Bill Text: NY A06752 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to install Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs at all state-managed parks including trail entryways and campgrounds, as deemed necessary based on an assessment by the office, due to the increased presence of such diseases within the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-29 - SIGNED CHAP.206 [A06752 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06752-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6752 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development 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. LBD07033-01-9A. 6752 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.