NY State Senate Bill 2015-S6222B

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Jun 15, 2016	referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate
May 16, 2016	amended on third reading 6222c
May 10, 2016	advanced to third reading
May 09, 2016	2nd report cal.
May 05, 2016	1st report cal.714
Mar 21, 2016	print number 6222b
Mar 21, 2016	amend and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
Feb 01, 2016	print number 6222a
Feb 01, 2016	amend and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
Jan 06, 2016	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Votes

- Jun 15, 2016 - Floor Vote
  S6222B
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 15, 2016
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Persaud
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Diaz
  May 5, 2016 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote
  S6222B
  
  9
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote: May 5, 2016
      
      aye (9)
      
      Akshar
      
      Gallivan
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Little
      
      Montgomery
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Savino
      
      Venditto
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Griffo
      
      Perkins
      
      excused (2)
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Peralta

Bill Amendments

Original

C (Active)

co-Sponsors

2015-S6222 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8625
Current Committee:: Assembly Codes
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Add §624, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S2125, A6930
2019-2020: S1380, A1600
2021-2022: S2660, A5073
2023-2024: S4481, A5203

2015-S6222 - Summary

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

2015-S6222 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6222

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to civilian drone use
near a correctional facility

 PURPOSE :

To prohibit civilian drone use within one thousand feet of a
correctional facility and to authorize correction officers to disable
any drone within one hundred feet of a correctional facility's outer
security wall or perimeter.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends the correction law by adding a new section 624
pertaining to drone use around correctional facilities

Section 2 provides the effective date.

 EXISTING LAW :

Article 22 of the Correction Law contains miscellaneous provisions.
There is no existing law related to the regulation of civilian drone
use in the Correction Law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The use of unmanned aerial systems, or drones, including recreational
civilian drone use, has increased exponentially in recent years.
Drones have a variety of uses, including law enforcement, land
surveillance, wildlife tracking, search and rescue operations,
disaster response, border patrol and photography. While drone use has
revolutionized these enterprises and lead to many successful
innovations, not all drone use is innocuous.

In August of this year a drone dropped a package containing tobacco,
marijuana, and heroin into the Mansfield Correctional Institution in
Mansfield, Ohio. Inmates discovered the package and it was only after
a fight broke out relating to the package that authorities discovered
that a drone was responsible for the illegal delivery. Similarly, that
same month authorities in Maryland arrested two men for an alleged
scheme to use a drone to deliver drugs, pornography, and a firearm
into a prison.  Police were responding to a report of a suspicious car
near the Western Correctional Institution, in Cumberland, Maryland
when they discovered the men inside the vehicle were in possession of
an aerial drone, a handgun, drugs, and pornographic DVDs.

Contraband in prisons contributes to violence endangering the safety
and wellbeing of both inmates and correctional staff. It is paramount
that this state restricts the introduction of contraband into
correctional institutions at every entry point. Today, this must
include aerial access points through the use of drones.

To that end, this legislation prohibits civilian drone use within one
thousand feet of a correctional facility and authorizes correction
officers to disable any drone within one hundred feet of a
correctional facility's outer security wall or perimeter. By
restricting drone use in the immediate vicinity of a correctional
institution this bill promotes a safer and more harmonious prison
environment by keeping all members of the correctional community safe.
For foregoing reasons it is imperative that this bill is enacted.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S6222 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6222

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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:

  Section  1.  The correction law is amended by adding a new section 624
to read as follows:
  S 624. DRONE USE AROUND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 1. NO  PERSON,  IN  A
PRIVATE  CAPACITY,  SHALL  OPERATE A DRONE WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF A
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE.
  2. CORRECTION OFFICERS SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO USE  A  FIREARM  TO
DISABLE  ANY  DRONE WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FEET OF A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY'S
OUTER SECURITY WALL OR PERIMETER.
  3. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  "DRONE" MEANS A POWERED OR UNPOWERED AERIAL VEHICLE OR A BALLOON FLOAT
OR OTHER DEVICE THAT:
  (A) DOES NOT CARRY A HUMAN OPERATOR;
  (B) USES AERODYNAMIC FORCES OR GASES TO PROVIDE LIFT;
  (C) CAN FLY AUTONOMOUSLY OR BE PILOTED REMOTELY;
  (D) CAN BE EXPENDABLE OR RECOVERABLE;
  (E) CAPTURES IMAGES OF OBJECTS OR PEOPLE ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR;
  (F) INTERCEPTS COMMUNICATIONS ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR; AND/OR
  (G) CAN CARRY A LETHAL OR NON-LETHAL PAYLOAD.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11941-01-5

co-Sponsors

2015-S6222A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8625
Current Committee:: Assembly Codes
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Add §624, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S2125, A6930
2019-2020: S1380, A1600
2021-2022: S2660, A5073
2023-2024: S4481, A5203

