as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 05/02/2019 04:16pm
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; establishing the crime of organized retail theft; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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Whoever does any of the following commits
organized retail theft and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 2:
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(1) steals retail merchandise from a retail merchant and resells that merchandise;
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(2) steals retail merchandise from a retail merchant and advertises or displays that
merchandise for sale;
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(3) steals retail merchandise from a retail merchant and returns that merchandise to a
retail merchant for anything of value;
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(4) receives, purchases, or possesses retail merchandise knowing or having reason to
know the property was stolen from a retail merchant and with the intent to resell that
merchandise;
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(5) aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires with another to commit an offense under
this section; or
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(6) steals retail merchandise from a retail merchant within ten years of a conviction
under this section.
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Whoever commits organized retail theft may be sentenced as follows:
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(1) to imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than
$35,000, or both, if the value of the property stolen exceeds $5,000;
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(2) to imprisonment for not more than seven years or to payment of a fine of not more
than $14,000, or both, if either of the following circumstances exist:
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(i) the value of the property stolen is more than $1,000 but not more than $5,000; or
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(ii) the person commits the offense within ten years of the first of two or more convictions
under this section;
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(3) to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more
than $5,000, or both, if either of the following circumstances exist:
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(i) the value of the property stolen is more than $500 but not more than $1,000; or
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(ii) the person commits the offense within ten years of a previous conviction under this
section; or
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(4) to imprisonment of not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than
$3,000, or both, if the value of the property stolen is $500 or less.
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This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
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