History: 1971 act replaced references to towns with references to school districts, deleted reference to district committees
and made specific mention of library books, material and equipment; P.A. 78-218 specified local and regional boards and
deleted references to school districts; P.A. 05-257 added language re assistive devices, effective July 1, 2005.
Sec. 10-231a. Pesticide applications at schools: Definitions. As used in sections
10-231b to 10-231d, inclusive, and section 19a-79a, (1) "pesticide" means a fungicide
used on plants, an insecticide, a herbicide or a rodenticide but does not mean a sanitizer,
disinfectant, antimicrobial agent or a pesticide bait, (2) a "lawn care pesticide" means
a pesticide registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and labeled
pursuant to the federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act for use in lawn,
garden and ornamental sites or areas, and (3) "integrated pest management" means
use of all available pest control techniques including judicious use of pesticides, when
warranted, to maintain a pest population at or below an acceptable level, while decreasing the use of pesticides.
(P.A. 99-165, S. 1, 6; P.A. 05-252, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 99-165 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 05-252 added subdivision designators and definitions of "lawn care
pesticide" and "integrated pest management", effective January 1, 2006.
Sec. 10-231b. Pesticide applications at schools: Authorized applicators. Exception. (a) No person, other than a pesticide applicator with supervisory certification
under section 22a-54 or a pesticide applicator with operational certification under section 22a-54 under the direct supervision of a supervisory pesticide applicator, may apply
pesticide within any building or on the grounds of any school, other than a regional
vocational agriculture center. This section shall not apply in the case of an emergency
application of pesticide to eliminate an immediate threat to human health where it is
impractical to obtain the services of any such applicator provided such emergency application does not involve a restricted use pesticide, as defined in section 22a-47.
(b) No person shall apply a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of any public or
private preschool or public or private elementary school, except that (1) on and after
January 1, 2006, until July 1, 2008, an application of a lawn care pesticide may be made
at a public or private elementary school on the playing fields and playgrounds of such
schools pursuant to an integrated pest management plan, which plan (A) shall be consistent with the model pest control management plan developed by the Commissioner of
Environmental Protection pursuant to section 22a-66l, and (B) may be developed by a
local or regional board of education for all public schools under its control, and (2) an
emergency application of a lawn care pesticide may be made to eliminate a threat to
human health, as determined by the local health director, the Commissioner of Public
Health, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, or in the case of a public elementary school, the school superintendent.
(P.A. 99-165, S. 2, 6; P.A. 05-252, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 99-165 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 05-252 designated existing language as Subsec. (a) and made a
technical change therein, and added Subsec. (b) to prohibit, with certain exceptions, the use of lawn care pesticides on the
grounds of a public or private preschool or public or private elementary school, effective January 1, 2006.