Bill Text: IN HB1544 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Retail theft.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code [HB1544 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HB1544-Introduced.html
Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1544
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 35-43-4-2.4.
Synopsis: Retail theft. Makes it commercial theft, a Class C felony, for
a person to exert unauthorized control over another person's property
having a fair market value of at least $1,000, if the offense is
committed: (1) at a location where business is regularly conducted; and
(2) with the intent to resell the property.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
Steuerwald, McNamara
January 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
Introduced
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1544
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 35-43-4-2.4; (11)IN1544.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 35-43-4-2.4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2011]: Sec. 2.4. (a) As used in this section, "commercial
establishment" means any place where business is regularly
conducted. The term includes any part of a dwelling where
business is regularly conducted.
(b) A person who exerts unauthorized control over another person's property that has a fair market value of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000):
(1) at a commercial establishment; and
(2) with the intent to resell the property;
commits commercial theft, a Class C felony.
(b) A person who exerts unauthorized control over another person's property that has a fair market value of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000):
(1) at a commercial establishment; and
(2) with the intent to resell the property;
commits commercial theft, a Class C felony.
