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SB 194 - This act creates the offense of unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft near a correctional center. This offense is committed if someone knowingly operates an unmanned aircraft within a vertical distance of 300 feet or horizontal distance of 500 feet from a correctional center, or allows the unmanned aircraft to make contact with a correctional center, including any person or object located within the facility. This act shall not apply to certain individuals acting in the course their of their official duties or to public utilities under certain circumstances. Violations of the act shall be punishable as a class a misdemeanor, unless the person is delivering an article that may be used to harm an offender or correctional center employee in which case it shall be Class B felony. Using an unmanned aircraft to facilitate an escape from the center is punishable as a Class C felony and using a unmanned aircraft to deliver a controlled substance shall be punished as a Class D felony. CHARLEY MERRIWEATHER
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