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                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 58
                           PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
    18-5811.  ACTION REQUIRED TO AVOID ACCIDENT OR INJURY TO DISABLED PERSON
-- PROHIBITED INTENTIONAL ACTIONS -- PENALTIES. (1) Any person, whether a
pedestrian, operating a vehicle or otherwise, who approaches an individual
appearing to be a disabled person or lawfully using an assistance device or
assistance dog, and who:
    (a)  Intentionally fails to stop, change course, speak or take such other
    action as is necessary to avoid any accident or injury to the disabled
    person, the assistance device or dog, is guilty of a misdemeanor,
    punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6)
    months, or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than
    one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both.
    (b)  Intentionally startles or frightens such person's dog, is guilty of a
    misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding
    six (6) months, or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor
    more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both.
    (2)  Any person who, without justification, intentionally interferes with
the use of an assistance dog or assistance device by obstructing, battering or
intimidating the user or the dog, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by a fine of
not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one thousand five hundred
dollars ($1,500), or by both.