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2007 SESSION
HB 2772 Fraudulent credit card application; false statements to obtain property or credit.
Introduced by: Robert Hurt | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
False statements to obtain property or credit; fraudulent credit card application; penalty. Raises penalty for making a false statement to obtain credit from a Class 2 to a Class 1 misdemeanor. Characterizes the crime of fraudulently obtaining less than $200 worth of goods, services, etc. as petit larceny rather than a Class 1 misdemeanor. (Obtaining $200 or more is already described as grand larceny.) Defines a written false statement to include information transmitted by computer, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or any other electronic medium, other than by voice transmission through any such medium.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
False statements to obtain property or credit; fraudulent credit card application; penalty. Raises penalty for making a false statement to obtain credit from a Class 2 to a Class 1 misdemeanor. Characterizes the crime of fraudulently obtaining less than $200 worth of goods, services, etc. as petit larceny rather than a Class 1 misdemeanor. (Obtaining $200 or more is already described as grand larceny.) Defines a written false statement to include information transmitted, other than by voice transmission, by computer, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or any other electronic or optical medium.