SB 615  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2997

11/04

 

SENATE BILL 615

 

AN ACT relative to small unmanned aircraft.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill defines and regulates "small unmanned aircraft systems."

 

This bill is a request of the department of transportation.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2997

11/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to small unmanned aircraft.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Paragraphs; New Hampshire Aeronautics Act; Definitions.  Amend RSA 422:3 by inserting after paragraph XXVII the following new paragraphs:

XXVII-a.  "Small unmanned aircraft" means an unmanned aircraft as defined 14 C.F.R. part 107.

XXVII-b.  "Small unmanned aircraft system" means a small unmanned aircraft and its associated elements as defined in 14 C.F.R. part 107.

2  New Paragraph; New Hampshire Aeronautics Act; Definitions.  Amend RSA 422:3 by inserting after paragraph XXIX the following new paragraph:

XXX.  "Unmanned aircraft" means an aircraft as defined in 14 C.F.R. part 107.

3  New Hampshire Aeronautics Act; Duties of the Commissioner.  Amend RSA 422:4, VI to read as follows:

VI.  Effecting uniformity in the regulations pertaining to the operation of aircraft by adopting uniform rules consistent with federal regulations and making noncompliance with federal regulations a violation of state law, thereby enabling the law enforcement agencies of the state to enforce the laws regulating the operation of aircraft.  For the purposes of this paragraph, aircraft shall include ultralight vehicles as defined in 14 C.F.R. part 103 and small unmanned aircraft systems as defined in RSA 422:3, XXVII-b.

4  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.