California 2015 2015-2016 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB2148 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/17/2016

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2148INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Holden FEBRUARY 17, 2016 An act add Section 714.5 to the Fish and Game Code, relating to unmanned aircraft systems. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2148, as introduced, Holden. Unmanned aircraft systems: regulation. Existing federal law, the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, provides for the integration of civil and public unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, into the national airspace system. Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Wildlife in the Natural Resources Agency. This bill would require the department to develop guidelines for the use of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, over the public lands managed by the department. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 714.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read: 714.5. The Department of Fish and Wildlife shall develop guidelines for the use of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, over the public lands managed by the department.