Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1804
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:
IC 35-45-1-3.
Synopsis: Threats against persons or property in schools. Expands the
offense of disorderly conduct to include acts of a person who
recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally disrupts or interferes with the
lawful activity of a school by threatening to inflict harm upon a person
or damage property within or associated with the school.
Effective: July 1, 2001.
January 17, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
Introduced
First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1804
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
criminal law and procedure.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 35-45-1-3; (01)IN1804.1.1. -->
SECTION 1.
IC 35-45-1-3
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 3. A person who
recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally:
(1) engages in fighting or in tumultuous conduct;
(2) makes unreasonable noise and continues to do so after being
asked to stop;
or
(3) disrupts a lawful assembly of persons;
or
(4) disrupts or significantly interferes with the lawful activity
of a school by communicating a threat to:
(A) inflict harm upon a person; or
(B) damage property;
within or associated with the school;
commits disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor.