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MI HB5732
Bill
Status
5/16/2024
Primary Sponsor
Nate Shannon
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AI Summary
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Adds telecommunications tower facilities, grounds, antennae, and shelter sites to the list of infrastructure that state departments and agencies can inspect using unmanned aircraft systems without requiring owner consent.
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Allows state departments, agencies, boards, or commissions to use unmanned aircraft systems for surveillance and inspection of facilities under their jurisdiction only with express owner consent, valid search warrant, imminent public threat, or infrastructure inspection purposes.
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Requires unmanned aircraft systems operated by state entities to be clearly marked as state-owned or operated, except when used under owner consent conditions.
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Mandates that data collected by unmanned aircraft systems (videos, photographs, geospatial data) be furnished promptly to facility owners or operators upon request and are presumed not subject to disclosure under Michigan's Freedom of Information Act.
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Exempts law enforcement agencies from these restrictions when operating unmanned aircraft systems as part of law enforcement investigations.
Legislative Description
Aeronautics: unmanned aircraft systems; use of unmanned aircraft systems for radio communication tower inspections; allow. Amends sec. 7 of 2016 PA 436 (MCL 259.307).
Communications: other
Last Action
Referred To Second Reading
6/18/2024