Bill Title: Prohibits a mercantile establishment from detaining any person who committed a larceny therein for the purpose of ensuring or requiring the payment of civil damages and penalties to such establishment; limits the period of time for detention of any person by a mercantile establishment to 1 hour; provides that any violation of such provisions shall result in forfeiture of the right to such civil damages and penalties; provides that such damages and penalties shall be based upon the price of the stolen goods at the time of the larceny; requires mercantile establishment to provide the detainee with a copy of any statements or documents signed during the course of such detention; authorizes a defendant, in a civil action brought by a mercantile establishment, to present evidence of mental disease or defect as a mitigating circumstance.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-03 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S08048 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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