Bill Text: VA SB937 | 2015 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Aircraft, certain; local regulation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-20 - Stricken at request of Patron in Local Government (14-Y 0-N) [SB937 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2015-SB937-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 937 Offered January 14, 2015 Prefiled January 8, 2015 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-926.3, relating to local regulation of certain aircraft. ---------- Patron-- Wexton ---------- Referred to Committee on Local Government ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-926.3 as follows:

§15.2-926.3. Local regulation of certain aircraft.

Any locality may by ordinance prohibit the use within its boundaries of privately owned, unmanned, autonomous aircraft weighing 55 pounds or less. Such ordinance shall be for the purpose of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the locality's citizens and to allow citizens the quiet enjoyment of their properties.