ENTITLED, An Act to
increase the penalty for multiple violations of disorderly conduct.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section
1.
That
§
22-18-35
be amended to read as follows:
22-18-35.
Any person who intentionally causes serious public inconvenience, annoyance, or
alarm to any other person, or creates a risk thereof by:
(1)
Engaging in fighting or in violent or threatening behavior;
(3)
Disturbing any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority; or
(4)
Obstructing vehicular or pedestrian traffic;
is guilty of disorderly conduct. Disorderly conduct is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
However, if the
defendant has been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty to, three or more violations of this
section, within the preceding ten years, the defendant is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for any
fourth or subsequent offense.