General Assembly Raised Bill No. 975
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4660
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 975
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4660
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPALITIES AND UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, "unmanned aircraft" means an aircraft flown remotely by a pilot via a ground control system or autonomously through the use of an onboard computer or additional equipment necessary for such aircraft to operate safely.
(b) No municipality shall enact or enforce an ordinance or resolution that regulates the ownership, possession, purchase, sale, use, transportation or operation of unmanned aircraft or otherwise engage in the regulation of the ownership, possession, purchase, sale, use, transportation or operation of such aircraft, except as otherwise authorized by the Connecticut general statutes or federal law.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
PD Joint Favorable
PD
Joint Favorable