Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 24-1-300. (A) A person shall not operate an unmanned aerial vehicle within a horizontal distance of five hundred feet or a vertical distance of two hundred fifty feet from any Department of Corrections facility without written consent from the director of the Department of Corrections.
(B) Regarding the consent required pursuant to subsection (A), the director may enter into a general consent agreement with a public utility, as defined in Section 58-4-5(6), allowing the public utility to operate a drone within the restricted area to perform maintenance as needed, provided that the agreement requires appropriate notice to the facility concerning when the maintenance will occur.
(C) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both."
SECTION 2. Article 1, Chapter 5, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 24-5-175. (A) A person shall not operate an unmanned aerial vehicle within a horizontal distance of five hundred feet or a vertical distance of two hundred fifty feet from any local detention facility without written consent from the jail administrator.
(B) Regarding the consent required pursuant to subsection (A), the jail administrator may enter into a general consent agreement with a public utility, as defined in Section 58-4-5(6), allowing the public utility to operate a drone within the restricted area to perform maintenance as needed, provided that the agreement requires appropriate notice to the facility concerning when the maintenance will occur.
(C) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.