Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 642
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/20/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Ring) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (140216) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Subsections (5) and (6) of section 934.50,
    7  Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (6) and (7),
    8  respectively, and subsection (5) is added to that section, to
    9  read:
   10         934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone.—
   11         (5) LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF DRONE USE.—A drone is a
   12  dangerous instrumentality, and the owner and operator of a drone
   13  shall exercise reasonable care to prevent injuries to others.
   14  This subsection does not apply to a drone having a weight of
   15  0.55 lbs. or less.
   16         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
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   18  And the title is amended as follows:
   19         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   20  and insert:
   21                        A bill to be entitled                      
   22         An act relating to drones; amending s. 934.50, F.S.;
   23         declaring that a drone is a dangerous instrumentality;
   24         providing an exception; providing an effective date.