{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Texas Agriculture Law","provider_url":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw","author_name":"tiffany.dowelllashmet","title":"Overview of Amendments to Use of Unmanned Aircraft Statute - Texas Agriculture Law","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bspHwoUd1o\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2017\/07\/25\/texas-legislature-adds-protections-cafos-drone-bill\/\">Overview of Amendments to Use of Unmanned Aircraft Statute<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2017\/07\/25\/texas-legislature-adds-protections-cafos-drone-bill\/embed\/#?secret=bspHwoUd1o\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Overview of Amendments to Use of Unmanned Aircraft Statute&#8221; &#8212; Texas Agriculture Law\" data-secret=\"bspHwoUd1o\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2017\/07\/35229845534_7d9679efe5_z.jpg","thumbnail_width":640,"thumbnail_height":427,"description":"The 85th Legislative Session brought an amendment to the law related to use of unmanned aircraft in Texas. \u00a0Importantly for agriculture, the amendment adds confined animal feeding operations (&#8220;CAFOs&#8221;) to the list of &#8220;critical infrastructure&#8221; facilities to which additional flight limitations apply for many drone operators. \u00a0The amendment will go into effect on September 1, 2017. This post will review, in detail, the current Use of Unmanned Aircraft statute and discuss the most recent amendment. \u00a0For those of you not concerned with the specific details, the &#8220;Take Away... Read More &rarr;"}