ENROLLED
ACT No. 303
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 242
BY REPRESENTATIVES STEFANSKI AND MARINO
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 14:67(D), relative to theft; to provide for elements of the crime of theft; to
3 provide relative to property held for sale by a merchant; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:67(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง67. Theft
8 * * *
9 D. In a prosecution under this Section where the property allegedly
10 misappropriated or taken was held for sale by a merchant, an intent to permanently
11 deprive the merchant of the property held for sale may be inferred when the
12 defendant:
13 (1) Intentionally conceals, on his person or otherwise, goods held for sale.
14 (2) Alters or transfers any price marking reflecting the actual retail price of
15 the goods.
16 (3) Transfers goods from one container or package to another or places
17 goods in any container, package, or wrapping in a manner to avoid detection.
18 (4) Willfully causes the cash register or other sales recording device to
19 reflect less than the actual retail price of the goods.
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1 (5) Removes any price marking with the intent to deceive the merchant as
2 to the actual retail price of the goods.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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