Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05997 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5997
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1701
 *01701*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. D'AMELIO, 71st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5997 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1701

*01701*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. D'AMELIO, 71st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THEFT IN ORDER TO EXCHANGE STOLEN ITEM FOR A GIFT CARD.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 53a of the general statutes be amended by creating a new crime of larceny for when a person steals an item and then returns the item for a store credit gift card and then sells the card.

Statement of Purpose: 

To create a new crime of theft.