2015-S6222A - Summary

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

2015-S6222A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6222A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the correction law, in relation to
civilian drone use near a correctional facility

 PURPOSE :

To prohibit civilian drone use within one thousand feet of a
correctional facility.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends the correction law by adding a new section 624
prohibiting drone use within 1000 feet of a correctional facility.
This section also defines the term drone pursuant to this provision
and provides penalties for violating this law.

Section 2 provides the effective date.

 EXISTING LAW :

Article 22 of the Correction Law contains miscellaneous provisions.
There is no existing law related to the regulation of civilian drone
use in the Correction Law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The use of unmanned aerial systems, or drones, including recreational
civilian drone use, has increased exponentially in recent years.
Drones have a variety of uses, including law enforcement, land
surveillance, wildlife tracking, search and rescue operations,
disaster response, border patrol and photography. While drone use has
revolutionized these enterprises and lead to many successful
innovations, not all drone use is innocuous.

In August of this year a drone dropped a package containing tobacco,
marijuana, and heroin into the Mansfield Correctional Institution in
Mansfield, Ohio. Inmates discovered the package and it was only after
a fight broke out relating to the package that authorities discovered
that a drone was responsible for the illegal delivery. Similarly, that
same month authorities in Maryland arrested two men for an alleged
scheme to use a drone to deliver drugs, pornography, and a firearm
into a prison. Police were responding to a report of a suspicious car
near the Western Correctional Institution, in Cumberland, Maryland
when they discovered the men inside the vehicle were in possession of
an aerial drone, a handgun, drugs, and pornographic DVDs.

Contraband in prisons contributes to violence endangering the safety
and wellbeing of both inmates and correctional staff. It is paramount
that this state restricts the introduction of contraband into
correctional institutions at every entry point. Today, this must
include aerial access points through the use of drones.

To that end, this legislation prohibits civilian drone use within one
thousand feet of a correctional facility. Violating this provision
shall result in a civil penalty of $1000.00 for the first offense and
is punishable as a misdemeanor for each subsequent offence. By
restricting drone use in the immediate vicinity of a correctional
institution this bill promotes a safer and more harmonious prison
environment by keeping all members of the correctional community safe.
For foregoing reasons it is imperative that this bill is enacted.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S6222A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6222--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. RITCHIE, 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

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:

  Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new  section  624
to read as follows:
  S  624.  DRONE  USE AROUND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 1. NO PERSON, IN A
PRIVATE CAPACITY, SHALL OPERATE A DRONE WITHIN ONE THOUSAND  FEET  OF  A
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE.
  2. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  "DRONE" MEANS A POWERED OR UNPOWERED AERIAL VEHICLE OR A BALLOON FLOAT
OR OTHER DEVICE THAT:
  (A) DOES NOT CARRY A HUMAN OPERATOR;
  (B) USES AERODYNAMIC FORCES OR GASES TO PROVIDE LIFT;
  (C) CAN FLY AUTONOMOUSLY OR BE PILOTED REMOTELY;
  (D) CAN BE EXPENDABLE OR RECOVERABLE;
  (E) CAPTURES IMAGES OF OBJECTS OR PEOPLE ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR;
  (F) INTERCEPTS COMMUNICATIONS ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR; AND/OR
  (G) CAN CARRY A LETHAL OR NON-LETHAL PAYLOAD.
  3.  A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL RESULT IN A CIVIL PENALTY OF ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND A MISDEMEANOR FOR EACH SUBSE-
QUENT OFFENSE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11941-03-6

co-Sponsors

2015-S6222B - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8625
Current Committee:: Assembly Codes
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Add §624, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S2125, A6930
2019-2020: S1380, A1600
2021-2022: S2660, A5073
2023-2024: S4481, A5203

2015-S6222B - Summary

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

2015-S6222B - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6222B

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the correction law, in relation to
civilian drone use near a correctional facility

 PURPOSE :

To prohibit civilian drone use within one thousand feet of a
correctional facility.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends the correction law by adding a new section 624
prohibiting drone use within 1000 feet of a correctional facility or a
local correctional facility in this state. This section also defines
the term drone pursuant to this provision and provides penalties for
violating this law.

