Bill Amendment: IL SB3291 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

Status: 2018-08-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0735 [SB3291 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB3291-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

Filed: 3/8/2018

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3291
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3291 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Aeronautics Act is amended by
adding Section 42.1 as follows:
(620 ILCS 5/42.1 new)
Sec. 42.1. Regulation of unmanned aircraft systems.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Unmanned aircraft" means a device used or intended to be
used for flight in the air that is operated without the
possibility of direct human intervention within or on the
device.
"Unmanned aircraft system" means an unmanned aircraft and
its associated elements, including communication links and the
components that control the unmanned aircraft, that are
required for the safe and efficient operation of the unmanned

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aircraft in the national airspace system.
(b) To the extent that State-level oversight does not
conflict with federal laws, rules, or regulations, the
regulation of an unmanned aircraft system is an exclusive power
and function of the State. No unit of local government,
including home rule unit, may enact an ordinance or resolution
to regulate unmanned aircraft systems. This Section is a denial
and limitation of home rule powers and functions under
subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".