Reference is to Printer's Date 5/3/17-S.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting language and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Article 7, Chapter 11, Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 16-11-605.
(A) Except as provided in subsection
(B), a person shall not operate an unmanned aerial vehicle
within a horizontal distance of five hundred feet or a vertical
distance of four hundred feet from a state or federal military
installation with restricted public access without written
consent from the commander of the specific military installation
or his designee. If specific approvals have been given, all
flights must be conducted within the requirements set forth by
the Federal Aviation Administration for the operations of
unmanned aerial vehicles.
(B) This section does
not apply to any person who: registers with the Federal Aviation
Administration as an operator of a commercial unmanned aerial
vehicle; operates the vehicle for the purpose of monitoring,
operating, maintaining, or enhancing electric, communications,
water conveyance, or transportation infrastructure or
determining if repairs to such infrastructure are necessary; and
notifies the commander of the specific military installation
prior to operating the vehicle, provided that the notification
must include the registration number the Federal Aviation
Administration has issued for the vehicle.
(C) A person who
violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or
imprisoned for not more than thirty days."
SECTION 2. This act
takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.