SPONSORS: Sponaugle and Shott

TITLE: Relating to clarifying the potential sentence for disorderly conduct

DATE INTRODUCED: February 4, 2015

CODE REFERENCE: §61-6-1b. Disorderly conduct; penalty.

IDENTICAL/SIMILAR BILLS:

SUMMARY ANALYSIS: The purpose of this bill is to clarify the potential sentence for disorderly conduct by removing language that a person may be "committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections" rather than "confined in jail" which is inserted.

FULL ANALYSIS:

I. SUBSTANTIVE ANALYSIS

A. EXISTING LAW: The Current law provides that persons convicted of a violation of this provision shall be “committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections”. This is only done when persons are committed to a prison or other correctional facility and is seldom done in cases involving violations which rise only to the level of a misdemeanor, such as this offense.

B. THE BILL: The bill fixes this issue, by requiring that persons convicted of an offense of this section be confined in jail.

II.       FISCAL NOTE: Minimal fiscal impact to state government.