Bill Text: NH SB615 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to small unmanned aircraft.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-09-23 - Died on Table [SB615 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-SB615-Amended.html
SB 615 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/12/2020 1036s
2020 SESSION
20-2997
11/04
SENATE BILL 615
AN ACT relative to small unmanned aircraft.
SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill defines and regulates "small unmanned aircraft systems."
This bill is a request of the department of transportation.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/12/2020 1036s 20-2997
11/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to small unmanned aircraft.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraphs; New Hampshire Aeronautics Act; Definitions. Amend RSA 422:3 by inserting after paragraph XXVII the following new paragraphs:
XXVII-a. "Small unmanned aircraft" means an unmanned aircraft as defined in federal regulations, as amended.
XXVII-b. "Small unmanned aircraft system" means a small unmanned aircraft and its associated elements as defined in federal regulations, as amended.
2 New Paragraph; New Hampshire Aeronautics Act; Definitions. Amend RSA 422:3 by inserting after paragraph XXIX the following new paragraph:
XXX. "Unmanned aircraft" means an aircraft as defined in federal regulations, as amended.
3 New Hampshire Aeronautics Act; Duties of the Commissioner. Amend RSA 422:4, VI to read as follows:
VI. Effecting uniformity in the regulations pertaining to the operation of aircraft by adopting uniform rules consistent with federal regulations and making noncompliance with federal regulations a violation of state law, thereby enabling the law enforcement agencies of the state to enforce the laws regulating the operation of aircraft. For the purposes of this paragraph, aircraft shall include ultralight vehicles [as defined in 14 C.F.R. part 103] as defined in federal regulations, as amended, and small unmanned aircraft systems as defined in RSA 422:3, XXVII-b.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
