Aggressive panhandling

(a) A person commits aggressive panhandling who solicits a donation of money or goods in the following manner: (1) By intentionally touching the person being solicited without the person's consent; (2) By intentionally obstructing the path of the person, or of the vehicle of the person, being solicited; (3) By following a person who is walking away from the person soliciting the donation, unless that person has indicated that the person wishes to make a donation; or (4) By making any statement, gesture, or other communication that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear of personal harm for refusing a solicitation of a donation. (b) (1) A first violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor. (2) A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by fine or a term of imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both. Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 137,s 1, eff. 7/1/2015. (a) A person commits aggressive panhandling who solicits a donation of money or goods in the following manner: (1) By intentionally touching the person being solicited without the person's consent; (2) By intentionally obstructing the path of the person, or of the vehicle of the person, being solicited; (3) By following a person who is walking away from the person soliciting the donation, unless that person has indicated that the person wishes to make a donation; or (4) By making any statement, gesture, or other communication that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear of personal harm for refusing a solicitation of a donation. (1) By intentionally touching the person being solicited without the person's consent; (2) By intentionally obstructing the path of the person, or of the vehicle of the person, being solicited; (3) By following a person who is walking away from the person soliciting the donation, unless that person has indicated that the person wishes to make a donation; or (4) By making any statement, gesture, or other communication that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear of personal harm for refusing a solicitation of a donation. (b) (1) A first violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor. (2) A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by fine or a term of imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both. (1) A first violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor. (2) A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by fine or a term of imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both. Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 137,s 1, eff. 7/1/2015.