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| 21 | | - | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 18 |
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| 23 | | - | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 5 -71-207(a), concerning actions that 20 |
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| 24 | | - | constitute the offense of disorderly conduct, is amended to add a new 21 |
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| 25 | | - | subdivision to read as follows: 22 |
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| 26 | | - | (a) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if, with the 23 |
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| 27 | | - | purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm or recklessly 24 |
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| 28 | | - | creating a risk of public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, he or she: 25 |
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| 29 | | - | (1) Engages in fighting or in violent, threatening, or 26 |
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| 30 | | - | tumultuous behavior; 27 |
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| 31 | | - | (2) Makes unreasonable or excessive noise; 28 |
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| 32 | | - | (3) In a public place, uses abusive or obscene language, or 29 |
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| 33 | | - | makes an obscene gesture, in a manner likely to provoke a violent or 30 |
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| 34 | | - | disorderly response; 31 |
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| 35 | | - | (4) Disrupts or disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of 32 |
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| 36 | | - | persons; 33 |
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| 37 | | - | (5) Obstructs vehicular or pedest rian traffic; 34 |
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| 38 | | - | (6) Congregates with two (2) or more other persons in a public 35 |
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| 39 | | - | place and refuses to comply with a lawful order to disperse of a law 36 As Engrossed: H4/4/23 HB1819 |
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| 20 | + | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 17 |
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| 21 | + | 18 |
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| 22 | + | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 5 -71-207(a), concerning actions that 19 |
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| 23 | + | constitute the offense of disorderly conduct, is amended to add a new 20 |
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| 24 | + | subdivision to read as follows: 21 |
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| 25 | + | (a) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if, with the 22 |
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| 26 | + | purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm o r recklessly 23 |
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| 27 | + | creating a risk of public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, he or she: 24 |
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| 28 | + | (1) Engages in fighting or in violent, threatening, or 25 |
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| 29 | + | tumultuous behavior; 26 |
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| 30 | + | (2) Makes unreasonable or excessive noise; 27 |
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| 31 | + | (3) In a public place, uses abusive or obs cene language, or 28 |
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| 32 | + | makes an obscene gesture, in a manner likely to provoke a violent or 29 |
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| 33 | + | disorderly response; 30 |
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| 34 | + | (4) Disrupts or disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of 31 |
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| 35 | + | persons; 32 |
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| 36 | + | (5) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic; 33 |
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| 37 | + | (6) Congregates with two (2) or more other persons in a public 34 |
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| 38 | + | place and refuses to comply with a lawful order to disperse of a law 35 |
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| 39 | + | enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the 36 HB1819 |
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| 44 | | - | enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the 1 |
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| 45 | | - | law; 2 |
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| 46 | | - | (7) Creates a hazardous o r physically offensive condition; 3 |
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| 47 | | - | (8) In a public place, mars, defiles, desecrates, or otherwise 4 |
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| 48 | | - | damages a patriotic or religious symbol that is an object of respect by the 5 |
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| 49 | | - | public or a substantial segment of the public; or 6 |
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| 50 | | - | (9) In a public place, expo ses his or her private parts ; or 7 |
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| 51 | | - | (10) In a public place, acts in a manner that violates community 8 |
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| 52 | | - | or state standards of public decency and appeals to a prurient interest . 9 |
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| 44 | + | law; 1 |
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| 45 | + | (7) Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition; 2 |
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| 46 | + | (8) In a public place, mars, defiles, desecrates, or otherwise 3 |
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| 47 | + | damages a patriotic or religious symbol that is an object of respect by the 4 |
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| 48 | + | public or a substantial segment of the public; or 5 |
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| 49 | + | (9) In a public place, exposes his or her private parts ; or 6 |
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| 50 | + | (10) In a public place, acts in a manner that violates community 7 |
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| 51 | + | or state standards of public decency and appeals to a prurient interest . 8 |
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