14-02 Amend 509.03 Disorderly Conduct; Intoxication

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within 1,000 feet of the boundaries of any school, school premises or school building, disorderly Conduct is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (f) As used in this section, "school," "school premises" and "school building" have the same meanings as in Section 513.01. shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: 509.03 DISORDERLY CONDUCT; INTOXICATION. (a) No person shall recklessly cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm to another, by doing any of the following: (1) Engaging in fighbng, in threatening harm to persons or property, or in violent or turbulent behavior; (2) Haking unreasonable noise or offensively coarse utterance, gesture or display, or communicating unwarranted and grossly abusive language to any person; (3) Insulting, taunting or challenging another under circumstances in which such conduct is likely to provoke a violent response; 5) Hindering or preventing the movement of persons on a public street, road, highway or right of way, or to, from, within or upon public or private properLy, so as to interfere with the rights of others and by any act which serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender; (5) Creating a condition which is physically offensive to persons or which presents a risk of physical harm to persons or property by any act which serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender. (b) No person, while voluntarily intoxicated, shall do either of the following: (1) In a pub. lic place, or in the presence of two or more persons engage in conouct likely to be offensive or to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm to persons of ordinary sensibilities, which conduct the offender, if he or she were not intoxicated, shOuld know is likely to have such effect on others; (2) Engage in conduct or create a condition which presents a risk of physical harm to himself or herself or another, or to the property of another.~ (c) Violation of any statute or ordinance of which an element is operating a motor vehicle, locomotive, watercraft, aircraft or other vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or any drug of abuse, is not a violation of subsection (b) hereof. (d) When to an ordinary observer a person appears to be intoxicated, it is probable cause to believe such person is voluntarily intoxicated for purposes of subsection (b) hereof. (e) (1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disorderly conduct. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (e)(3), disorderly conduct is a minor misdemeanor. (3) Disorderly conduct is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree if any of the following applies: A. The offender persists in disorderly conduct after reasonable warning or request to desist. B. The offense is committed in the vicinity of a school or in a school safety zone. C. The offense is committed in the presence of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, rescuer, medical person, emergency medical services person, or other authorized person who is engaged in the person's duties at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot or emergency of any kind.