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SB 208 Grand larceny & property injury; health & safety made an element of crimes where coal mine damaged.
Introduced by: Charles W. Carrico, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Grand larceny and property injury; health and safety made an element of crimes where coal mine damaged; trespass; penalty.Defines certain offenses against coal mine property as grand larceny, injury to property, or trespass. The bill provides that larceny from a coal mine of any thing valued at $100 or more whose removal affects the health or safety of another constitutes grand larceny. The existing penalty for grand larceny is imprisonment for up to 20 years, or, in the discretion of the jury or the court, confinement in jail for up to one year and a fine of up to $2,500, either or both. The bill provides that intentional injury to property located at a coal mine where such damage is valued at more than $100 is a felony punishable by a fine of $3,000 to $10,000 or imprisonment for one to three years, or both, while unauthorized entry upon a coal mine property is expressly listed among the acts that may constitute a trespass. The bill contains technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100432D pdf | impact statement
- 01/20/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14104234D-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/03/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100432D
- 01/03/14 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/20/14 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14104234D-S1
- 01/20/14 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/04/14 Senate: Continued to 2015 in Finance (17-Y 0-N)