S06456 Summary:
| BILL NO | S06456 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | MARTINS |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §240.80, Pen L | |
| Relates to prohibiting the unlawful use of a drone. | |
S06456 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6456 IN SENATE January 13, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- 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 prohibiting the unlawful use of a drone The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.80 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 240.80 Unlawful use of a drone. 4 1. A person is guilty of unlawful use of a drone when he or she oper- 5 ates such drone in a manner inconsistent with hobby use. 6 2. As used in this section: 7 (a) "Drone" means an unmanned aircraft which is operated remotely with- 8 out the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the 9 aircraft. 10 (b) "Hobby use" means the use of a drone: 11 (i) during daytime hours; and 12 (ii) within privately owned air space whose owner has authorized such 13 use; or within publicly owned air space as authorized by local ordi- 14 nance, state and/or federal law. 15 Unlawful use of a drone is a class A misdemeanor. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 17 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13185-03-5