How high are you supposed to fly above someone's house?
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Sorry but you are quoting an early draft of HB912 from 2013 and the points you refer to were dropped from the version that was adopted, also back in 2013.In Texas for instance, when in a public place, and subject to all the other public safety requirements, maximum height is 8ft above ground, supposedly to discourage peeping Toms, or at a greater height/distance that would not allow the photo/video to identify anyone without their express permission and with no electronic or mechanical amplification that would push the image beyond human eye perception to allow recognition for other than officially sanctioned surveillance. On the private property side, in essence, if you fly over someone's house in Texas, make sure your camera is off and you are not capturing images without the property owner's consent. Violations could be as high as $5,000 per image if the owner registers a complaint! See part of the proposed law here. Not sure if it made it to actual legislation yet: http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/83ccrs/hb0912.pdf
How high are you supposed to fly above someone's house?
Sorry but you are quoting an early draft of HB912 from 2013 and the points you refer to were dropped from the version that was adopted, also back in 2013.
There is no mention of 8 feet high (it was actually 6 ft in the draft) etc etc in the adopted version.
But this clause was added:
Sec. A 423.003. AA
OFFENSE: ILLEGAL USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT TO CAPTURE IMAGE.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person uses an unmanned aircraft to capture an image of an individual or privately owned real property in this state with the intent to conduct surveillance on the individual or property captured in the image.
Here's the actual bill as passed: https://static.votesmart.org/static/billtext/44656.pdf