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8 Alb. Gov't L. Rev. 29 (2015)
The State of Drones: State Authority to Regulate Drones

handle is hein.journals/aglr8 and id is 41 raw text is: THE STATE OF DRONES: STATE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE DRONES Robert A. Heverly* I. INTRODUCTION: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (AKA, DRONES) ............................................ 30 II. DRONES AND DRONE REGULATION: THE EXTENT OF FEDERAL AUTHORITY.. ................................ 34 A. The March of the Drones ........ ................ 34 B. Who Owns the Skies........................... 37 C. Understanding United States v. Causby as Applied to Drones ............................. 39 III. STATES AND DRONES TODAY ..................... ....... 48 A. Supporting Drones: Economic Incentives .. ......... 48 B. Controlling Public Use: Law Enforcement and Government Use.............................. 50 C. Controlling Private Use: Operation, Surveillance, Privacy & More .................................. 52 D. The State Role in Defining Property & Trespass Rights ...................................... 53 IV. ANALYZING STATE AUTHORITY. .......... ................. 56 A. Incentives and the Drone Industry.... ............... 56 B. Self-Regulation: States, Local Governments, and Public Business ............................... 57 C. Controlling Private Use.................... 58 D. Defining Property Rights: Takings & Trespass...... 60 V. DRONES: FINAL THOUGHTS........................... 61 * Associate Professor of Law, Albany Law School. For comments and reactions the author wishes to thank the participants at the Game of Drones symposium, the participants at the October 22, 2014 Albany Law School Faculty Workshop, and Professors Stephen Clark, Peter Halewood and Keith Hirakowa. The author is grateful for the research efforts of Albany Law School student Mohammad Viqar Hussain. 29

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