House Engrossed

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

Second Regular Session

2014

 

 

HOUSE BILL 2581

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 13‑1502, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to criminal trespass.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 13-1502, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE13-1502.  Criminal trespass in the third degree; classification

A.  A person commits criminal trespass in the third degree by:

1.  Knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully on any real property after a reasonable request to leave by a law enforcement officer acting at the request of the owner of the property or any other person having lawful control over the property, the owner or any other person having lawful control over such property, or reasonable notice prohibiting entry.

2.  Knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully on the right‑of‑way for tracks, or the storage or switching yards or rolling stock of a railroad company.

B.  Pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section, a request to leave by a law enforcement officer acting at the request of the owner of the property or any other person having lawful control over the property has the same legal effect as a request made by the property owner or other person having lawful control of the property.

C.  Criminal trespass in the third degree is a class 3 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE