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ID S1067
Bill
Status
2/8/2013
Primary Sponsor
Transportation Committee
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AI Summary
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Establishes the "Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act" with definitions for "drone," "unmanned aircraft," and "law enforcement agency" under Idaho Code Chapter 2, Title 21.
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Prohibits any person, entity, or state agency from using drones or unmanned aircraft to gather evidence about criminal conduct without a warrant, or to conduct surveillance of individuals, property, farms, or agricultural industry without consent.
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Allows law enforcement agencies to use drones when exigent circumstances exist, defined as when the agency possesses reasonable suspicion that swift action is necessary to prevent imminent danger to life.
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Permits facility owners to use drones for aerial inspection of their own facilities on land owned by another under valid easement, permit, license, or other right of occupancy.
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Allows aggrieved parties to bring civil actions for violations and bars any information obtained in violation of the act from being admissible as evidence in criminal proceedings or administrative hearings.
Legislative Description
Adds to existing law relating to aeronautics to establish provisions relating to restrictions on gathering evidence or other information through the use of a drone or other unmanned aircraft and to provide for consent; to establish provisions relating to the use of a drone by a law enforcement agency when exigent circumstances exist; to establish provisions relating to a civil action and to provide that no information obtained in violation of this act may be admissible as evidence in certain proceedings.
AERONAUTICS
Last Action
Reported Printed; referred to Transportation
2/11/2013