Section 2 provides the effective date.

 EXISTING LAW :

Article 22 of the Correction Law contains miscellaneous provisions.
There is no existing law related to the regulation of civilian drone
use in the Correction Law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The use of unmanned aerial systems, or drones, including recreational
civilian drone use, has increased exponentially in recent years.
Drones have a variety of uses, including law enforcement, land
surveillance, wildlife tracking, search and rescue operations,
disaster response, border patrol and photography. While drone use has
revolutionized these enterprises and lead to many successful
innovations, not all drone use is innocuous.

In August of this year a drone dropped a package containing tobacco,
marijuana, and heroin into the Mansfield Correctional Institution in
Mansfield, Ohio. Inmates discovered the package and it was only after
a fight broke out relating to the package that authorities discovered
that a drone was responsible for the illegal delivery. Similarly, that
same month authorities in Maryland arrested two men for an alleged
scheme to use a drone to deliver drugs, pornography, and a firearm
into a prison. Police were responding to a report of a suspicious car
near the Western Correctional Institution, in Cumberland, Maryland
when they discovered the men inside the vehicle were in possession of
an aerial drone, a handgun, drugs, and pornographic DVDs.

Contraband in prisons contributes to violence endangering the safety
and wellbeing of both inmates and correctional staff. It is paramount
that this state restricts the introduction of contraband into
correctional institutions at every entry point. Today, this must
include aerial access points through the use of drones.

To that end, this legislation prohibits civilian drone use within one
thousand feet of a correctional facility. Violating this provision
shall result in a civil penalty of $1000.00 for the first offense and
is punishable as a misdemeanor for each subsequent offence. By
restricting drone use in the immediate vicinity of a correctional
institution this bill promotes a safer and more harmonious prison
environment by keeping all members of the correctional community safe.
For foregoing reasons it is imperative that this bill is enacted.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.
 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S6222B - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6222--B

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. RITCHIE, 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

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:

  Section  1.  The correction law is amended by adding a new section 624
to read as follows:
  S 624. DRONE USE AROUND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 1. NO  PERSON,  IN  A
PRIVATE  CAPACITY,  SHALL  OPERATE A DRONE WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF A
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE.
  2. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  "DRONE" MEANS A POWERED OR UNPOWERED AERIAL VEHICLE OR A BALLOON FLOAT
OR OTHER DEVICE THAT:
  (A) DOES NOT CARRY A HUMAN OPERATOR;
  (B) USES AERODYNAMIC FORCES OR GASES TO PROVIDE LIFT;
  (C) CAN FLY AUTONOMOUSLY OR BE PILOTED REMOTELY;
  (D) CAN BE EXPENDABLE OR RECOVERABLE;
  (E) CAPTURES IMAGES OF OBJECTS OR PEOPLE ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR;
  (F) INTERCEPTS COMMUNICATIONS ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR; AND/OR
  (G) CAN CARRY A LETHAL OR NON-LETHAL PAYLOAD.
  3. A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL RESULT IN A CIVIL PENALTY OF  ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND A MISDEMEANOR FOR EACH SUBSE-
QUENT OFFENSE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11941-05-6

co-Sponsors

2015-S6222C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8625
Current Committee:: Assembly Codes
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Add §624, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S2125, A6930
2019-2020: S1380, A1600
2021-2022: S2660, A5073
2023-2024: S4481, A5203

2015-S6222C (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-S6222C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6222C

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the correction law, in relation to
civilian drone use near a correctional facility

 PURPOSE :

To prohibit civilian drone use within one thousand feet of a
correctional facility.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends the correction law by adding a new section 624
prohibiting drone use within 1000 feet of a correctional facility or a
local correctional facility in this state. This section also defines
the term drone pursuant to this provision and provides penalties for
violating this law.

