Bill Text: NY S06222 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
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 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-15 - referred to codes [S06222 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06222-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6222--C Cal. No. 714 IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 6, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RITCHIE, AKSHAR, MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit- tee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading 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 624 2 to read as follows: 3 § 624. 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. LBD11941-07-6