The Senate Transportation Committee amended HB 77 (Willis) to include the As Passed by the Senate version of SB 206 (Hackett).
HB 77 prohibits a person from operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a manner that: (1) knowingly endangers any person or property (as opposed to in a careless or reckless manner); or (2) purposely disregards the rights or safety of others (as opposed to with willful or wanton disregard) along with penalties for certain offenses. The language amended in HB 77 from SB 206 (1) establishes specific notification procedures that apply before the director of a public-use airport may perfect a lien on an abandoned aircraft for storage costs and for labor on or furnishing materials for the abandoned aircraft, and (2) establishes a process to dispose of a derelict aircraft located on a public-use airport’s property through either public auction or through an aircraft salvage or scrap metal dealer. I’ve attached the OAA testimony with more detail on why this language is necessary. We appreciate all the work that Rep. Willis and Sen. Hackett and committees in both the House and Senate have done on both bills.
HB 77 passed out of the House 89-2
SB 206 passed out of the Senate 32-1.
Both issues above now included in Am. HB 77 are important to aviation and airports in Ohio. Therefore, the Ohio Aviation Association strongly supports passage by the full Senate and favorable House concurrence vote before the end of the 135th General Assembly.
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