New York A 615: Relates to prohibiting civilian drone use within 500 ft of a correctional facility

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A00615 Summary:

BILL NOA00615A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00694-A

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SPONSORShimsky

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §608, Cor L

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Relates to prohibiting civilian drone use within 500 feet of a correctional facility except when in use under the Federal Aviation Administration's authorization.

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BILL NOA00615A

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01/08/2025referred to correction

05/15/2025amend and recommit to correction

05/15/2025print number 615a

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 615--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to civilian drone use
 near a correctional facility

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 608
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 608. Drone use around correctional facilities. 1. No person, in a
 4 private capacity, shall operate a drone within five hundred feet of a
 5 correctional facility or local correctional facility in this state.
 6 2. As used in this section:
 7 "Drone" means a powered or unpowered aerial vehicle or a balloon float
 8 or other device that:
 9 (a) does not carry a human operator;
 10 (b) uses aerodynamic forces or gases to provide lift;
 11 (c) can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely;
 12 (d) can be expendable or recoverable;
 13 (e) captures images of objects or people on the ground and in the air;
 14 (f) intercepts communications on the ground and in the air; and/or
 15 (g) can carry a lethal or non-lethal payload.
 16 3. A violation of this section shall result in a civil penalty of five
 17 hundred dollars for the first offense and for each subsequent offense.
 18 4. This section shall not apply to the operation of a drone by any
 19 person or entity that the federal aviation administration has authorized
 20 to operate a drone for a commercial purpose, where the drone is operated
 21 in a manner that complies with that authorization.
 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00243-02-5

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