AB 11 — Revises provisions governing the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles. (BDR 44-137)

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11–COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (ON B EHALF OF THE C OLORADO R IVER COMMISSION OF N EVADA ) PREFILED N OVEMBER 15, 2016 ____________ Referred to Committee on Transportation SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles.

(BDR 44-137) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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Existing law prohibits a person from operating an unmanned aerial vehicle within a horizontal distance of 500 feet or a vertical distance of 250 feet from a critical facility without the written consent of the owner of the critical facility.

A personExisting wholaw violatesdefines “critical facility” for this provisionpurpose to include a petroleum refinery, a petroleum or chemical production, transportation, storage or processing facility, a chemical manufacturing facility, a pipeline and any appurtenance thereto, a wastewater treatment facility, a water treatment facility, a mine, a power generating station, plant or substation, any transmission line that is guiltyowned in whole any prison, facility or institution under the control of athe misdemeanor.Department ofn facility and Corrections.

(NRS 493.109) Existing law defines “critical facility” for this purpose to include a petroleum refinery, a petroleum or chemical production, transportation, storage or processing facility, a chemical manufacturing facility, a pipeline and any appurtenance thereto, generating station, plant or substation, any transmission line that is owned in whole or in part by an electric utility, a county, city or town jail or detention facility and any prison, facility or institution under the control of the Department of Corrections.

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

“Critical facility” means a petroleum refinery, a petroleum or chemical production, transportation, storage or processing facility, a chemical manufacturing facility, a pipeline and any - 79th Session (2017) – 2 – appurtenance thereto, a wastewater treatment facility, a water treatment facility, a mine as that term is defined in NRS 512.006, a power generating station, plant or substation and any appurtenances thereto, any transmission line that is owned in whole or in part by an electric utility as that term is defined in subsection 5 of NRS 704.187 [,] or owned, operated, inspected, maintained or repaired in whole or in part by the Colorado River Commission of Nevada pursuant to NRS 538.161 or 538.166, a county, city or town jail or detention facility and any prison, facility or institution under the control of the Department of Corrections.

The term does not include anyany3.aci“Department” facilitymeans orthe infrastructureDepartment of aPublic utilitySafety. that is located underground.

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“Department” means the Department of Public Safety.

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