1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 900 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. [18B.346] PESTICIDE APPLICATION ON RAILROAD PROPERTY.
1.4    Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies only to common carrier railroads.
1.5    Subd. 2. Licensing requirement. A railroad company with more than 50 Minnesota
1.6resident employees that applies pesticide to its own property or to other property under its
1.7control, or that contracts with a commercial applicator to make pesticide applications to
1.8railroad property or to other property under the control of the railroad company, must have
1.9at least one Minnesota resident employee licensed as a noncommercial applicator under
1.10section 18B.35. The noncommercial applicator must be licensed at least under the core
1.11and right-of-way categories established by the commissioner under section 18B.35.
1.12    Subd. 3. Safety information. (a) In coordination with common carrier railroad
1.13companies operating in this state, the commissioner shall provide annual pesticide safety
1.14outreach opportunities for railroad employees.
1.15(b) A common carrier railroad company that operates in this state must conduct
1.16annual employee pesticide safety training.
1.17    Subd. 4. Restricted use pesticides. A person may not directly apply a restricted
1.18use pesticide to occupied or unoccupied locomotives, track repair equipment, or on-track
1.19housing units.
1.20    Subd. 5. Misuse reporting. A railroad company or a commercial applicator hired by
1.21the railroad company to apply pesticide must report to the commissioner within four hours,
1.22or as soon as otherwise reasonably possible, any pesticide misuse known to the railroad
1.23company or commercial applicator that occurred on railroad property or to other property
1.24under the control of the railroad company. For the purposes of this section "misuse" means
1.25a pesticide application that violates subdivision 4 or any provision in section 18B.07."
1.26Amend the title accordingly