Title

Pesticides

Attorney General No.

SA80RF0006

Secretary of State No.

243

Description

PESTICIDES. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Adds section 14102.5 to the Agricultural Code to provide that effective January 1, 1981, the Director of the Department of Food and Agriculture shall prohibit or regulate the use of economic poisons, restricted materials, and environmentally harmful materials so as to permanently reduce the aggregate state-wide usage of such substances to a level not to exceed two hundred million applied pounds per year, giving particular attention to those pesticides which are known to accumulate in human and animal tissues. Financial impact on state and local government: Cannot be estimated; unknown.

Proponents

David Gallo, 712 Northgraves Ave., Chico, Ca 95926; William P. Mace, 5810 Pentz Road, Paradise, Ca 95969

Date

2-26-1980

Document Type

Initiative

Qualified

Failed to Qualify

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