Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 233

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 72

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATION OF SALE AND USE OF PESTICIDES AND DEVICES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Three-fifths of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend §1203(a), Chapter 12, Title 3 of the Delaware Code, by deleting the last sentence of the subsection in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

“The Department shall require a biennial registration fee, not to exceed $70, for each pesticide or device registered.”

Section 2. Amend §1207(b), Chapter 12, Title 3 of the Delaware Code, by deleting it in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

“(b) The Department shall require a fee of $50 for an annual license or $100 for a biennial license.”

Section 3. Amend §1210, Chapter 12, Title 3 of the Delaware Code, by deleting it in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

“All licenses shall continue in effect until December 31st of the year in which the license expires whereupon they shall become invalid unless renewed, except that a license for which a renewal application has been submitted to the Department by November 30th shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the Department gives written notice to the license holder of renewal or denial. Forms for renewal shall be mailed to all holders of current licenses by the Department by October 1st of the year in which they expire.”

Section 4. Amend §1229(a), Chapter 12, Title 3 of the Delaware Code, by amending the first sentence by striking the word “3” and substituting in lieu thereof the word “four”, and by inserting the words, “,1 qualified for turf and ornamental pest control” between the word “equipment” and the word “and”.

Approved July 29,1999