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SB 6160 - Obstructing traffic

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Section 1

  1. A person is guilty of failure to disperse if:

    1. He or she congregates with a group of three or more other persons and there are acts of conduct within that group which create a substantial risk of causing injury to any person, or substantial harm to property; and

    2. He or she refuses or fails to disperse when ordered to do so by a peace officer or other public servant engaged in enforcing or executing the law.

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    1. Failure to disperse is a misdemeanor.

    2. Failure to disperse is a class C felony when a person refuses to disperse from a public roadway and their refusal obstructs traffic.

Section 2

  1. A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if the person:

    1. Uses abusive language and thereby intentionally creates a risk of assault;

    2. Intentionally disrupts any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority;

    3. Intentionally obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic without lawful authority; or

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      1. Intentionally engages in fighting or in tumultuous conduct or makes unreasonable noise, within five hundred feet of:

(A) The location where a funeral or burial is being performed;

(B) A funeral home during the viewing of a deceased person;

(C) A funeral procession, if the person described in this subsection (1)(d) knows that the funeral procession is taking place; or

(D) A building in which a funeral or memorial service is being conducted; and

    ii. Knows that the activity adversely affects the funeral, burial, viewing, funeral procession, or memorial service.

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    1. Disorderly conduct is a misdemeanor.

    2. Disorderly conduct is a gross misdemeanor when a person violates subsection (1)(c) of this section.

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