SB264
AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions governing the crime of burglary of a business; revising provisions governing the crime of organized retail theft; lowering the monetary threshold for the classification of certain theft and related offenses; providing a penalty for certain conduct determined to be habitual theft; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions governing the crime of burglary of a business; revising provisions governing the crime of organized retail theft; lowering the monetary threshold for the classification of certain theft and related offenses; providing a penalty for certain conduct determined to be habitual theft; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions governing the crime of burglary of a business; revising provisions govern
Existing law provides that a person who, by day or night, unlawfully enters or unlawfully remains in a business structure with the intent to commit grand or petit larceny, assault or battery on any person or any felony is guilty of the crime of burglary of a business. (NRS 205.060) Section 1 of this bill removes the elements of unlawfully entering or unlawfully remaining from the offense, thereby making it a crime to enter any business structure with the intent to commit grand or petit larceny, assault or battery on any person or any felony. Existing law: (1) makes it a crime to knowingly participate directly or indirectly in or engage in conduct with the intent to further an organized retail theft; and (2) defines “organized retail theft” as committing, either alone or with any other person or persons, a series of thefts of retail merchandise against one or more merchants, either on the premises of a merchant or through the use of an Internet or network site, in this State with the intent to return the merchandise to the merchant for value or to resell, trade or barter the merchandise for value under certain circumstances. (NRS 205.08345) Section 2 of this bill: (1) expands the crime of organized retail theft by making it unlawful to buy, receive, possess or withhold retail merchandise knowing that it was obtained through an organized retail theft or under such circumstances as should have caused a reasonable person to know that it was obtained through an organized retail th
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