Relates to installing Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs at all state-managed parks including trail entryways and campgrounds due to the increased presence of such diseases within the state.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8829
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 22, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, HUNTER, GOTTFRIED, MAGEE, THIELE, McDO-
NALD, LUPARDO, LIFTON, O'DONNELL, SKARTADOS, JONES -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Develop-
ment
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to installing Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs at
all state-managed parks
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that the
2 number of Lyme disease and tick-borne related diseases in New York state
3 is increasing every day with certain areas of the state having some of
4 the highest numbers of reported incidents in the United States. Proper
5 notification through the use of signs warning of the prevalence of ticks
6 in the area and the potential for tick transmitted diseases is imper-
7 ative to help combat this growing problem.
8 § 2. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is amended by
9 adding a new section 13.28 to read as follows:
10 § 13.28 Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs. The office shall
11 install and maintain signs at all state-managed parks, including, but
12 not limited to, trail entryways and campgrounds, warning individuals
13 that ticks may be found in such areas and may result in Lyme disease or
14 other tick-borne diseases. Such office may use models already in use
15 throughout the state when determining the design for such signage. For
16 the purposes of this subdivision, "trail" shall include footpaths, bike
17 ways, snowmobile trails, horse trails, cross country ski trails, roads
18 and other rights-of-way suitable for hiking, strolling, cycling, horse-
19 back riding, skiing and other means of motorized and non-motorized trav-
20 el for recreational purposes and shall include combinations and systems
21 of trails, including connecting and side trails, and trails leading to
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 scenic and recreational areas located within and maintained by the
2 state.
3 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
4 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
5 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
6 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
7 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
