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2016 SESSION
16105412DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-415 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-415. Disorderly conduct in public places.
A. A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if, with the intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he:
A. 1. In any street, highway, public building,
or while in or on a public conveyance, or public place engages in conduct having
a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom,
individually, such conduct is directed; or
B. 2. Willfully or being intoxicated, whether
willfully or not, and whether such intoxication results from self-administered
alcohol or other drug of whatever nature, disrupts any funeral, memorial
service, or meeting of the governing body of any political subdivision of this
Commonwealth or a division or agency thereof, or of any school, literary
society or place of religious worship, if the disruption (i) prevents or
interferes with the orderly conduct of the funeral, memorial service, or
meeting or (ii) has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person
or persons at whom, individually, the disruption is directed; or
C. 3. Willfully or while intoxicated, whether
willfully or not, and whether such intoxication results from self-administered
alcohol or other drug of whatever nature, disrupts the operation of any school
or any activity conducted or sponsored by any school, if the disruption (i)
prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct of the operation or activity or
(ii) has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons
at whom, individually, the disruption is directed.
B. However, the conduct prohibited under subdivision A,
B or C of this section 1, 2, or 3 shall not be deemed to include the
utterance or display of any words or to include conduct otherwise made
punishable under this title.
C. The person in charge of any such building, place, conveyance, meeting, operation or activity may eject therefrom any person who violates any provision of this section, with the aid, if necessary, of any persons who may be called upon for such purpose.
D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any individual age 14 or younger enrolled as a student at the affected elementary or secondary school if the disorderly conduct occurred on school property during regular school hours or on a school bus.
E. The governing bodies of counties, cities and towns
are authorized to adopt ordinances prohibiting and punishing the acts and
conduct prohibited by this section, provided that the punishment fixed therefor
shall not exceed that prescribed for a Class 1 misdemeanor. A person violating
any provision of this section shall be is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor.