91st General Assembly
Summary of SB0188
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Senate Sponsors:
DILLARD.

House Sponsors:
DART-BELLOCK-SCOTT

Short description: 
CRIM CD-FRAUDULENT RECEIPTS                                                

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that it is a Class  4      
   felony  to  possess,  use,  transfer,  make,  alter,  counterfeit,  or      
   reproduce a retail sales receipt or a Universal Price Code Label, with      
   the  intent  to cheat or defraud another.  Provides that the offender,      
   in addition to any other penalty, may be fined not exceeding  3  times      
   the  value  represented  on  the retail sales receipt or the Universal      
   Price Code Label.  Provides that it is a Class  3  felony  to  possess      
   more  than one fraudulent retail sales receipt or Universal Price Code      
   Label or to possess a device that manufactures fraudulent retail sales      
   receipts or Universal Price Code Labels.  Effective immediately.            
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Deletes  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.   Amends   the      
   Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that a person who, with the intent to      
   defraud   a   merchant,  possesses,  uses,  transfers,  makes,  sells,      
   reproduces, tenders, or delivers a  false,  counterfeit,  altered,  or      
   simulated  retail  sales  receipt  or  a Universal Price Code Label is      
   guilty of a Class 4 felony.  Provides that a person who possesses more      
   than one  false,  counterfeit,  altered,  or  simulated  retail  sales      
   receipts  or Universal Price Code Labels or who possesses a device the      
   purpose of which is to manufacture  false,  counterfeit,  altered,  or      
   simulated  retail  sales  receipts  or  Universal Price Code Labels is      
   guilty of a Class 3 felony.                                                 
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
        Deletes provisions making the offense applicable to  counterfeit,      
   false, altered, or simulated retail sales receipts.                         
          FISCAL NOTE (Department of Corrections)                              
          Corrections population and fiscal impact would be minimal.           
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections)                        
          Same as DOC fiscal note.                                             
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0136

   Last action date: 99-07-16

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   2


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