(1) As used in this section: “Funeral” means a ceremony or memorial service held in connection with the burial or cremation of a person who has died in which the family of the deceased has a personal stake in memorializing and honoring the deceased and the desire to be able to mourn in peace during the ceremony or memorial service.
(2) “Funeral” does not include a procession related to the funeral; and
(3) “Picket” means to engage in the activity of protesting or demonstrating to target a funeral without authorization from the family of the deceased.
(4) A person commits the offense of violation of the protection of peace for mourning at a funeral if the person: Knowingly pickets a funeral;
(5) Has a purpose to interfere with the funeral; and
(6) Pickets: Within three hundred feet (300') of any ingress or egress of the funeral; and
(7) Either: During the funeral;
(8) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately before the scheduled commencement of the funeral; or
(9) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately following the completion of the funeral.
(10) Violation of the protection of the peace for mourning at a funeral is a Class C misdemeanor.
(11) A person commits a separate offense for each funeral that the person pickets in violation of this section.