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Brianna's Law: New Boat Safety State Measure Honors Memory Of Long Islander Brianna's Law: New Boat Safety State Measure Honors Memory Of Long Islander
Brianna's Law: New Boat Safety State Measure Honors Memory Of Long Islander New legislation has been signed into law improving boating safety in honor of an 11-year-old girl who died in a 2005 accident. Brianna’s Law was signed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week, which will phase in requirements that all operators of watercraft must complete a state-approved boating safety course. The law is named after 11-year-old Brianna Lieneck, of Deer Park in Suffolk County who died off the coast of Long Island when her family’s boat was struck by another vessel at around 9 p.m. on Aug. 17, 2005, in the Great South Bay. “(This law) protects the operator o…

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