BILL 81: AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLING Would prohibit "aggressive panhandling" within 10 feet of an ATM or the entrance or exit to a check-cashing business. Panhandling or soliciting, under the measure, is defined as "any solicitation made in person upon any street or public place ... in which a person requests an immediate donation." Under the measure, panhandling does not include "passively standing or sitting," nor does it include performing music, singing or conducting other street performances with a sign or other indication that money is being sought. The bill defines "aggressive panhandling" as persisting in soliciting money or following people after they have declined to hand over money; "intentionally touching" a person who is being solicited; blocking or interfering with the safe passage of a person entering or exiting a vehicle near an ATM; using violent or threatening gestures to a person being solicited; using profane or abusive language that is "likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction" from the person being solicited. If passed, citation would carry $25 fine. | 
