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Sen. Julie A. Morrison
Filed: 3/2/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1772
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1772 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Pesticide Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 13.10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 60/13.10 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 13.10. Lawn care pesticides; schools. Beginning July |
| 8 | | 1, 2024, no person shall spray a pesticide at a school serving |
| 9 | | students grades kindergarten through 8th grade on areas of the |
| 10 | | property where children may be present, including, but not |
| 11 | | limited to, blacktops, playing fields, or playgrounds, during |
| 12 | | normal school hours or within 24 hours of students' arrival on |
| 13 | | school grounds for a normal school day.
This Section shall not |
| 14 | | apply to areas of school grounds where children are not |
| 15 | | typically present, including, but not limited to, flower beds |
| 16 | | and lawns surrounding the schools not used as playing fields.
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