Retail Theft Act ( ANP-1534-B / HB-1511 ) : Prohibiting Certain Retail Theft At Multiple Locations Within A specified Timeframe

               Retail Theft Act ( ANP-1534-B / HB1534 )

Prohibiting certain retail theft at multiple locations within a specified timeframe; providing criminal penalties, etc.

This Legislation relates to retail theft prohibiting, and cracking down on organized retail robberies.

If a Person Individually commits retail theft, or in concert with one or more other persons, coordinates the activities of one or more individuals in committing the offense, which may occur through multiple acts of retail theft, in which the amount of each individual theft is aggregated within a 30-day period to determine the value of the property stolen and such value is $750 or more.

(b) Conspires with another person to commit retail theft with the intent to sell the stolen property for monetary or other gain, and subsequently takes or causes such property to be placed in the control of another person in exchange for consideration, in which the stolen property taken or placed within a 30-day period is aggregated to determine the value of the stolen property and such value is $750 or more.

(c) Individually, or in concert with one or more other persons, commits theft from more than one location within a 30 day period, in which the amount of each individual theft is aggregated to determine the value of the property stolen and such value is $750 or more.

(d) Acts in concert with one or more other individuals within one or more establishments to distract the merchant, merchant’s employee, or law enforcement officer in order to carry out the offense, or acts in other ways to coordinate efforts to carry out the offense and such value is $750 or more.

(e) Commits the offense through the purchase of merchandise in a package or box that contains merchandise other than, or in addition to, the merchandise purported to be contained in the package or box and such value is $750 or more.

(f) Individually, or in concert with one or more other persons, commits five or more retail thefts within a 30-day period and in committing such thefts obtains or uses 10 or more items of merchandise, and the number of items stolen during each theft is aggregated within the 30-day period to determine the total number of items stolen, regardless of the value of such merchandise, and two or more of the thefts occur at different physical merchant locations.

If A person commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided if the person:

(a) Violates subsection (8) and has previously been convicted of a violation of subsection (8) or of this subsection.

(b) Individually, or in concert with one or more other persons, coordinates the activities of one or more persons in committing the offense of retail theft, in which the amount of each individual theft within a 30-day period is aggregated to determine the value of the stolen property and such value is in excess of $3,000

(c) Conspires with another person to commit retail theft with the intent to sell the stolen property for monetary or other gain, and subsequently takes or causes such property to be placed in control of another person in exchange for consideration, in which the stolen property taken or placed within a 30-day period is aggregated to have a value in excess of $3,000.

(d) Individually, or in concert with one or more other persons, commits five or more retail thefts within a 30-day period and in committing such thefts obtains or uses 20 or more items of merchandise, and the number of items stolen during each theft is aggregated within the 30-day period to determine the total number of items stolen, regardless of the value of such merchandise, and two or more of the thefts occur at a different physical retail merchant location.

Any Persons or Organized Groups that commit any kind of retail theft must receive a Minimum penalty of 30 Days Global Position Service Monitoring with restitution repayment. 

Any Persons or groups that commit a Violent Retail theft that results in any injuries must serve a Minimum of 5 years in a State Institution. If the offender owes restitution to the victim the offender must be sentenced to a labor camp at a rate of $1 USD per hour.

If any persons commits a retail theft that results in a death/deaths must receive a Minimum penalty of 99 Years in a state institution. 

If a Federal violation was committed, the State sentence must be finalized before extradition. 

This was reviewed and Approved by Administration Representatives on June 18, 2022 . Reviewed by congress.

P-D.P, VP-M.K, R.B, G.G, S.P, Administration Representatives, Reviewed by U.S Congress Members 06.18.2022

Signed 06.18.2022

President Paul

 

- CIPOTUSOA -

     D.P

- CIVPOTUSOA -

     M.K

                                                                 

Effective October  16, 2022