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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4355
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      March 8, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        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. Section 13.28 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
     2  vation  law,  as  added  by  a chapter of the laws of 2018, amending the
     3  parks, recreation and historic preservation law relating  to  installing
     4  Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs at all state-managed parks, as
     5  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7242 and A. 8829, is amended to
     6  read as follows:
     7    § 13.28 Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs.  Within one hundred
     8  twenty  days  of  the  effective  date of this section, the office shall
     9  perform an assessment of state parks,  including  trails,  to  determine
    10  where  it is appropriate to install signage to warn park users of possi-
    11  ble Lyme and tick-borne infections. The assessment  shall  include,  but
    12  shall  not  be limited to, considerations related to the installation of
    13  signage in areas of new or increased contact with ticks reported to  the
    14  office,  and,  in  consultation  with the state department of health, an
    15  evaluation of any relevant data on tick-borne diseases. Such  assessment
    16  shall  be  updated  every three years, or earlier as deemed necessary by
    17  the office and a summary of such assessment shall, within sixty days  of
    18  completion,  be  posted  by  the office on its website. The office shall
    19  thereafter install  and  maintain  signs  at  all  state-managed  parks,
    20  including,  but  not  limited  to,  trail  entryways and campgrounds, as
    21  necessary based on such assessment, warning individuals that  ticks  may
    22  be  found  in  such  areas and may result in Lyme disease or other tick-
    23  borne diseases. Such office may use models already in use throughout the
    24  state when determining the design for such signage. For the purposes  of
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07033-01-9
        S. 4355                             2
 
     1  this  [subdivision] section, "trail" shall include footpaths, bike ways,
     2  snowmobile trails, horse trails, cross country  ski  trails,  roads  and
     3  other  rights-of-way  suitable for hiking, strolling, cycling, horseback
     4  riding, skiing and other means of motorized and non-motorized travel for
     5  recreational  purposes  and  shall  include  combinations and systems of
     6  trails, including connecting and side  trails,  and  trails  leading  to
     7  scenic  and  recreational  areas  located  within  and maintained by the
     8  [state] office.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    10  manner  as a chapter of the laws of 2018, amending the parks, recreation
    11  and historic preservation law relating to installing Lyme and tick-borne
    12  disease warning signs at all state-managed parks, as proposed in  legis-
    13  lative bills numbers S. 7242 and A. 8829, takes effect.