Substitute House Bill No. 7012
Public Act No. 01-83
AN ACT CONCERNING DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND BURGLARY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 53a-182 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:
(a) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct when, with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, [he] such person: (1) Engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior; or (2) by offensive or disorderly conduct, annoys or interferes with another person; or (3) makes unreasonable noise; or (4) without lawful authority, disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons; or (5) obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic; or (6) congregates with other persons in a public place and refuses to comply with a reasonable official request or order to disperse; or (7) commits simple trespass, as provided in section 53a-110a, and observes, in other than a casual or cursory manner, another person (A) without the knowledge or consent of such other person, (B) while such other person is inside a dwelling, as defined in section 53a-100, and not in plain view, and (C) under circumstances where such other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
(b) Disorderly conduct is a class C misdemeanor.
Sec. 2. Section 53a-102 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:
(a) A person is guilty of burglary in the second degree when [he] such person (1) enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling at night with intent to commit a crime therein, or (2) enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling, while a person other than a participant in the crime is actually present in such dwelling, with intent to commit a crime therein.
(b) Burglary in the second degree is a class C felony.
Approved June 6, 2001