2016 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 97
BY SENATOR LAMBERT AND REPRESENTATIVE BACALA
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To designate May 21 through 27, 2016, as Safe Boating Week in Louisiana.
WHEREAS, the United States has over thirteen million boats, and three hundred
twenty-three thousand of those boats are on Louisiana waters; and
WHEREAS, the vast majority of boating incidents are caused by human error or poor
judgment and not by the boat, equipment, or environmental factors; and
WHEREAS, approximately seventy-five percent of our state's fatalities on the water
are due to drowning; and
WHEREAS, a significant number of boaters who lose their lives by drowning each
year would be alive today had they worn their life jackets; and
WHEREAS, while boats are a marvelous source of recreation, unknowledgeable boat
operators are a risk to other boaters when they do not know or obey the navigation rules of
the road, drink alcohol, take drugs while operating a boat, or choose not to wear a life jacket;
and
WHEREAS, one precaution, wearing a life jacket, could save eighty percent of the
lives of those who fall into the water unexpectedly; and
WHEREAS, boating knowledge and skills are important in reducing human error and
improving judgment; if people are aware of the risk, they are more likely to take the
precautionary measures to protect themselves, their friends, family, and others; which is why
we must spread the message of boating safety education in our state.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
designate May 21 through 27, 2016, as Safe Boating Week in Louisiana.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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