Oklahoma Statutes
Title 3. Aircraft and Airports.
§3-322. Critical infrastructure facility – Unmanned aircraft prohibited.

A. As used in this section:

1. "Critical infrastructure facility" means:
2. "Dam" means any barrier, including any appurtenant structures, that is constructed for the purpose of permanently or temporarily impounding water; and
3. "Unmanned aircraft" means an aircraft without occupants that is flown by a pilot via a ground control system or autonomously through use of an onboard computer and other additional equipment necessary to operate the aircraft and includes unmanned aircraft commonly called drones.
B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, a person shall not intentionally or knowingly:
1. Operate an unmanned aircraft over a critical infrastructure facility if the unmanned aircraft is less than four hundred (400) feet above ground level;
2. Allow an unmanned aircraft to make contact with a critical infrastructure facility, including any person or object on the premises of or within the facility; or
3. Allow an unmanned aircraft to come within a distance of a critical infrastructure facility that is close enough to interfere with the operations of or cause a disturbance to the facility.
C. This section shall not apply to conduct committed by:
1. The federal government, the state or a political subdivision of the state;
2. A person under contract with or otherwise acting under the direction or on behalf of the federal government, the state or a political subdivision of the state;
3. A law enforcement agency;
4. A person under contract with or otherwise acting under the direction or on behalf of a law enforcement agency;
5. An owner or operator of the critical infrastructure facility;
6. A person under contract with or otherwise acting under the direction or on behalf of an owner or operator of the critical infrastructure facility;
7. A person who has the prior written consent of the owner or operator of the critical infrastructure facility;
8. The owner or occupant of the property on which the critical infrastructure facility is located or a person who has the prior written consent of the owner or occupant of that property; or
9. An operator of an unmanned aircraft that is being used for a commercial purpose, if the operator is authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct operations over that airspace.
D. Any person in violation of this section may be civilly liable for damages to the critical infrastructure facility to include, but not be limited to, damage to property, the environment or human health.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 313, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.

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