Bill Text: IL HB3366 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Provides that the Act does not prohibit the use of a drone by a law enforcement agency if the law enforcement agency is using the drone for pilot practice or training of a law enforcement officer or airborne photography or video for community marketing purposes or flight demonstrations for the general public.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3366 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3366-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | (725 ILCS 167/15) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 15. Exceptions. This Act does not prohibit the use of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | a drone by a law enforcement agency: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (1) To counter a high risk of a terrorist attack by a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | specific individual or organization if the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Secretary of Homeland Security determines that credible | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | intelligence indicates that there is that risk. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | (2) If a law enforcement agency first obtains a search | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | warrant based on probable cause issued under Section 108-3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. The warrant must | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | be limited to a period of 45 days, renewable by the judge | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | upon a showing of good cause for subsequent periods of 45 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | days. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | (3) If a law enforcement agency possesses reasonable | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | suspicion that, under particular circumstances, swift | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | action is needed to prevent imminent harm to life, or to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | forestall the imminent escape of a suspect or the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | destruction of evidence. The use of a drone under this | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | paragraph (3) is limited to a period of 48 hours. Within 24 | ||||||
| 2 | hours of the initiation of the use of a drone under this | ||||||
| 3 | paragraph (3), the chief executive officer of the law | ||||||
| 4 | enforcement agency must report in writing the use of a | ||||||
| 5 | drone to the local State's Attorney. | ||||||
| 6 | (4) If a law enforcement agency is attempting to locate | ||||||
| 7 | a missing person, and is not also undertaking a criminal | ||||||
| 8 | investigation. | ||||||
| 9 | (5) If a law enforcement agency is using a drone solely | ||||||
| 10 | for crime scene and traffic crash scene photography. Crime | ||||||
| 11 | scene and traffic crash photography must be conducted in a | ||||||
| 12 | geographically confined and time-limited manner to | ||||||
| 13 | document specific occurrences. The use of a drone under | ||||||
| 14 | this paragraph (5) on private property requires either a | ||||||
| 15 | search warrant based on probable cause under Section 108-3 | ||||||
| 16 | of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or lawful consent | ||||||
| 17 | to search. The use of a drone under this paragraph (5) on | ||||||
| 18 | lands, highways, roadways, or areas belonging to this State | ||||||
| 19 | or political subdivisions of this State does not require a | ||||||
| 20 | search warrant or consent to search. Any law enforcement | ||||||
| 21 | agency operating a drone under this paragraph (5) shall | ||||||
| 22 | make every reasonable attempt to only photograph the crime | ||||||
| 23 | scene or traffic crash scene and avoid other areas.
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| 24 | (6) If a law enforcement agency is using a drone during | ||||||
| 25 | a disaster or public health emergency, as defined by | ||||||
| 26 | Section 4 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | ||||||
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| 1 | The use of a drone under this paragraph (6) does not | ||||||
| 2 | require an official declaration of a disaster or public | ||||||
| 3 | health emergency prior to use. A law enforcement agency may | ||||||
| 4 | use a drone under this paragraph (6) to obtain information | ||||||
| 5 | necessary for the determination of whether or not a | ||||||
| 6 | disaster or public health emergency should be declared, to | ||||||
| 7 | monitor weather or emergency conditions, to survey damage, | ||||||
| 8 | or to otherwise coordinate response and recovery efforts. | ||||||
| 9 | The use of a drone under this paragraph (6) is permissible | ||||||
| 10 | during the disaster or public health emergency and during | ||||||
| 11 | subsequent response and recovery efforts. | ||||||
| 12 | (7) If a law enforcement agency is using a drone for | ||||||
| 13 | pilot practice or training of a law enforcement officer. | ||||||
| 14 | (8) If a law enforcement agency is using a drone for | ||||||
| 15 | airborne photography or video for community marketing | ||||||
| 16 | purposes or flight demonstrations for the general public. | ||||||
| 17 | (Source: P.A. 98-569, eff. 1-1-14; 98-831, eff. 1-1-15.)
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