Thursday, January 19, 2017

south Dakota doesn't want to register drones

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/dot-drone-non-registration-bill-advances-to-senate/article_6011c6c5-c051-5339-bede-3122dbce86de.html

"PIERRE | A measure that would clarify that drones weighing less than 55 pounds would not have to be registered with the state was moved out of the Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday morning.
State Transportation Secretary Darin Bergquist said that although estimates indicate there are 6,000 drones in South Dakota, most of them recreational, the department doesn’t have an interest in trying to track them.
Federal regulations require that drones between 0.55 and 55 pounds be registered. That involves a fee of $25, plus 4 percent of the cost of the drone, Bergquist said.
Nobody spoke against the measure, which now advances to the full Senate."

A 50 pound drone is pretty darn big to me.

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