12.8.822    INTERFERENCE WITH AGENCY FUNCTIONS

(1) The following are prohibited in state parks:

(a) threatening, resisting, intimidating, arguing with, or intentionally interfering with any official, employee, or agent of the department engaged in the performance of his or her official duties or on account of the performance of his or her official duties;

(b) failing to comply with a lawful order issued by a department official, employee, or agent acting pursuant to these rules;

(c) knowingly giving a false report or false information to a department official, employee, or agent:

(i) on an application for a permit;

(ii) for the purpose of misleading a department official, employee, or agent in the conduct of official duties; or

(iii) that causes a response by the department to a fictitious event.

(2) In addition to any other penalty provided, individuals violating this rule may be expelled immediately from the state park, as provided in ARM 12.8.823.

History: 23-1-106, 23-1-111, MCA; IMP, 23-1-106, 23-1-111, MCA; NEW, 2016 MAR p. 825, Eff. 5/7/16.