GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 150

Short Title:  Members/Pesticide Advisory Committee.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Jordan; and Carpenter.

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Referred to:  Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.

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February 7, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE AN ORGANIC FARMER, AN ENVIRONMENTALIST, AND A FARMWORKER ADVOCATE TO BE APPOINTED TO THE PESTICIDE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-439(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	The Pesticide Advisory Committee shall consist of:  three practicing farmers:  one of whom is an organic farmer using alternatives to chemical pest control; one of whom represents nonprofit, public interest environmental organizations and is recognized as an environmentalist by the environmental community; one of whom represents nonprofit, public interest farmworker advocacy organizations and is recognized as a farmworker advocate by the farmworker advocacy community;  one conservationist (at large); one ecologist (at large); one representative of the pesticide industry; one representative of agribusiness (at large); one local health director; three members of the North Carolina State University School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, at least one of which shall be from the area of wildlife or biology; one member representing the North Carolina Department of Agriculture; one member representing the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources; the State Health Director or his designee; one representative of a public utility or railroad company which uses pesticides; one representative of the Board of Transportation; one member of the North Carolina Agricultural Aviation Association; one member of the general public (at large); one member actively engaged in forest pest management; and one member representing the Division of Solid Waste Management of the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources.  Each State agency represented [representative] on the Committee shall be appointed by the head of the agency.  Other members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to appointments to the Pesticide Advisory Committee made on or after that date.