Bill Text: AZ SB1139 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Dispersing assemblies; no public assistance
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-26 - Referred to Senate PSMT Committee [SB1139 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2015-SB1139-Introduced.html
REFERENCE TITLE: dispersing assemblies; no public assistance |
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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SB 1139 |
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Introduced by Senator Dial
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AN ACT
amending section 13‑3804, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to dispersing unlawful assembly.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-3804, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-3804. Duty of officers to disperse unlawful assembly
A. Where any number of persons, whether armed or not, are unlawfully or riotously assembled, the sheriff and his deputies, officials governing the city or town, peace officers or justices of the peace and constables, or any of them, shall go among the persons assembled, or as near to them as possible, and command them, in the name of the state, immediately to disperse.
B. If the people assembled do not immediately disperse, the magistrate and officers shall arrest them, and for that purpose may command the aid of all persons present or within the county.