2019-2020 Minnesota Proposed Legislative Language

Subd. 4. 

Application of certain pesticides prohibited

(a) A person may not apply or use a pollinator-lethal pesticide within the geographic boundaries of a city that has enacted an ordinance under subdivision 2 prohibiting such use.
 

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "pollinator-lethal pesticide" means a pesticide that has a pollinator protection box on the label or labeling, or a pollinator, bee, or honey bee precautionary statement in the environmental hazards section of the label or labeling.
 

(c) The commissioner must maintain a list of pollinator-lethal pesticides on the department's website.