This prohibition shall not apply to the operation of a drone by any
person or entity that the federal aviation administration has
authorized to operate a drone from commercial purpose, where the drone
is operated in a manner that complies with that authorization.

Section 2 provides the effective date.

 EXISTING LAW :

Article 22 of the Correction Law contains miscellaneous provisions.
There is no existing law related to the regulation of civilian drone
use in the Correction Law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The use of unmanned aerial systems, or drones, including recreational
civilian drone use, has increased exponentially in recent years.
Drones have a variety of uses, including law enforcement, land
surveillance, wildlife tracking, search and rescue operations,
disaster response, border patrol and photography. While drone use has
revolutionized these enterprises and lead to many successful
innovations, not all drone use is innocuous.  In August of this year a
drone dropped a package containing tobacco, marijuana, and heroin into
the Mansfield Correctional Institution in Mansfield, Ohio. Inmates
discovered the package and it was only after a fight broke out
relating to the package that authorities discovered that a drone was
responsible for the illegal delivery. Similarly, that same month
authorities in Maryland arrested two men for an alleged scheme to use
a drone to deliver drugs, pornography, and a firearm into a prison.
Police were responding to a report of a suspicious car near the
Western Correctional Institution, in Cumberland, Maryland when they
discovered the men inside the vehicle were in possession of an aerial
drone, a handgun, drugs, and pornographic DVDs.

Contraband in prisons contributes to violence endangering the safety
and wellbeing of both inmates and correctional staff. It is paramount
that this state restricts the introduction of contraband into
correctional institutions at every entry point. Today, this must
include aerial access points through the use of drones.

To that end, this legislation prohibits civilian drone use within one
thousand feet of a correctional facility. Violating this provision
shall result in a civil penalty of $1000.00 for the first offense and
is punishable as a misdemeanor for each subsequent offence. By
restricting drone use in the immediate vicinity of a correctional
institution this bill promotes a safer and more harmonious prison
environment by keeping all members of the correctional community safe.
For foregoing reasons it is imperative that this bill is enacted.
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S6222C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6222--C
    Cal. No. 714

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (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:

  Section  1.  The correction law is amended by adding a new section 624
to read as follows:
  S 624. DRONE USE AROUND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 1. NO  PERSON,  IN  A
PRIVATE  CAPACITY,  SHALL  OPERATE A DRONE WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF A
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE.
  2. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  "DRONE" MEANS A POWERED OR UNPOWERED AERIAL VEHICLE OR A BALLOON FLOAT
OR OTHER DEVICE THAT:
  (A) DOES NOT CARRY A HUMAN OPERATOR;
  (B) USES AERODYNAMIC FORCES OR GASES TO PROVIDE LIFT;
  (C) CAN FLY AUTONOMOUSLY OR BE PILOTED REMOTELY;
  (D) CAN BE EXPENDABLE OR RECOVERABLE;
  (E) CAPTURES IMAGES OF OBJECTS OR PEOPLE ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR;
  (F) INTERCEPTS COMMUNICATIONS ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR; AND/OR
  (G) CAN CARRY A LETHAL OR NON-LETHAL PAYLOAD.
  3. A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL RESULT IN A CIVIL PENALTY OF  ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND A MISDEMEANOR FOR EACH SUBSE-
QUENT OFFENSE.
  4.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT APPLY TO THE OPERATION OF A DRONE BY ANY
PERSON OR ENTITY THAT THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HAS AUTHORIZED
TO OPERATE A DRONE FOR A COMMERCIAL PURPOSE, WHERE THE DRONE IS OPERATED

IN A MANNER THAT COMPLIES WITH THAT AUTHORIZATION.
  S 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

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Senate Bill S6222B

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Jun 15, 2016 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 15, 2016

May 5, 2016 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote

Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote: May 5, 2016

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2015-S6222 - Details

2015-S6222 - Summary

2015-S6222 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6222 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2015-S6222A - Details

2015-S6222A - Summary

2015-S6222A - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6222A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2015-S6222B - Details

2015-S6222B - Summary

2015-S6222B - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6222B - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

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Senate Bill S6222B

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Patty Ritchie

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

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Terrence Murphy

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Terrence Murphy

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Fred Akshar

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2015-S6222B - Details

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Fred Akshar

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