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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7107
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E THEFT OF WASTE VEGETABLE OIL OR
ANIMAL FATS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 53a-125 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
(a) A person is guilty of larceny in the fourth degree when he 3
commits larceny as defined in section 53a-119, and: (1) The property 4
consists of waste vegetable oil or animal fats; or (2) the value of the 5
property or service exceeds one thousand dollars. 6
(b) For purposes of this section, "waste vegetable oil or animal fats" 7
means used vegetable oil or animal fats being stored by a school, 8
restaurant, institutional cafeteria or other institution or business for the 9
purpose of collection and the recycling of such oil or fats or the 10
conversion of such oil or fats into a biodiesel blend, as defined in 11
section 16a-21b. 12
[(b)] (c) Larceny in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor. 13 Raised Bill No. 7107
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 53a-125
Statement of Purpose:
To establish the theft of waste vegetable oil or animal fats as larceny in
the fourth degree.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]