§ 23-25.2-5 - Pesticide relief.
SECTION 23-25.2-5
§ 23-25.2-5 Pesticide relief. – (a) All pesticide registration fees paid pursuant to § 23-25-6(f) andrecoveries on subrogated claims pursuant to § 23-25.2-7 shall be depositedas general revenues.
(b) All money appropriated for pesticide relief isspecifically appropriated to the director for the following purposes:
(1) To provide emergency response activities related to thecontamination of land, water, and buildings. Appropriate uses for funds grantedunder this subdivision shall include testing and monitoring of domestic watersupply sources and the purchase of the following supplies and services: carbonfilters or other such devices for wells, bottled water, alternate watersupplies, or other suitable and cost effective measures to remedy or amelioratethe effects of pesticide contamination.
(2) To monitor the environment including but not limited tothe collection of analysis of soil, water, crops, livestock, and wildlifesamples. The monitoring and analysis shall be in addition to any provided forby regular appropriations of the state or federal grants made for that purpose;
(3) To make grants to municipalities for up to, but not morethan, one-third ( 1/3) of the direct costs incurred in extending public watersystems to areas experiencing multiple contaminated domestic water supply.Grants made to municipalities under this subdivision may not be used, eitheralone or in conjunction with other funds, beyond the area necessary to rectifyan established multiple contaminated domestic water supply;
(4) To make grants for IPM research and educational projects.Appropriate grants under this subdivision shall include but not be limited tothe following: research grants to Rhode Island institutions of higher learningfor IPM research projects in both agricultural and urban pest control;education grants to Rhode Island environmental organizations, Rhode Islandinstitutions of higher learning, and departments or agencies of stategovernment to promote the concept of IPM; program grants to departments oragencies of both state and local government for IPM programs in such areas asmosquito abatement, gypsy moth control, and urban pest management in publiclyowned buildings; program grants to private firms and organizations for IPMprograms in privately owned buildings that are open to the general public, suchas hospitals, museums, malls, and schools; and program grants to farmers forIPM programs on their farms; and
(5) For payment of ancillary services, personnel, andequipment incurred in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Thirty-five percent (35%) of appropriations shall bereserved for grants under subsection (b)(4) of this section. No award of reliefto any one household under subsection (b)(1) shall exceed ten thousand dollars($10,000). No grant to any municipality under subsection (b)(3) shall exceedtwenty-five percent (25%) of the amount available in the portion of the fundreserved for these grants at the time the grant is awarded. No grant undersubsection (b)(4) shall exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the amountavailable in the portion of the fund reserved for these grants at the time thegrant is awarded.
(d) The director is empowered, with the approval of thegovernor, to apply for and receive grants, appropriations, gifts, bequests,donations, or other funds from any public or private source that are intendedto provided either emergency relief for pesticide contamination or financialsupport for IPM projects.
(e) Any recovery on a subrogated claim pursuant to §23-25.2-7 shall be deposited as general revenues.