FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 6508

C 274 L 02

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Registering pesticides.

Sponsors:  Senators Rasmussen, Swecker and Winsley.

Senate Committee on Agriculture & International Trade

House Committee on Agriculture & Ecology

Background:  Each year, pesticide registrations must be renewed at a cost of $145.  Registration fees are paid to the Department of Agriculture.

Summary:  Pesticide registrations are renewed every two years at a cost of $290.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate480

House930(House amended)

Senate440(Senate concurred)

Effective:  January 1, 2003 (Sections 1, 2 and 4)

January 1, 2004 (Section 3)