Bill Text: AZ HB2334 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Unmanned aerial vehicle; evidence; admissibility

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-29 - Referred to House JUD Committee [HB2334 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2014-HB2334-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: unmanned aerial vehicle; evidence; admissibility

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

Second Regular Session

2014

 

 

HB 2334

 

Introduced by

Representatives Orr: Livingston

 

 

AN ACT

 

AMENDING TITLE 12, CHAPTER 13, Arizona Revised Statutes, BY ADDING ARTICLE 11; RELATING TO UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE EVIDENCE.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 12, chapter 13, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 11, to read:

ARTICLE 11.  UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE EVIDENCE

START_STATUTE12-2331.  Admissibility of pictures or information; definition

A.  Any picture or information that is obtained or collected without a search warrant by an unmanned aerial vehicle is inadmissible in any court in this state.

B.  For the purposes of this section, "unmanned aerial vehicle" means a powered aerial vehicle that:

1.  does not carry a human operator.

2.  Uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift.

3.  Can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely.

4.  Can be expendable or recoverable.

5.  Can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload.  END_STATUTE