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Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 11 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
Article 2 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
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O.C.G.A.§ 16-11-34.1
Preventing or disrupting General Assembly sessions or other meetings of members; unlawful activities within the state capitol or certain Capitol Square buildings
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person recklessly or knowingly to
commit any act which may reasonably be expected to prevent or disrupt a session
or meeting of the Senate or House of Representatives, a joint session thereof,
or any meeting of any standing or interim committee, commission, or caucus of
members thereof.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than those persons who are
exempt from the provisions of Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, to
enter, occupy, or remain within the state capitol building or any building
housing committee offices, committee rooms, or offices of members, officials, or
employees of the General Assembly or either house thereof while in the
possession of any firearm; knife, as such term is defined in Code Section
16-11-125.1; explosive or incendiary device or compound; bludgeon; knuckles,
whether made from metal, thermoplastic, wood, or other similar material; or any
other dangerous or deadly weapon, instrument, or device.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person purposely or recklessly and without
authority of law to obstruct any street, sidewalk, hallway, office, or other
passageway in that area designated as Capitol Square by Code Section 50-2-28 in
such a manner as to render it impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or
hazard or to fail or refuse to remove such obstruction after receiving a
reasonable official request or the order of a peace officer to do so.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person willfully and knowingly to enter or
to remain upon the floor of the Senate or the floor of the House of
Representatives or within any cloakroom, lobby, or anteroom adjacent to such
floor unless such person is authorized, pursuant to the rules of the Senate or
House of Representatives or pursuant to authorization given by the Senate or
House of Representatives, to enter or remain upon the floor or within such area.
(e) It shall be unlawful for any person willfully and knowingly to enter or
to remain in the gallery of the Senate or the gallery of the House of
Representatives in violation of rules governing admission to such gallery
adopted by the Senate or the House of Representatives or pursuant to
authorization given by such body.
(f) It shall be unlawful for any person willfully and knowingly to enter or
to remain in any room, chamber, office, or hallway within the state capitol
building or any building housing committee offices, committee rooms, or offices
of members, officials, or employees of the General Assembly or either house
thereof with intent to disrupt the orderly conduct of official business or to
utter loud, threatening, or abusive language or engage in any disorderly or
disruptive conduct in such buildings or areas.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any person to parade, demonstrate, or picket
within the state capitol building or any building housing committee offices,
committee rooms, or offices of members, officials, or employees of the General
Assembly or either house thereof with intent to disrupt the orderly conduct of
official business or to utter loud, threatening, or abusive language or engage
in any disorderly or disruptive conduct in such buildings or areas.
(h)(1) Any person violating this Code section for the
first time shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) Any person violating this Code section for the second
time shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.
(3) Any person violating this Code section for the third
or any subsequent time shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three
years.
(i) The enactment of this Code section shall not repeal any other provision
of law proscribing or regulating any conduct otherwise prohibited by this Code
section.
HISTORY:
Code 1981, § 16-11-34.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 614, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 533, § 3/SB 366; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 16/SB 46; Ga. L. 2010, p. 963, § 2-5/SB 308.