SECTION 2. Section 1011310 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: 1011310. As used in this article, grounds’ and “Section ‘capitol House grounds’ shall be that area inward from the vehicular ‘State traveled surfaces of Gervais, Sumter, Pendleton, Senate and Assembly Streets in the city of Columbia.” SECTION 3. Section 1011330 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: 1011330. (A) It shall be unlawful for any person or “Section group of persons willfully and knowingly: (a) to enter or to remain within the capitol building unless such person is authorized by law or by rules of the House or Senate, or the Department of Administration regulations, respectively, when such entry is done for the purpose of uttering loud, threatening, and abusive language or to engage in any disorderly or disruptive conduct with the intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of any session of the legislature or the orderly conduct within the building or of any hearing before or any deliberation of any committee or subcommittee of the legislature; (b) to obstruct or to impede passage within the capitol grounds or building; (c) to engage in any act of physical violence upon the capitol grounds or within the capitol building; or (d) to parade, demonstrate, or picket within the capitol building. (B) It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons: (a) to enter or to remain on the capitol grounds when such entry is accomplished in a manner that causes or incites physical violence, (b) to engage or promote conduct that would threaten the public safety, health or wellbeing of others present, (c) to engage in activities that are disorderly and disruptive to other’s use of the capitol grounds, or (d) to remain after being told to disburse by authorized law enforcement personnel. (C) Authorized law enforcement personnel shall have the authority to remove or disburse any persons or organizations, including those with a valid permit, if their continued presence and activity would cause a threat to public security, health or wellbeing. Any person or group of persons refusing to comply with removal or disbursement instructions by authorized law enforcement personnel shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in Section 1011360. A person or group of
SECTION 2. Section 1011310 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 1011310. As used in this article, ‘capitol grounds’ and ‘State House grounds’ shall be that area inward from the vehicular traveled surfaces of Gervais, Sumter, Pendleton, Senate and Assembly Streets in the city of Columbia.” SECTION 3. Section 1011330 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 1011330. (A) It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons willfully and knowingly: (a) to enter or to remain within the capitol building unless such person is authorized by law or by rules of the House or Senate, or the Department of Administration regulations, respectively, when such entry is done for the purpose of uttering loud, threatening, and abusive language or to engage in any disorderly or disruptive conduct with the intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of any session of the legislature or the orderly conduct within the building or of any hearing before or any deliberation of any committee or subcommittee of the legislature; (b) to obstruct or to impede passage within the capitol grounds or building; (c) to engage in any act of physical violence upon the capitol grounds or within the capitol building; or (d) to parade, demonstrate, or picket within the capitol building. (B) It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons: (a) to enter or to remain on the capitol grounds when such entry is accomplished in a manner that causes or incites physical violence, (b) to engage or promote conduct that would threaten the public safety, health or wellbeing of others present, (c) to engage in activities that are disorderly and disruptive to other’s use of the capitol grounds, or (d) to remain after being told to disburse by authorized law enforcement personnel. (C) Authorized law enforcement personnel shall have the authority to remove or disburse any persons or organizations, including those with a valid permit, if their continued presence and activity would cause a threat to public security, health or wellbeing. Any person or group of persons refusing to comply with removal or disbursement instructions by authorized law enforcement personnel shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in Section 1011360. A person or group of
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