Senate Bill S5685

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting Brianna's Law

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S5685 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4853
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§49 & 79, Nav L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A9806

2019-S5685 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts Brianna's Law; requires that operators of mechanically propelled vessels complete a boating safety course.

2019-S5685 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5685
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation  to  enacting  Brianna's
   Law
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 "Brianna's Law".
   §  2. Subdivision 1 of section 49 of the navigation law, as amended by
 chapter 361 of the laws of 2013, paragraph a  and  subparagraph  (i)  of
 paragraph b as amended by chapter 386 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1. No person [born on or after May first, nineteen hundred ninety-six]
 shall operate a mechanically propelled vessel on the navigable waters of
 the  state or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries
 of Nassau and Suffolk counties, unless[:
   a.] the operator is at least ten years old and  is  the  holder  of  a
 boating  safety  certificate  issued  to him or her UPON COMPLETION OF A
 BOATING SAFETY COURSE APPROVED by the commissioner,  the  United  States
 Power  Squadrons,  the United States coast guard auxiliary or the United
 States sailing association for a powerboating course  or  courses  which
 are approved by the commissioner[; or
   b. the operator is younger than eighteen years of age, and is accompa-
 nied  on the mechanically propelled vessel by at least one person who is
 at least eighteen years of age and is
   (i) the holder of a boating safety certificate issued to him or her by
 the commissioner, the United States Power Squadrons, the  United  States
 coast  guard  auxiliary  or  the United States sailing association for a
 powerboating course or courses which are approved by  the  commissioner,
 or

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11668-02-9
              

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