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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 870
January Session, 2019
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO EXAM INE THE USE OF
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHI CLES BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) (1) For the purposes of this 1
section, "unmanned aerial vehicle" means any contrivance used or 2
designed for navigation of or flight in air that is power-driven and 3
operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from 4
within or on the contrivance. 5
(2) There is established a task force to study the use of unmanned 6
aerial vehicles by law enforcement agencies. The task force shall 7
examine the existing and potential future uses of unmanned aerial 8
vehicles by law enforcement agencies in this state and make 9
recommendations for legislation to establish: 10
(A) The circumstances when law enforcement officers shall be 11
required to obtain a warrant to use an unmanned aerial vehicle; 12
(B) The circumstances under which law enforcement officers may 13
use data collected by unmanned aerial vehicles, including provisions 14
to address the privacy interests of individuals; 15
(C) A retention schedule for data collected by unmanned aerial 16 Substitute Bill No. 870
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vehicles used by law enforcement agencies; and 17
(D) Requirements for law enforcement agencies to document their 18
use of unmanned aerial vehicles. 19
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 20
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 21
one of whom shall represent an organization advocating for civil 22
liberties; 23
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one 24
of whom shall represent the interests of police chiefs in this state; 25
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 26
Representatives; 27
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 28
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 29
Representatives; 30
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 31
(7) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 32
or the commissioner's designee; 33
(8) The Chief State's Attorney, or the Chief State's Attorney's 34
designee; 35
(9) The Chief Public Defender, or the Chief Public Defender's 36
designee; and 37
(10) The chairperson of the Police Officer Standards and Training 38
Council, or the chairperson's designee. 39
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 40
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 41
of the General Assembly. 42 Substitute Bill No. 870
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(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 43
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 44
filled by the appointing authority. 45
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 46
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 47
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 48
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 49
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 50
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 51
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 52
safety and security shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 53
(g) Not later than January 15, 2020, the task force shall submit a 54
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 55
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 56
relating to public safety and security, in accordance with the 57
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall 58
terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 15, 2020, 59
whichever is later. 60
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
PS Joint Favorable Subst.