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Who is arguing that Texas drone law is unconstitutional? A former federal judge
Is the Texas drone law being challenged in court as unconstitutional? Yes.
What are the issues taken with the Texas Drone Law?
Which texas companies were certified under the new drone certification system in Texas? HUVRdata (Austin) & Aviation Unmanned (Addison)
What entity does the drone certification? Texas A&M University System via its Corpus Christi campus and its engineering extension service
How is industry using drones? wind-power, oil and gas and transportation industries to provide aerial inspections and mapping, and for port and border security and coastline monitoring
A proposal in California would require drone owners to carry insurance for their drones. it even has a catchy name, The Drone Registration/Omnibus Negligence-prevention Enactment (DRONE) Act.
The bill’s requirements:
Drones collect data. Data everywhere. Private data. Public Data.
Legislatures and local governments are focused on …How long that data is stored, under what conditions, and under what disclosure requirements is legislative fodder.
Are these private drones or public drones? Data release and data storage could apply to either. Here are 3 of the legislative questions:
California legislature passed a bill to protect property owners from drones filing within 350 feet above their property. Very pro-private property rights legislation.
This measure, Senate Bill 142 , was vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown. The Governor is concerned that drone operators will be exposed to litigation.
Courthouse News Service: Drone Regulations Grounded in California
Legislating & regulating the use of drones is a delicate dance between privacy advocates, property rights advocates, and figuring out who owns air space.
Here are the most basic rules:
17 states have passed laws concerning drones. The Feds say, who cares- we control air space, not the states. It’s the perennial states right fight.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police says they have few tools to protect citizens from drones.
The Wall Street Journal points us to a 1946 the US Supreme Court established that property owners have exclusive control of the area immediately above their land, which is estimated to be 83 feet.