Virginia HB 1105: Petit larceny; penalty for committing after state of emergency.

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18104379D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1105 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 10, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 18.2-103 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to petit larceny; state of emergency; penalty. 
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Patron-- Stolle 

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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 18.2-103 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 18.2-103. Concealing or taking possession of merchandise; 
 altering price tags; transferring goods from one container to another; 
 counseling, etc., another in performance of such acts.

A. Whoever, 
 without authority, with the intention of converting goods or merchandise to his 
 own or another's use without having paid the full purchase price thereof, or of 
 defrauding the owner of the value of the goods or merchandise, (i) willfully 
 conceals or takes possession of the goods or merchandise of any store or other 
 mercantile establishment, or (ii) alters the price tag or other price marking 
 on such goods or merchandise, or transfers the goods from one container to 
 another, or (iii) counsels, assists, aids or abets another in the performance 
 of any of the above acts, when the value of the goods or merchandise involved 
 in the offense is less than $200, shall be is guilty of petit larceny 
 and, when the value of the goods or merchandise involved in the offense is $200 
 or more, shall be is 
 guilty of grand larceny. The willful concealment of goods or merchandise of any 
 store or other mercantile establishment, while still on the premises thereof, 
 shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to convert and defraud the owner 
 thereof out of the value of the goods or merchandise.

B. The 
 sentence of any person who violates subsection A, when the value of the goods 
 or merchandise involved in the offense is less than $200, 
 within three days after the occurrence of a disaster, emergency, or major 
 disaster that resulted in the declaration of a state of emergency by the 
 Governor or the President of the United States shall include a 
 mandatory minimum term of confinement of 10 days. As 
 used in this subsection, "disaster," 
 "emergency," and "major disaster" have the same meaning as 
 defined in � 44-146.16.