HB 773 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 773
AN ACT excluding noise violations from the crime of disorderly conduct.
SPONSORS: Rep. R. Day, Hills 7; Rep. Holden, Hills 7
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill removes noise violations from the crime of disorderly conduct.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0998
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT excluding noise violations from the crime of disorderly conduct.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Breaches of the Peace; Disorderly Conduct. RSA 644:2, III is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
III. He purposely causes a breach of the peace, public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creates a risk thereof, by:
(a) Disrupting the orderly conduct of business in any public or governmental facility; or
(b) Disrupting any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority.
2 Repeal. RSA 644:2, III-a, relative to action by a law enforcement officer to abate noise, is repealed.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.