Bill Text: IA SF2314 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act regulating the use of drones and unmanned aircraft, and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 2157.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-13 - Referred to Judiciary. S.J. 551. [SF2314 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF2314-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2157)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
regulating
the
use
of
drones
and
unmanned
aircraft,
and
1
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
801C.1
Definitions.
1
As
used
in
this
chapter
unless
the
context
otherwise
2
requires:
3
1.
“Drone”
means
any
powered
aerial
vehicle
that
does
not
4
carry
a
human
operator,
uses
aerodynamic
forces
to
provide
5
vehicle
lift,
can
fly
autonomously
or
be
piloted
remotely,
6
can
be
expendable
or
recoverable,
and
can
carry
a
lethal
or
7
nonlethal
payload.
8
2.
“Unmanned
aircraft”
means
an
aircraft
that
is
operated
9
without
the
possibility
of
direct
human
intervention
from
10
within
or
on
the
aircraft.
11
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
801C.2
Restrictions
on
gathering
12
evidence.
13
1.
A
law
enforcement
agency
shall
not
use
a
drone
or
other
14
unmanned
aircraft
to
gather
evidence
or
other
information
15
pertaining
to
criminal
conduct,
or
conduct
in
violation
of
a
16
statute,
ordinance,
regulation,
or
rule,
except
to
the
extent
17
authorized
by
a
warrant.
18
2.
A
person,
entity,
or
state
agency
shall
not
use
a
drone
19
or
other
unmanned
aircraft
to
conduct
surveillance
of
or
to
20
gather
evidence
or
information
related
to
any
person,
property
21
owned
by
any
other
person,
or
a
farm
or
agricultural
operation
22
without
the
consent
of
the
other
person,
property
owner,
or
23
farm
or
agricultural
operation
owner.
24
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
801C.3
Exigent
circumstances.
25
Notwithstanding
section
801C.2,
a
law
enforcement
agency
26
may
use
a
drone
or
other
unmanned
aircraft
when
exigent
27
circumstances
exist.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
exigent
28
circumstances
exist
if
a
law
enforcement
agency
possesses
29
reasonable
suspicion
that,
under
particular
circumstances,
30
swift
action
to
prevent
imminent
danger
to
life
is
necessary.
31
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
801C.4
Remedies.
32
1.
In
a
civil
action
an
aggrieved
party
may
obtain
all
33
appropriate
relief
to
prevent
or
remedy
a
violation
of
this
34
chapter.
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2.
Any
information
obtained
or
collected
in
violation
of
1
this
chapter
shall
not
be
admissible
as
evidence
in
a
criminal,
2
civil,
or
administrative
proceeding.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
regulates
the
use
of
drones
and
unmanned
aircraft.
7
The
bill
defines
“drone”
to
mean
any
powered
unmanned
8
aircraft
that
does
not
carry
a
human
operator,
uses
aerodynamic
9
forces
to
provide
vehicle
lift,
can
fly
autonomously
or
10
be
piloted
remotely,
can
be
expendable
or
recoverable,
and
11
can
carry
a
lethal
or
nonlethal
payload.
The
bill
defines
12
“unmanned
aircraft”
to
mean
an
aircraft
that
is
operated
13
without
the
possibility
of
direct
human
intervention
from
14
within
or
on
the
aircraft.
15
The
bill
specifies
that
a
law
enforcement
agency
shall
not
16
use
a
drone
or
other
unmanned
aircraft
to
gather
evidence
or
17
other
information
pertaining
to
criminal
conduct,
or
other
18
conduct
that
violates
the
law,
except
to
the
extent
authorized
19
by
a
warrant.
20
The
bill
further
specifies
that
a
person,
entity,
or
state
21
agency
shall
not
use
a
drone
or
other
unmanned
aircraft
to
22
conduct
surveillance
of
or
to
gather
evidence
or
information
23
related
to
any
person,
property
owned
by
another
person,
or
24
a
farm
or
agricultural
operation
without
the
consent
of
the
25
other
person,
property
owner,
or
farm
or
agricultural
operation
26
owner.
27
A
law
enforcement
agency
may
use
a
drone
or
other
unmanned
28
aircraft
when
exigent
circumstances
exist.
Under
the
bill,
29
exigent
circumstances
exist
if
a
law
enforcement
agency
30
possesses
reasonable
suspicion
that,
under
particular
31
circumstances,
swift
action
to
prevent
imminent
danger
to
life
32
is
necessary.
33
The
bill
provides
that
any
aggrieved
party
may
obtain
all
34
appropriate
relief
to
prevent
or
remedy
a
violation
of
the
bill
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