Bill Text: IN SB0313 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Retail theft.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-10 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters [SB0313 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-SB0313-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 313

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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 one thousand dollars ($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.

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    January 10, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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SENATE BILL No. 313

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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 35-43-4-2.4; (11)IN0313.1.1. -->     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 with 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.