Bill Text: MS HB1402 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Grand larceny; revise penalty.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [HB1402 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-HB1402-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Hood
House Bill 1402
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-17-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE RESTITUTION BASED ON REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR OF PROPERTY FOR A GRAND LARCENY CONVICTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 97-17-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
97-17-41. (1) Every person who shall be convicted of taking and carrying away, feloniously, the personal property of another, of the value of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more, shall be guilty of grand larceny, and shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years; or shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both. The total value of property taken and carried away by the person from a single victim shall be aggregated in determining the gravity of the offense.
(2) Every person who shall be convicted of taking and carrying away, feloniously, the property of a church, synagogue, temple or other established place of worship, of the value of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more, shall be guilty of grand larceny, and shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years, or shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
(3) Every person convicted under this section shall pay full restitution for such conviction. Restitution shall be based on replacement or repair of the property which is the subject of the offense and not the fair market value of such replacement or repair.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.
