A county bill expected to be introduced Tuesday before the Suffolk County Legislature would or risk getting fined.
The proposed legislation follows in the wake of Christopher Mannino, a West Islip man in a boating under the influence accident in the Great South Bay on June 23.
In July, Mannino's widow, Michelle, at a press conference.
Several readers have already weighed in on Patch's Facebook page.
"Once again it takes a tragedy to make a law that is plain common sense to begin with," wrote Marianne Pizzo Bowden.
Stephen Guardino wrote: "This isnt already a requirement??? Wow.."
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