State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012  

385T0586   SENATE BILL   NO.  133  

Introduced by:    Senator Lederman and Representatives Bolin, Miller, and Nelson (Stace)
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to establish the criminal offense of aggravated disorderly conduct and to provide a penalty therefor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That chapter 22-18 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
    Any person who engages in any act of disorderly conduct as defined in § 22-18-35 is guilty of aggravated disorderly conduct if that person commits that act while in the presence of any officer or official, as defined in section 2 of this Act, and who continues to engage in the act of disorderly conduct or who resumes engaging in the act of disorderly conduct after being ordered by the officer or official to cease and desist. Aggravated disorderly conduct is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
    Section 2. That chapter 22-18 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
    For the purposes of section 1 of this Act, the term, officer or official, means any law enforcement officer, firefighter, rescue personnel, medical personnel, emergency services

personnel, or any other person acting in an official capacity at a fire, accident, disaster, disturbance, riot, or other emergency, who has authority to do so.