| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.277 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEROBERTS. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 0607H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter570,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtotheoffenseof |
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| 8 | 8 | | organizedretailtheft,withpenaltyprovisions. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter570,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection570.036,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 570.036.1.Apersoncommitstheoffenseoforganizedretailtheftifheorshe, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2whilealoneorwithanyotherpersonorpersons,commitsaseriesoftheftsofretail |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3merchandiseagainstoneormorepersonseitheronthepremisesofamerchantor |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4throughtheuseofaninternetornetworksiteinthisstatewiththeintentto: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 (1)Returnthemerchandisetothemerchantforvalue;or |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 (2)Resell,trade,orbarterthemerchandiseforvalueinanymannerincluding, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7butnotlimitedto,throughtheuseofaninternetornetworksite. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8 2.TheoffenseoforganizedretailtheftisaclassCfelonyiftheaggregatedvalue |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9ofthepropertyorservicesinvolvedinalltheftscommittedinthisstateduringaperiod |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10ofonehundredtwentydaysisnolessthanonethousandfivehundreddollarsandno |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11morethantenthousanddollars. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12 3.TheoffenseoforganizedretailtheftisaclassBfelonyiftheaggregatedvalue |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13ofthepropertyorservicesinvolvedinalltheftscommittedinthisstateduringaperiod |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14ofonehundredtwentydaysismorethantenthousanddollars. |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 4.Inadditiontoanyotherpenalty,thecourtshallorderapersonwhoviolates |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16thissectiontopayrestitution. |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 5.Forthepurposesofthissection,indeterminingtheaggregatedvalueofthe |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18propertyorservicesinvolvedinalltheftscommittedinthisstateduringaperiodofone |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19hundredtwentydays: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 (1)Theamountinvolvedinasingletheftshallbedeemedtobethehighestvalue, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21byanyreasonablestandard,ofthepropertyorservicesthatareobtained;and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 (2)Theamountsinvolvedinalltheftscommittedbyallparticipantsinthe |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23organizedretailtheftshallbeaggregated. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 6.Inanyprosecutionforaviolationofthissection,theviolationshallbedeemed |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25tohavebeencommittedandmaybeprosecutedinanyjurisdictioninthisstateinwhich |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26anytheftcommittedbyanyparticipantintheorganizedretailtheftwascommitted |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27regardlessofwhetherthedefendantwaseverphysicallypresentinsuchjurisdiction. |
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| 40 | 40 | | âś” |
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| 41 | 41 | | HB277 2 |
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