Bill Text: NY S07723 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Prohibits the operation of unmanned aircraft, including drones, over school grounds or critical infrastructure; provides penalties for violations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-14 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S07723 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S07723-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Prohibits the operation of unmanned aircraft, including drones, over school grounds or critical infrastructure; provides penalties for violations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-14 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S07723 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S07723-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7723 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE October 20, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the operation of unmanned aircraft over school grounds The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.45 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 270.45 Unlawfully operating an unmanned aircraft over school grounds. 4 1. As used in this section: 5 (a) "Unmanned aircraft" means an aircraft operated without the possi- 6 bility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft. 7 (b) "School grounds" means in or on or within any building, structure, 8 athletic playing field, playground or land contained within the real 9 property boundary line of a public or private elementary, parochial, 10 intermediate, junior high, vocational or high school. 11 (c) "School administrator" shall have the same meaning as defined by 12 subdivision six of section one thousand one hundred twenty-five of the 13 education law. 14 2. A person is guilty of unlawfully operating an unmanned aircraft 15 over school grounds when, they intentionally or knowingly: 16 (a) operate an unmanned aircraft over school grounds and such unmanned 17 aircraft is not higher than four hundred feet above ground level; 18 (b) allow an unmanned aircraft to make contact with school grounds, 19 including any person or object on the premises; 20 (c) allow an unmanned aircraft to come within a distance of school 21 grounds that is close enough to interfere with the operations of or 22 cause a disturbance to the school on such school grounds. 23 3. Nothing in this section shall apply to conduct described in subdi- 24 vision two of this section when such conduct is committed by: 25 (a) the federal government, the state, or a governmental agency; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13457-01-3S. 7723 2 1 (b) a person under contract with or otherwise acting under the direc- 2 tion or on behalf of the federal government, this state, or governmental 3 entity; 4 (c) a person who has the prior written consent of the school adminis- 5 trator or his or her designee; 6 (d) a law enforcement agency; or 7 (e) a person under contract with or otherwise acting under the direc- 8 tion or on behalf of a law enforcement agency. 9 Unlawfully operating an unmanned aircraft over school grounds is a 10 class B misdemeanor, for a first offense and a class A misdemeanor for 11 any subsequent offense. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 13 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.