626.12.
(a) Unless authorized by federal law, it shall be an infraction to knowingly and intentionally operate an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system on the grounds of, or less than 350 feet above ground level within the airspace overlaying, a public school providing instruction in kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive, during school hours and without the written permission of the school principal or higher authority, or his or her designee, or equivalent school authority.(b) Unless authorized by federal law, it shall be an infraction to knowingly and intentionally use an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system to capture images of public school grounds providing instruction in kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive, during school hours and without the written permission of the school principal or higher authority, or his or her designee, or equivalent school authority.
(c) A violation of this section shall be punished as follows:
(1) Upon a first conviction, a warning shall be given.
(2) Upon a second and any subsequent conviction under this section, a fine of no more than two hundred dollars ($200).
(d) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “School hours” means during any school session, extracurricular activity, or event sponsored by or participated in by the school, and the one-hour periods immediately preceding and following any session, activity, or event.
(2) “Unmanned aircraft” means an aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.
(3) “Unmanned aircraft system” means an unmanned aircraft and associated elements, including, but not limited to, communication links and the components that control the unmanned aircraft that are required for the pilot in command to operate safely and efficiently in the national airspace system.
(e) This section does not apply to a publisher, editor, reporter, or other person connected with or employed by a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication engaged in gathering, receiving, or processing information for communication to the public, or by a radio or television station or network, or by a press association or wire service, or Internet Web site affiliated with or under common ownership of any of those entities, or any person who was so connected or employed at the time that person operated the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, unless a request that the person cease using an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system at a public school building or public school grounds is made by the principal, or the designee of the principal, on the basis that the continued presence of the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system used by the person would be disruptive of, or would interfere with, classes or other activities of the public school program.
(f) This section does not apply to the operation of an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system by law enforcement.
(g) This section does not apply to any entity for which the Federal Aviation Administration has authorized the use of the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system if the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system is operated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the authorization.