68th Legislature SB 19.1
1 SENATE BILL NO. 19
2 INTRODUCED BY K. REGIER
3 BY REQUEST OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE OVERSIGHT COUNCIL
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5 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING SENTENCING LAWS FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT;
6 AND AMENDING SECTION 45-8-101, MCA.”
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8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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10 Section 1. Section 45-8-101, MCA, is amended to read:
11 "45-8-101. Disorderly conduct. (1) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if:
12 (a) the person knowingly disturbs the peace by:
13 (i)(a) quarreling, challenging to fight, or fighting;
14 (ii)(b) making loud or unusual noises;
15 (iii)(c) using threatening, profane, or abusive language;
16 (iv)(d) rendering vehicular or pedestrian traffic impassable;
17 (v)(e) rendering the free ingress or egress to public or private places impassable;
18 (vi)(f) disturbing or disrupting any lawful assembly or public meeting;
19 (vii)(g) transmitting a false report or warning of a fire or other catastrophe in a place where its
20 occurrence would endanger human life;
21 (viii)(h) creating a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate
22 purpose; or
23 (ix)(i) transmitting a false report or warning of an impending explosion in a place where its occurrence
24 would endanger human life; or
25 (b) in the course of engaging in any of the conduct prohibited by subsections (1)(a)(i) through
26 (1)(a)(vi), a peace officer recognizes the person's conduct creates an articulable public safety risk.
27 (2) (a) Except as provided in subsections (2)(b), (3), and (4) subsection (3), a person convicted of
28 the offense of disorderly conduct shall be fined an amount not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned in the county
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1 jail for a term not to exceed 10 days, or both.
2 (b) A person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of subsections (1)(a)(i) through (1)(a)(vi)
3 within 1 year shall be fined an amount not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to
4 exceed 10 days, or both.
5 (3) A person convicted of a violation of subsections subsection (1)(i)(a)(vii) through (1)(a)(ix) shall
6 be fined an amount not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or
7 both.
8 (4) A person convicted of a violation of subsection (1)(b) shall be fined an amount not to exceed $500
9 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 day, or both."
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Statutes affected: SB0019_1.pdf: 45-8-101
SB0019_2.pdf: 45-8-101
SB0019_3.pdf: 45-8-101
Amended: 45-8-101
Introduced: 45-8-101