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Utah's aviation laws would see several updates under this bill, covering airport licensing, aircraft registration, lost property handling, and drone use by law enforcement. Airports open to the public that are not federally funded would need to obtain a state-issued license before operating, and those found out of compliance would have 10 days to submit a correction plan before the state could revoke their license and shut them down. The bill also shortens how long a civil aircraft can be based in Utah before requiring state registration (from 181 days to 90 days), while creating a new formal process for how airports handle lost or unclaimed items — including posting notices on the airport's website and the state's public legal notice site, waiting at least eight days before disposing of property, and keeping records of all lost items received; it also allows police at airports with federally mandated security programs to hand off lost property (other than weapons) to airport staff for handling under these new rules. Finally, the bill replaces a rule allowing law enforcement to use drone-collected data "for purposes unrelated to a criminal investigation" with a narrower standard permitting such use only when it does not violate a person's reasonable expectation of privacy.