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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 714.3A THEFT FROM A RETAILER –
1 2 ENHANCEMENT.
1 3 If property is stolen from a retailer or retailers from the
1 4 same location or from different locations by three or more
1 5 acts within a seventy-two-hour time period and the thefts are
1 6 attributable to a person or a group of persons acting together
1 7 in a single scheme, plan, or conspiracy, these acts may be
1 8 considered a single theft punishable as a class "D" felony,
1 9 notwithstanding section 714.2. As used in this section,
1 10 "retailer" means any business engaged in the business of
1 11 selling goods, merchandise, or wares.
1 12 EXPLANATION
1 13 This bill allows a modified criminal penalty for certain
1 14 thefts from retailers.
1 15 The bill provides that if property is stolen from a
1 16 retailer or retailers from the same location or from different
1 17 locations by three or more acts within a 72-hour time period
1 18 and the thefts are attributable to a person or a group of
1 19 persons acting together in a single scheme, plan, or
1 20 conspiracy, these acts may be considered a single theft
1 21 punishable as a class "D" felony.
1 22 Under current law in Code section 714.2, the penalty for
1 23 theft depends upon the value of property stolen.
1 24 LSB 5768HC 80
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