N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law Section 13.28
Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs

Within one hundred twenty days of the effective date of this section, the office shall perform an assessment of state parks, including trails, to determine where it is appropriate to install signage to warn park users of possible Lyme and tick-borne infections. The assessment shall include, but shall not be limited to, considerations related to the installation of signage in areas of new or increased contact with ticks reported to the office, and, in consultation with the state department of health, an evaluation of any relevant data on tick-borne diseases. Such assessment shall be updated every three years, or earlier as deemed necessary by the office and a summary of such assessment shall, within sixty days of completion, be posted by the office on its website. The office shall thereafter install and maintain signs at all state-managed parks, including, but not limited to, trail entryways and campgrounds, as necessary based on such assessment, warning individuals that ticks may be found in such areas and may result in Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases. Such office may use models already in use throughout the state when determining the design for such signage. For the purposes of this section, “trail” shall include footpaths, bike ways, snowmobile trails, horse trails, cross country ski trails, roads and other rights-of-way suitable for hiking, strolling, cycling, horseback riding, skiing and other means of motorized and non-motorized travel for recreational purposes and shall include combinations and systems of trails, including connecting and side trails, and trails leading to scenic and recreational areas located within and maintained by the office.

Source: Section 13.28 — Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PAR/13.28 (updated Sep. 6, 2019; accessed Nov. 8, 2025).

13.01
Transfer of parks, parkways and other property 13.03
Listing of state parks, parkways, recreation facilities and historic sites 13.04
Assemblyman Herman D 13.05
Caleb Smith State Park 13.06
Consents to public utilities 13.07
Signs and advertising structures restricted 13.09
Solicitation restricted 13.10
Littering and dumping on park lands prohibited 13.11
Real property abutting parks or parkways 13.12
Littering on park lands prohibited 13.13
Regulation of boating and water sports 13.14
Closure of lands owned, held or administered by the office 13.15
Fees and deposits 13.16
Annual vehicular access fee 13.17
Regional state park police 13.18
Three-year vehicular access fee 13.19
Free use of campsites 13.20
Five-year vehicular access fee 13.21
Limitation on park and parkways in city of New York 13.23
Land and water conservation fund 13.25
State reservation at Saratoga Springs 13.27
Hudson-Mohawk urban cultural park 13.28
Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs 13.29
Sojourner Truth commemorative marker 13.30
Reimbursement for expenditures necessitated by negligent, willful or reckless conduct 13.31
Permits for activities near certain funeral events 13.31*2
Oil and gas drilling in Allegany state park

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N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law Section 13.28 Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs

N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law Section 13.28
Lyme and tick-borne disease warning signs