Bill Text: NY S01380 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting civilian drone use within 1000 feet of a correctional facility except when in use under the Federal Aviation Administration's authorization.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S01380 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01380-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1380
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sens. RITCHIE, AKSHAR, HELMING, O'MARA -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
        AN  ACT  to  amend the correction law, in relation to civilian drone use
          near a correctional facility
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The correction law is amended by adding a new section 626
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 626. Drone use around correctional facilities. 1. No  person,  in  a
     4  private  capacity,  shall  operate a drone within one thousand feet of a
     5  correctional facility or local correctional facility in this state.
     6    2. As used in this section:
     7    "Drone" means a powered or unpowered aerial vehicle or a balloon float
     8  or other device that:
     9    (a) does not carry a human operator;
    10    (b) uses aerodynamic forces or gases to provide lift;
    11    (c) can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely;
    12    (d) can be expendable or recoverable;
    13    (e) captures images of objects or people on the ground and in the air;
    14    (f) intercepts communications on the ground and in the air; and/or
    15    (g) can carry a lethal or non-lethal payload.
    16    3. A violation of this section shall result in a civil penalty of  one
    17  thousand dollars for the first offense and a misdemeanor for each subse-
    18  quent offense.
    19    4.  This  section  shall  not apply to the operation of a drone by any
    20  person or entity that the federal aviation administration has authorized
    21  to operate a drone for a commercial purpose, where the drone is operated
    22  in a manner that complies with that authorization.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03925-01-9