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An Act To Clarify the Crime of Obstructing Government Administration
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §751, sub-§1,  as amended by PL 2003, c. 657, §5, is further amended to read:
 
1.    A person is guilty of obstructing government administration if the person intentionally interferes by force, violence or intimidation or by any physical act with aor recklessly obstructs, resists, hinders or endangers any public servant performing or purporting to perform an official function.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides that a person is guilty of obstructing government administration if the person intentionally or recklessly obstructs, resists, hinders or endangers any public servant performing or purporting to perform an official function. Current law provides that a person is guilty of obstructing government administration if the person intentionally interferes by force, violence or intimidation or by any physical act with a public servant performing or purporting to perform an official function.