Bill Amendment: IL SB3291 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
Status: 2018-08-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0735 [SB3291 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB3291-Senate_Amendment_003.html
Bill Title: UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
Status: 2018-08-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0735 [SB3291 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB3291-Senate_Amendment_003.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3291
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3291, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
| 4 | following:
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| 5 | "Section 5. The Illinois Aeronautics Act is amended by | ||||||
| 6 | adding Section 42.1 as follows:
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| 7 | (620 ILCS 5/42.1 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 42.1. Regulation of unmanned aircraft systems. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
| 10 | "Unmanned aircraft" means a device used or intended to be | ||||||
| 11 | used for flight in the air that is operated without the | ||||||
| 12 | possibility of direct human intervention within or on the | ||||||
| 13 | device. | ||||||
| 14 | "Unmanned aircraft system" means an unmanned aircraft and | ||||||
| 15 | its associated elements, including communication links and the | ||||||
| 16 | components that control the unmanned aircraft, that are | ||||||
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| 1 | required for the safe and efficient operation of the unmanned | ||||||
| 2 | aircraft in the national airspace system. | ||||||
| 3 | (b) To the extent that State-level oversight does not | ||||||
| 4 | conflict with federal laws, rules, or regulations, the | ||||||
| 5 | regulation of an unmanned aircraft system is an exclusive power | ||||||
| 6 | and function of the State. No unit of local government, | ||||||
| 7 | including home rule unit, may enact an ordinance or resolution | ||||||
| 8 | to regulate unmanned aircraft systems. This Section is a denial | ||||||
| 9 | and limitation of home rule powers and functions under | ||||||
| 10 | subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois | ||||||
| 11 | Constitution. This Section does not apply to any local | ||||||
| 12 | ordinance enacted by a municipality of more than 1,000,000 | ||||||
| 13 | inhabitants. | ||||||
| 14 | (c) Nothing in this Section shall infringe or impede any | ||||||
| 15 | current right or remedy available under existing State law. | ||||||
| 16 | (d) The Department may adopt any rules that it finds | ||||||
| 17 | appropriate to address the safe and legal operation of unmanned | ||||||
| 18 | aircraft systems in this State, so that those engaged in the | ||||||
| 19 | operation of unmanned aircraft systems may so engage with the | ||||||
| 20 | least possible restriction, consistent with their safety and | ||||||
| 21 | with the safety and the rights of others, and in compliance | ||||||
| 22 | with federal rules and regulations.
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law.".
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