Bill Text: NY S07242 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-05 - APPROVAL MEMO.4 [S07242 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S07242-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7242 IN SENATE January 5, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation 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 22 scenic and recreational areas located within and maintained by the 23 state. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 25 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the 26 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 27 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 28 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13920-04-7