HF 2289 (LSB 2438HV (7) 85)

RELATING TO THE REGULATION AND USE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.492B  Use of unmanned aerial vehicle —— prohibition —— traffic law enforcement.

   The state or a political subdivision of the state shall not use an unmanned aerial vehicle for traffic law enforcement.
    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  808.15  Unmanned aerial vehicle —— information —— admissibility.

   Information obtained as a result of the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle is not admissible as evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding, unless the information is obtained pursuant to the authority of a search warrant, or unless the information is otherwise obtained in a manner that is consistent with state and federal law.
    Sec. 3.  UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE —— REPORT.  The department of public safety, in consultation with the attorney general, state and local agencies, and other interested organizations, including but not limited to organizations with expertise in unmanned aerial vehicle technology, shall examine whether the Iowa criminal code should be modified to regulate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, shall develop model guidelines for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, and shall report such 

guidelines to the general assembly no later than December 31, 2014.

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KRAIG PAULSEN

Speaker of the House

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PAM JOCHUM

President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2289, Eighty-fifth General Assembly.

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CARMINE BOAL

Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2014

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TERRY E. BRANSTAD

Governor