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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY ALLOWAY AND KASUNIC, MAY 23, 2011 |
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| INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 23, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Recognizing the week of May 21 through 27, 2011, as "National |
2 | Safe Boating Week" in Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, Boating has become this Commonwealth's premier |
4 | recreational activity as people discover the Keystone State's |
5 | wonderful waterways, from wilderness canoeing on the Clarion |
6 | River to deep water boating on the Delaware River to |
7 | exhilarating whitewater rafting on the Youghiogheny River; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Safe boating practices and boating safety education |
9 | ensure boater safety and an enjoyable boating season; and |
10 | WHEREAS, This year's theme - "Wear it Pennsylvania!" - is |
11 | designed to raise public awareness of the importance of life |
12 | jackets and the comfort of inflatable life jackets; and |
13 | WHEREAS, Life jackets are the most important piece of |
14 | equipment on a boat; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Approximately 80% of individuals involved in boating |
16 | fatalities in Pennsylvania were not wearing a life jacket at the |
17 | time of the incident; and |
18 | WHEREAS, Life jackets are more comfortable, more attractive |
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1 | and more wearable than styles of years past, and Pennsylvania |
2 | law requires that a wearable life jacket be carried for each |
3 | person on board a boat; therefore be it |
4 | RESOLVED, That the Senate support the goals of "Wear it |
5 | Pennsylvania!" and recognize the week of May 21 through 27, |
6 | 2011, as "National Safe Boating Week" in Pennsylvania. |
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