Bill Text: CA AB1190 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Unmanned aircraft: state and local regulation: limitations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-06-19 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [AB1190 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1190-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 12, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1190 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Irwin |
February 21, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares that the intent of this act is to accomplish the following goals:SEC. 2.
Section 831.7 of the Government Code is amended to read:831.7.
(a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable to any person who participates in a hazardous recreational activity, including any person who assists the participant, or to any spectator who knew or reasonably should have known that the hazardous recreational activity created a substantial risk of injury to themselves and was voluntarily in the place of risk, or having the ability to do so failed to leave, for any damage or injury to property or persons arising out of that hazardous recreational activity.SEC. 3.
Section 831.7.2 is added to the Government Code, immediately following Section 831.7, to read:831.7.2.
(a) A public entity that owns or operates a small unmanned aircraft systems recreational area shall not be held liable for injury or death of any person or property damage resulting solely from the actions of an operator of a small unmanned aircraft system in that recreational area, if the public entity posts signs at each entrance to the recreational area notifying the public that unmanned aircraft may be operating in the area.SEC. 3.SEC. 4.
Section 853.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:853.5.
The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:SEC. 4.SEC. 5.
Chapter 12.97 (commencing with Section 7105) is added to Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, to read:CHAPTER 12.97. Unmanned Aircraft Regulation
7105.
(a) No state or local agency shall adopt any law or regulation that bans the operation of an unmanned aircraft system.(2)A state or local agency may adopt regulations to enforce a requirement that a small unmanned aircraft system be properly registered under 14 CFR Part 47 before issuing a license or other approval to operate the system and to require that the unmanned aircraft be labeled with the operator’s registration number.
(3)It is the Legislature’s intent that if the Federal Aviation Administration eliminates small unmanned aircraft registration, the ____ shall
develop a statewide small unmanned aircraft registration system.
(4)If the state fails to develop a statewide registration system within ____ months of the final action by the Federal Aviation Administration to eliminate the federal registration system, local agencies may develop a registration system for small unmanned aircraft to be operated within an agency’s jurisdiction.
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