SB 5388 - DIGEST


Requires the integrated pest management coordinator to: (1) Manage the integrated pest management program of the agency or institution; and

(2) Report periodically to the interagency integrated pest management coordinating committee about the implementation of the agency or institution program. The report must: (a) Identify pest problems within the purview or potential purview of the program that have occurred since the last report from that agency or institution; (b) describe the integrated pest management program implemented to address the problems; (c) address the effectiveness of the integrated pest management program used in dealing with each problem and any significant impacts that may have occurred through action or lack of action by the agency or institution involved; and (d) identify additional pests that are anticipated to become a problem and describe the integrated pest management program to be considered in response to the problem.

Provides that, when a state agency or institution named in RCW 17.15.020 conducts or provides for conducting the application of pesticides to the buildings, grounds, or lands under the agency's management, the agency or institution shall ensure that prior to the application a marker is placed at the usual points of entry by employees and the public to the property.