Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1514
       
       
        
       By Senator Wright
       
       
       
       
       
       8-01319A-23                                           20231514__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to drones; amending s. 934.50, F.S.;
    3         requiring governmental agencies that use drones not
    4         produced by approved manufacturers to submit by a
    5         specified date to the Department of Management
    6         Services a comprehensive plan for discontinuing the
    7         use of such drones by a specified date; deleting an
    8         obsolete provision; requiring all governmental
    9         agencies that do not timely submit the required
   10         comprehensive plan to discontinue usage of such drones
   11         by a specified date; providing an effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (7) of
   16  section 934.50, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   17         934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone.—
   18         (7) SECURITY STANDARDS FOR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY DRONE USE.—
   19         (d) By August 1, 2023 July 1, 2022, a governmental agency
   20  that uses a any drone not produced by an approved manufacturer
   21  shall submit to the department a comprehensive plan for
   22  discontinuing the use of such a drone by July 1, 2026. The
   23  department shall adopt rules identifying the requirements of the
   24  comprehensive plan required under this paragraph.
   25         (e) By January 1, 2023, All governmental agencies that do
   26  not timely submit the comprehensive plan required by paragraph
   27  (d) shall must discontinue the use of drones not produced by an
   28  approved manufacturer. The department shall establish by rule,
   29  consistent with any federal guidance on drone security, minimum
   30  security requirements for governmental agency drone use to
   31  protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data
   32  collected, transmitted, or stored by a drone. The department may
   33  consult federal agencies in establishing the minimum security
   34  requirements required under this paragraph.
   35         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.