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.