Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 766
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/04/2019           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Gruters) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) is amended and
    6  paragraphs (d) through (j) of subsection (4) of section 934.50,
    7  Florida Statutes, are redesignated as paragraphs (h) through
    8  (n), respectively, and new paragraphs (d), (e), (f), and (g) are
    9  added to that subsection to read:
   10         934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone.—
   11         (3) PROHIBITED USE OF DRONES.—
   12         (a) A law enforcement agency may not use a drone to gather
   13  evidence or other information except as provided in (4).
   14         (4) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not prohibit the use of a
   15  drone:
   16         (d) To assist a law enforcement agency in crowd control
   17  involving a group of 50 people or more.
   18         (e) To assist a law enforcement agency with traffic
   19  management, except that a law enforcement agency may not use a
   20  drone to gather evidence to enforce traffic infractions.
   21         (f) To facilitate a law enforcement agency's collection of
   22  evidence at a crime scene or traffic crash scene.
   23         (g) By a state agency or political subdivision for the
   24  assessment of damage due to a flood, wildfire, or natural
   25  disaster or for vegetation or wildlife management on publicly
   26  owned land or water.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019
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   30  And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   32  and insert:
   33                        A bill to be entitled                      
   34         An act relating to expanded uses of unmanned aircraft;
   35         amending s. 934.50, F.S.; authorizing the use of
   36         drones by law enforcement agencies and other specified
   37         entities for specified purposes; providing an
   38         effective date.