Bill Text: NJ A1739 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Creates fourth degree crime of operating drone equipped with weapon.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-14 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A1739 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A1739-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1739

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman  JAY WEBBER

District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)

Assemblyman  NICHOLAS CHIARAVALLOTI

District 31 (Hudson)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Creates fourth degree crime of operating drone equipped with weapon.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee on February 14, 2019, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning unmanned ¹[aerial vehicles] aircraft systems¹ and supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

1.      a.  As used in this section:

      "Anti-personnel device" means a firearm as defined in N.J.S.2C:39-1, any prohibited weapon or device under N.J.S.2C:39-3, or any other projectile designed to harm, incapacitate, or otherwise negatively impact a human being.

      "Civilian unmanned ¹[aerial vehicle] aircraft system¹" means an ¹[aerial vehicle] unmanned aircraft and associated elements, including communication links and the components that control the unmanned aircraft that are required for the pilot in command to operate safely and efficiently. The term shall apply only to unmanned aircraft and associated elements¹ owned or operated by a private individual or business entity ¹[that uses aerodynamic forces to propel the vehicle and does not carry a human operator, and which is capable of flying autonomously or being piloted remotely and conducting surveillance as defined in this section.

      "Surveillance" means the act of monitoring, observing, photographing, or recording] .

      "Operate" shall have the same meaning as defined in section 1 of P.L.2017, c.315 (C.2C:40-27).

      "Unmanned aircraft" shall have the same meaning as defined in section 1 of P.L.2017, c.315 (C.2C:40-27)¹.

      b. A person who operates a civilian unmanned ¹[aerial vehicle] aircraft system¹ that is equipped with an anti-personnel device shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.