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First Substitute H.B. 465

Representative Eric K. Hutchings proposes the following substitute bill:


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RESPECTING OUR FALLEN HEROES ACT

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2011 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Eric K. Hutchings

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Senate Sponsor: Mark B. Madsen

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill increases the distance a disruptive activity is to be from a memorial service of
             10      a person who served in the armed forces or who was a member of the National Guard.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    defines a military memorial service to be a memorial service of a person who served
             14      in the armed forces or who was a member of the National Guard; and
             15          .    requires a disruptive activity to be at least 1,000 feet away from a military memorial
             16      service.
             17      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             18          None
             19      Other Special Clauses:
             20          None
             21      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             22      AMENDS:
             23          76-9-108, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 46
             24     
             25      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:


             26          Section 1. Section 76-9-108 is amended to read:
             27           76-9-108. Disrupting a funeral or memorial service.
             28          (1) As used in this section:
             29          [(d)] (a) "Disruptive activity" means:
             30          (i) a loud or disruptive oration or speech that is not part of the memorial service;
             31          (ii) the display of a placard, banner, poster, flag, or other item that is not part of the
             32      memorial service; or
             33          (iii) the distribution of any handbill, pamphlet, leaflet, or other written material or other
             34      item that is not part of the memorial service.
             35          [(a)] (b) "Funeral procession" means a procession of two or more motor vehicles
             36      where:
             37          (i) the operators of the vehicles identify themselves as being part of the procession by
             38      having the lamps or lights of the vehicle on and by keeping in close formation with the other
             39      vehicles in the procession;
             40          (ii) at least one vehicle contains the body or remains of a deceased person being
             41      memorialized; and
             42          (iii) the vehicles are going to or from a memorial service.
             43          [(b)] (c) "Memorial service" means the actual time of, 60 minutes immediately before
             44      and 60 minutes immediately after, a wake, funeral, graveside service, burial, or other ceremony
             45      or rite held in connection with the burial or cremation of an individual.
             46          [(c)] (d) "Memorial site" means a church, synagogue, mosque, funeral home, mortuary,
             47      cemetery, grave site, mausoleum, or other place at which a memorial service is conducted.
             48          (e) "Military memorial service" means the actual time of, 60 minutes immediately
             49      before and 60 minutes immediately after, a wake, funeral, graveside service, burial, or other
             50      ceremony or rite held in connection with the burial or cremation of a veteran.
             51          (f) "Veteran" means an individual who was an active duty member of the armed forces
             52      of the United States, a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United
             53      States, or a member of the National Guard.
             54          (2) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person, with intent to disrupt
             55      [the] a memorial service, does any of the following [during the period beginning 60 minutes
             56      immediately before the scheduled commencement of a memorial service and ending 60


             57      minutes after the conclusion of a memorial service]:
             58          (a) obstructs, hinders, impedes, or blocks another person's entry to or exit from the
             59      memorial site;
             60          (b) obstructs, hinders, impedes, or blocks a funeral procession; or
             61          [(c) makes unreasonable noise; or]
             62          [(d)] (c) engages in a disruptive activity within 200 feet of the memorial service.
             63          (3) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor, if the person, with intent to disrupt
             64      any military memorial service, does any of the following:
             65          (a) obstructs, hinders, impedes, or blocks another person's entry to or exit from the
             66      memorial site;
             67          (b) obstructs, hinders, impedes, or blocks a funeral procession; or
             68          (c) engages in a disruptive activity within 1,000 feet of a military memorial service.


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