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2007 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 1061
Offered January 10, 2007
Prefiled January 9, 2007
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.1-106.4:1, relating to the regulation of fertilizer.
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Patron-- Watkins
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 3.1-106.4:1 as follows:

§ 3.1-106.4:1. Local government regulation of fertilizer.

A. No locality shall regulate the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, storage, distribution, use, or application of fertilizers more stringently than the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Environmental Quality.

B. The provisions of this section shall not preempt the adoption, amendment, or enforcement of the State Fire Prevention Code pursuant to (§ 27-97).