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REFERENCE TITLE: unlawful assembly; riot; highways; penalties |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session 2021
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SB 1784 |
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Introduced by Senator Rogers
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AN ACT
amending sections 13-2902, 13-2903 and 13-2906, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to offenses against public order.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-2902, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-2902. Unlawful assembly; classification
A. A person commits unlawful assembly by:
1. Assembling with two or more other persons with the intent to engage in conduct constituting a riot as defined in section 13-2903; or
2. Being present at an assembly of two or more other persons who are engaged in or who have the readily apparent intent to engage in conduct constituting a riot as defined in section 13-2903 and knowingly remaining there and refusing to obey an official order to disperse.
B. Unlawful assembly is a class 1 misdemeanor. in addition to any other penalty, the court shall order a person who is convicted of a violation of this section to pay a fine of at least $500.
Sec. 2. Section 13-2903, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-2903. Riot; classification
A. A person commits riot if, with two or more other persons acting together, such person recklessly uses force or violence or threatens to use force or violence, if such threat is accompanied by immediate power of execution, which disturbs the public peace.
B. Riot is a class 5 4 felony.
Sec. 3. Section 13-2906, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-2906. Obstructing a highway or other public thoroughfare; classification; definition
A. A person commits obstructing a highway or other public thoroughfare if the person, alone or with other persons, does any of the following:
1. Having no legal privilege to do so, recklessly interferes with the passage of any highway or public thoroughfare by creating an unreasonable inconvenience or hazard.
2. Intentionally activates a pedestrian signal on a highway or public thoroughfare if the person's reason for activating the signal is not to cross the highway or public thoroughfare but to do both of the following:
(a) Stop the passage of traffic on the highway or public thoroughfare.
(b) Solicit a driver for a donation or business.
3. After receiving a verbal warning to desist, intentionally interferes with passage on a highway or other public thoroughfare or entrance into a public forum that results in preventing other persons from gaining access to a governmental meeting, a governmental hearing or a political campaign event.
4. While engaging in unlawful assembly under section 13-2902 or riot under section 13-2903, Recklessly interferes with the passage of any highway or public thoroughfare by creating an unreasonable inconvenience or hazard.
B. obstructing a highway or other public thoroughfare under subsection A, paragraph 4 of this section is a class 6 felony. Obstructing a highway or other public thoroughfare under subsection A, paragraph 3 of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor. Obstructing a highway or other public thoroughfare under subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2 of this section is a class 3 misdemeanor.
C. For the purposes of this section, "public forum" has the same meaning prescribed in section 15-1861.