Bill Text: IN SB0088 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Conversion of leased motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-05 - Reassigned to the Committee on Judiciary [SB0088 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-SB0088-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 88

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 35-43-4-3.

Synopsis: Conversion of leased motor vehicles. Makes criminal conversion of a leased motor vehicle valued at more than $5,000 a Class D felony under certain circumstances.

Effective: July 1, 2010.

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Tallian, Bray

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    January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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SENATE BILL No. 88

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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; (10)IN0088.1.1. -->     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, 2010]: 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 valued at more than five

thousand dollars ($5,000);
        (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 ten (10) days after the specified time; or
            (B) within five (5) 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.