This section defines terms such as ALEA, Capitol Area, unmanned aircraft, unmanned aircraft system, use, and vicinity.
For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ALEA. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (2) CAPITOL AREA. Any of the following locations: a. The Downtown Capitol Area. b. The Alabama Governor’s Mansion and all real property situated between Cromwell Street and Finley Avenue and between Court Street and Perry Street in Montgomery, Alabama. c. Any official residence of the Governor of Alabama. d. Any location designated by the secretary where the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Supreme Court of Alabama, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, or the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals convenes, or will convene, to perform official business. (3) CONDUCTING FLIGHT OPERATIONS. Any of the following actions: a. Manipulating the flight controls of an unmanned aircraft system. b. Acting as a remote pilot in command for a person manipulating the flight controls of an unmanned aircraft system. c. Acting as a visual observer for a person manipulating the flight controls of an unmanned aircraft system. (4) DOWNTOWN CAPITOL AREA. All real property situated between Madison Avenue and High Street and between Lawrence Street and Hilliard Street in Montgomery, Alabama. (5) SECRETARY. The Secretary of ALEA. (6) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. An aircraft operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft. (7) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM or UAS. An unmanned aircraft and its associated elements, including communication links and the components that control the unmanned aircraft, which are required for the safe and efficient operation of the unmanned aircraft in the national airspace system. (8) USE. When used in reference to an unmanned aircraft system, any of the following actions: a. Conducting flight operations for an unmanned aircraft system. b. Launching an unmanned aircraft. c. Landing an unmanned aircraft, or otherwise allowing an unmanned aircraft to make contact with any individual or real or personal property. d. Causing an unmanned aircraft to fly. e. Causing an unmanned aircraft to drop any payload. f. Causing an unmanned aircraft system to deploy or discharge an attached weapon, firearm, explosive, destructive device, or ammunition. (9) VICINITY. The area of physical space within 500 horizontal feet and 250 vertical feet of the perimeter of a Capitol area.