South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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S. 654

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Campsen
Document Path: l:\s-res\gec\007loca.kmm.gec.docx

Introduced in the Senate on March 10, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

Summary: Pesticides

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/10/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 3)
   3/10/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural 
                        Resources (Senate Journal-page 3)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/10/2021

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 46-9-110 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH LOCAL ORDINANCES ARE VOID, TO PROVIDE THAT A UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY ADOPT AN ORDINANCE RESTRICTING THE USE OF CERTAIN PESTICIDE PRODUCTS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 46-9-110 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 46-9-110.    (A)    Except as provided in subsection (B), a local ordinance Local ordinances pertaining to the subject matter assigned by law to the commission, whether or not in conflict, are is void.

    (B)    A unit of local government may adopt an ordinance restricting within its jurisdiction the use of any pesticide product that contains one or more of the following active ingredients:

        (1)    brodifacoum;

        (2)    bromadiolone;

        (3)    difenacoum; and

        (4)    difethialone."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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