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SB3235 Summary:

BILL NOS03235
 
SAME ASSAME AS A04962
 
SPONSORSANDERS
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §240.00, add §240.80, Pen L
 
Relates to the unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft.
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SB3235 Actions:

BILL NOS03235
 
01/28/2021REFERRED TO CODES
01/05/2022REFERRED TO CODES
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SB3235 Text:




 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3235
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 28, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the unlawful use or opera-
          tion of an unmanned aircraft
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Section 240.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8. "Unmanned aircraft" means a device used for flight in the air which
     4  is operated remotely without the  possibility  of  direct  human  inter-
     5  vention from within or on the aircraft.
     6    §  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.80 to read
     7  as follows:
     8  § 240.80 Unlawful use or operation of an unmanned aircraft.
     9    A person is guilty  of  unlawful  use  or  operation  of  an  unmanned
    10  aircraft  when  during  the  personal use or operation of such aircraft,
    11  except as otherwise provided by federal law,  he  or  she  intentionally
    12  operates an unmanned aircraft:
    13    1.  in  violation  of federal laws or regulations of the United States
    14  department of transportation and  the  federal  aviation  administration
    15  (FAA) or successors thereof; or
    16    2. in a reckless manner so as to endanger the life or safety of anoth-
    17  er person or property of a person.
    18    Unlawful use or operation of an unmanned aircraft is a violation.
    19    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    20  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05603-01-1
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