Bill Text: IN HB1217 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Criminal conversion of leased motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-02-17 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters [HB1217 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-HB1217-Amended.html

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January 21, 2011

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HOUSE BILL No. 1217

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DIGEST OF HB 1217 (Updated January 19, 2011 4:14 pm - DI 69)

Citations Affected: IC 35-43.

Synopsis: Criminal conversion of leased motor vehicles. Makes criminal conversion of a leased motor vehicle a Class D felony instead of a Class A misdemeanor.

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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Grubb, Steuerwald

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    January 12, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
    January 20, 2011, reported _ Do Pass.

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January 21, 2011

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1217

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 35-43-4-3; (11)HB1217.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 35-43-4-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.143-2005, SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 3. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control over property of another person commits criminal conversion, a Class A misdemeanor.
    (b) The offense under subsection (a) is a Class D felony if committed by a person who exerts unauthorized control over the motor vehicle of another person with the intent to use the motor vehicle to assist the person in the commission of a crime.
    (c) The offense under subsection (a) is a Class C felony if:
        (1) committed by a person who exerts unauthorized control over the motor vehicle of another person; and
        (2) the person uses the motor vehicle to assist the person in the commission of a felony.
     (d) The offense under subsection (a) is a Class D felony if:
        (1) the person acquires the property by lease;
         (2) the property is a motor vehicle;

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        (3) the person signs a written agreement to return the property to a specified location within a specified time; and
        (4) the person fails to return the property:
            (A) within fifteen (15) days after the specified time; or
            (B) within three (3) days after a written demand for return of the property is either:
                (i) personally served on the person; or
                (ii) sent by registered mail to the person's address that is provided by the person in the written agreement.