BILL NUMBER: AB 2148	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 16, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Holden

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act  to  add Section 714.5 to the Fish and Game Code,
  and to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 5085) to Chapter
1.2 of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code,   relating to
unmanned aircraft systems.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2148, as amended, Holden. Unmanned aircraft systems:
regulation.
   Existing federal law, the Federal Aviation Administration
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, provides for the integration of
civil and public unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as
drones, into the national airspace system. Existing law establishes
 both  the Department of Fish and Wildlife  and the
Department of Parks and Recreation  in the Natural Resources
Agency.
   This bill would require the  department  
Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of  
Parks and Recreation  to develop guidelines for the use of
unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, over the public
lands managed by  the   each  department.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 714.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to
read:
   714.5.  The Department of Fish and Wildlife shall develop
guidelines for the use of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known
as drones, over the public lands managed by the department.
   SEC. 2.    Article 4 (commencing with Section 5085)
is added to Chapter 1.2 of Division 5 of the   Public
Resources Code   , to read:  

      Article 4.  Unmanned Aircraft Systems


   5085.  The Department of Parks and Recreation shall develop
guidelines for the use of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known
as drones, over the public lands managed by the department.