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HB 94 Original 2023 Regular Session Bacala
Abstract: Creates the crime of theft of an automated teller machine and provides for criminal
penalties.
Proposed law creates the crime of theft of an automated teller machine and defines the crime as the
misappropriation or taking of an automated teller machine which belongs to another, either without
the consent of the other to the misappropriation or taking, or by means of fraudulent conduct,
practices, or representations with the intent to deprive the owner permanently of the machine.
Proposed law defines "automated teller machine" as an electronic information processing device
which accepts or dispenses cash in connection with an account or credit card.
Proposed law provides that whoever commits the proposed law crime shall be imprisoned with or
without hard labor for not less than five years nor more than 10 years and may, in addition, be
required to pay a fine equal to the total amount of money contained in the automated teller machine
at the time of the commission of the offense and any damages that result from the offense.
(Adds R.S. 14:67.13)