1 Public Health; Mosquito Control Policy for State Agencies. Amend RSA 142-A:3, VII to read as follows:

VII. State agencies managing land shall allow the use of pesticides to control adult mosquitoes, in accordance with applicable law and rules, in areas where a public health threat has been declared by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 141-C and the land:

(a) Is adjacent to areas of high public use;

(b) Has areas where topographical and other conditions result in high adult mosquito populations;

(c) Is located within a focal area determined by the department to have a risk of a human outbreak of arboviral disease which warrants the use of pesticides to control adult mosquitoes as set forth in the arboviral illness response plan adopted by the department; and

(d) Is managed in accordance with general integrated pest management practices.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

1 Public Health; Mosquito Control Policy for State Agencies. Amend RSA 142-A:3, VII to read as follows:

VII. (a) State agencies managing land shall allow the use of pesticides to control adult mosquitoes, in accordance with applicable law and rules, in areas where a public health threat has been declared by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 141-C and the land:

(1) Is adjacent to areas of high public use;

(2) Has areas where topographical and other conditions result in high adult mosquito populations;

(3) Is located within a focal area determined by the department to have a risk of a human outbreak of arboviral disease which warrants the use of pesticides to control adult mosquitoes as set forth in the arboviral illness response plan adopted by the department; and

(4) Is managed in accordance with general integrated pest management practices.

(b) No state agency managing land shall allow the use of pesticides to control mosquitoes before dusk.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.