South Carolina – HB 3514

Title

No Title

Sponsor(s):

Representatives Hamilton and Delleney

Synopsis:

A public unmanned aircraft system may be operated and personal information from the operation disclosed in order to collect personal information only pursuant to a criminal warrant issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

It is unlawful to operate an unmanned aircraft for the purpose, in whole or in part, of using the public unmanned aircraft system as a weapon or to deliver a weapon against a person or property.

It is lawful pursuant to this section for a public institution of higher education to operate a public unmanned aircraft system solely for research or academic purposes provided that no part of personal information and no evidence derived from the operation may be received in evidence in any trial.

Definition of UAS would include MA; however, non public use of UAS is not addressed.

Tracking Site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/lits/litsindex.html

Status:

Introduced

Recommended Action
Contact sponsor/leadership with request to include MA exclusion…

“Model Aircraft as defined in the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 [PL 112-95, Sec. 336(c)] are excluded from the provisions of this Bill/Statute”

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