Chapter
193
2003 --
H 5516 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED
Enacted 07/11/03
A N A C T
RELATING
TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Introduced
By: Representatives Lally, Shanley, D Caprio, and Enos
Date
Introduced: February 06, 2003
It
is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 11-45-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-45 entitled
"Disorderly
Conduct"
is hereby amended to read as follows:
11-45-1.
Disorderly conduct. -- (a) A person commits disorderly conduct if he or
she
intentionally,
knowingly, or recklessly:
(1) Engages in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous behavior;
(2) In a public place or near a private residence that he or she has no right to
occupy,
disturbs
another person by making loud and unreasonable noise which under the
circumstances
would
disturb a person of average sensibilities;
(3) Directs at another person in a public place offensive words which are
likely to
provoke
a violent reaction on the part of an average person addressed in that manner;
(4) Alone or with others, obstructs a highway, street, sidewalk, railway,
waterway,
building
entrance, elevator, aisle, stairway, or hallway to which the public or a
substantial group
of
the public has access or any other place ordinarily used for the passage of
persons, vehicles, or
conveyances;
(5) Engages in conduct which obstructs or interferes physically with a lawful
meeting,
procession,
or gathering;
(6)(i) Enters upon the property of another and for a lascivious purpose
looks into an
occupied
dwelling or other building on the property through a window or other
opening; or (ii)
for
a lascivious purpose looks into an occupied dwelling or other building by use
of a computer,
wire,
camera or any video imaging system that provides images of the interior of that
dwelling;
or
(7) Exposes his or her genitals to the view of others under circumstances in
which his or
her
conduct is likely to cause affront, distress, or alarm to those other persons.
(b) Any person, including a police officer, may be a complainant for the
purposes of
instituting
action for any violation of this section.
(c) Any person found guilty of the crime of disorderly conduct shall be
imprisoned for
not
more than six (6) months or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or
both.
(d) Where the provisions of The Domestic Violence Prevention Act, chapter 29 of
title
12,
are applicable, the penalties for violation of this section shall also include
the penalties as
provided
in section 12-29-5.
(e) In no event shall subdivisions (a)(2) -- (5) be construed to prevent lawful
picketing or
lawful
demonstrations including, but not limited to, those relating to a labor
dispute.
(f) In no event shall the provisions of this section be construed to apply to
breast feeding
in
public.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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