00HOUSE BILL NO. 154                                                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to the use of laser sighting devices."                                                                 
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 11.61.110(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
04  (a)  A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if [,]                                                          
05   (1)  with intent to disturb the peace and privacy of another not                                                     
06 physically on the same premises or with reckless disregard that the conduct is having                                   
07 that effect after being informed that it is having that effect, the person makes                                        
08 unreasonably loud noise;                                                                                                
09   (2)  in a public place or in a private place of another without consent,                                             
10 and with intent to disturb the peace and privacy of another or with reckless disregard                                  
11 that the conduct is having that effect after being informed that it is having that effect,                              
12 the person makes unreasonably loud noise;                                                                               
13   (3)  in a public place, when a crime has occurred, the person refuses to                                             
14 comply with a lawful order of a peace officer to disperse;                                                              

01   (4)  in a private place, the person refuses to comply with an order of a                                             
02 peace officer to leave premises in which the person has neither a right of possession                                   
03 nor the express invitation to remain of a person having a right of possession;                                          
04   (5)  in a public or private place, the person challenges another to fight                                            
05 or engages in fighting other than in self-defense;                                                                      
06   (6)  the person recklessly creates a hazardous condition for others by an                                            
07 act  that  [WHICH] has no legal justification or excuse; [OR]                                                         
08   (7)  the offender intentionally exposes the offender's buttock or anus to                                            
09 another with reckless disregard for the offensive or insulting effect the act may have                                  
10 on that person ; or                                                                                                    
11   (8)  the person knowingly aims, shines, focuses, or points a laser                                                   
12 sighting device at or upon another with reckless disregard for the offensive,                                           
13 threatening, harassing, annoying, or distracting effect the act may have on the                                         
14 other person .                                                                                                         
15    * Sec. 2.  AS 11.61.110(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
16  (c)  Disorderly conduct is a class B misdemeanor and is punishable as                                                 
17 authorized in AS 12.55 except that , if  a sentence of imprisonment  is  [, IF] imposed  for                       
18 a violation of                                                                                                          
19   (1)  (a)(1) - (7) of this section, the sentence of imprisonment  [,] shall                                          
20 be for a definite term of not more than 10 days ;                                                                      
21   (2)  (a)(8) of this section, and the person the laser sighting device                                                
22 was aimed, shined, focused, or pointed at or upon was not a uniformed or                                                
23 otherwise clearly identified peace officer who was engaged in the performance of                                        
24 official duties, the sentence of imprisonment shall be for a definite term of not                                       
25 more than 10 days .                                                                                                    
26    * Sec. 3.  AS 11.61.110 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
27  (d)  In this section, "laser sighting device" means a hand-held device that emits                                     
28 a laser light or beam that is designed to be used by its operator to indicate, mark, or                                 
29 identify a specific position, place, item, or object.