Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes multiple acts of theft or retail theft committed by the same person to be prosecuted as a single crime, and the value of the thefts to be combined in determining the penalty

Highlights:

• Specifies that, if, in 6 months, a defendant commits more than one violation of property theft or more than one violation of retail theft, the value of items taken at each violation may be aggregated and the crimes may be prosecuted as one property theft crime or one retail theft crime (Sec. 1-4).

• Requires that the penalty for the crime would be determined by the aggregated value of the items taken (Sec. 1-4).

• Establishes a new crime or revise a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report (Sec. 1-4).

• Specifies the value of property from multiple violations committed by the same person in 6 months may be combined for charging and penalty determinations (Sec. 1-4).

• Specifies that 2 or more violations being prosecuted against a single person may be combined in any county in which the violations occurred, and the prosecutor of that county shall have exclusive jurisdiction over those violations (Sec. 1-4).

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