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Maine Law Applying Strong Restrictions on Government Drone Use Now in Effect
Bill Link: LD25
Effective Date: 10/15/2015
Overview: After a ruling by the Maine Supreme Court cleared up controversy surrounding Gov. Paul LePage’s failure to sign more than 60 bills within the proper time frame, a new law drastically restricting the use of drones by state and local law enforcement, and serving to thwart one aspect of the federal surveillance went into effect.
Legislative Document 25 (LD25) prohibits warrantless drone surveillance with only a few exceptions, requires local legislative approval before an agency can acquire drones and sets out minimum standards for drone operation. The new law some privacy supporters call an “important first step,” bars the use of drones “for criminal investigations without a warrant…except as permitted by a recognized exception to the requirement for a warrant under the Constitution of Maine or the United States Constitution.” The law also includes an outright ban on weaponized drones. Law enforcement agencies may no longer purchase drones without the approval from the local governing body overseeing them. This empowers the people in a local community to stop their police from using drones altogether through their representative bodies. In addition, law enforcement agencies may not “conduct surveillance of private citizens peacefully exercising their constitutional rights of free speech and assembly.”
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