Assembly Bill No. 30–Assemblyman de Braga

Prefiled January 22, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture, and Mining

SUMMARY—Increases amount of insurance coverage required for license to apply pesticides by aircraft. (BDR 49‑372)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

AN ACT relating to the application of pesticides; increasing the amount of insurance coverage required for a license to apply pesticides by aircraft; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. NRS 555.330 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 555.330 1. The director shall require from each applicant for a pest

1-3 control license proof of public liability and property damage insurance in

1-4 an amount of:

1-5 (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), not less than

1-6 $10,000, nor more than $200,000.

1-7 (b) If the license would authorize the application of pesticides by

1-8 aircraft, not less than $1,000,000.

1-9 The director may accept a liability insurance policy or surety bond in the

1-10 proper amount.

1-11 2. The director may require drift insurance for the use of pesticides or

1-12 other materials declared hazardous or dangerous to man, livestock,

1-13 wildlife, crops or plantlife.

1-14 3. Any person injured by the breach of any such obligation is entitled

1-15 to sue in his own name in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the

1-16 damages he sustained by that breach, if each claim is made within 6

1-17 months after the alleged injury.

1-18 4. The director on his own motion may, or upon receipt of a verified

1-19 complaint of an interested person shall, investigate, as he deems necessary,

1-20 any loss or damage resulting from the application of any pesticide by a

2-1 licensed pest control operator. A verified complaint of loss or damage must

2-2 be filed within 60 days after the time that the occurrence of the loss or

2-3 damage becomes known except that, if a growing crop is alleged to have

2-4 been damaged, the verified complaint must be filed before 50 percent of

2-5 the crop has been harvested. A report of investigations resulting from a

2-6 verified complaint must be furnished to the person who filed the complaint.

2-7 Sec. 2. The amendatory provisions of this act apply only to an

2-8 applicant for the issuance or renewal of a pest control license for a period

2-9 beginning on or after January 1, 2002.

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