential property; civil penalties; definition

A. It is unlawful for a person to apply glyphosate on residential ground cover beds.

B. A person who sells a product that contains glyphosate at retail shall maintain in the immediate vicinity of the product a sign stating, in twenty-four-point type, substantially the following: "state law prohibits the application of glyphosate on residential property."

C. A person who knowingly violates subsection A of this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $200 for each violation. 

D. A person who knowingly violates subsection B of this section is subject to a civil penalty of $500.

E. For the purposes of this section, "residential ground cover beds" means any turfgrass, flower bed, gravel or bare area located on a residential property. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Effective date

This act is effective from and after December 31, 2021.