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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- UNPILOTED AERIAL VEHICLE REGULATION | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Ucci, Winfield, Solomon, Kazarian, and Corvese | |
Date Introduced: February 10, 2016 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 1 of the General Laws entitled "AERONAUTICS" is hereby amended |
2 | by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 8 |
4 | UNPILOTED AERIAL VEHICLES |
5 | 1-8-1. Exclusive aerial regulations. – Subject to federal law, the state of Rhode Island |
6 | and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation shall have exclusive legal authority to regulate any |
7 | object capable of flying, which is remotely controlled, and flies autonomously through software |
8 | controlled flight plans embedded in the object's system by a global position system, commonly |
9 | known as unpiloted aerial vehicles, remotely piloted aircraft, drones, or unmanned aircraft |
10 | systems. |
11 | SECTION 2. Federal Preemption. – If federal law preempts any provision of this chapter, |
12 | that provision shall not apply. |
13 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- UNPILOTED AERIAL VEHICLE REGULATION | |
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1 | This act would grant exclusive authority, subject to federal law, to the state of Rhode |
2 | Island and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation to regulate unpiloted aerial vehicles, remotely |
3 | piloted aircraft, drones, and unmanned aircraft systems. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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