GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 231
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/4/91

Short Title:  Arsenic Pesticides Study.	(Public)
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March 11, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND SEAFOOD AWARENESS STUDY COMMISSION TO STUDY THE SALE, USE, AND TRANSPORT OF ARSENIC PESTICIDES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Agriculture, Forestry, and Seafood Awareness Study Commission may:
(1)	Study the sale, use, and transport of pesticides containing inorganic arsenical or arsenic compounds for which registration by the United States Environmental Protection Agency has been cancelled;
(2)	Study the sale, use, and transport of pesticides containing inorganic arsenical or arsenic compounds in or around dwellings, golf courses, ornamental plants, lawns, or noncrop areas; and
(3)	Study the feasibility and desirability of banning the sale, purchase, use, and transport of inorganic arsenical or arsenic compounds in or around dwellings, golf courses, ornamental plants, lawns, or noncrop areas.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for fiscal year 1991-92 for the expenses of the Agriculture, Forestry, and Seafood Awareness Study Commission in implementing the purposes of this act.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.