Bill Text: MS SB2899 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Embezzlement; clarify for merchant's goods.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [SB2899 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-SB2899-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Wiggins, DeBar
Senate Bill 2899
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-23-99, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE OFFENSE OF GIVING AWAY MERCHANDISE BY THE MERCHANT'S EMPLOYEE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 97-23-99, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
97-23-99. It shall be
unlawful for any employee of a merchant engaged in the sale of goods to the
public to willfully give away any merchandise * * *
intended for sale without receiving full payment for * * * the merchandise * * * without the
specific authorization of the merchant. Any person violating the provisions of
this section:
(a) If the value of
the merchandise is less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not
more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than one
(1) year, or both * * *.; or
(b) If the value of the merchandise is Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years, or fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.
