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PAG LIN 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 5768SC 80 1 25 jm/sh/8
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