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MAIL THEFT AMENDMENTS

                 
2004 GENERAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: Mike Thompson

                 
                  LONG TITLE
                  General Description:
                      This bill increases the penalty for theft of mail valued at less than $300.
                  Highlighted Provisions:
                      This bill:
                      .    increases the penalty for theft of mail with a value less than $300, or with value that
                  cannot be ascertained, from a class B to a class A misdemeanor.
                  Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
                      None
                  Other Special Clauses:
                      None
                  Utah Code Sections Affected:
                  AMENDS:
                      76-6-1003, as enacted by Chapter 87, Laws of Utah 1998
                 
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 76-6-1003 is amended to read:
                       76-6-1003. Mail theft -- Penalties.
                      (1) A person commits the crime of mail theft if the person:
                      (a) knowingly, and with the intent to deprive another:
                      (i) takes, destroys, hides, or embezzles mail; or
                      (ii) obtains any mail by fraud or deception; or
                      (b) buys, receives, conceals, or possesses mail and knows or reasonably should have
                  known that the mail was unlawfully taken or obtained.


                      (2) Mail theft is a:
                      (a) felony of the second degree if the value of the mail is or exceeds $5,000;
                      (b) felony of the third degree if the value of the mail is or exceeds $1,000, but is less than
                  $5,000 in value; and
                      (c) class A misdemeanor if the value of the mail is [or exceeds $300, but is] less than
                  $1,000 in value[; and] or the value cannot be ascertained.
                      [(d) class B misdemeanor if the value of the mail is less than $300 in value or the value
                  cannot be ascertained.]

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