<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>crime; creating a permissive inference regarding theft of motor fuel; modifying <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>the drive-off gas civil liability law;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>171.175; 332.32; 604.15, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 609.52, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>subdivisions 1, 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.175, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var><b>171.175 SUSPENSION; THEFT OF </b><b>GASOLINE</b><b> MOTOR FUEL</b><b> OFFENSE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Theft of </b><b>gasoline</b><b> motor fuel</b><b>.</b> The commissioner of public safety <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>shall suspend for 30 days the license of any person convicted or juvenile adjudicated <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>delinquent for theft of gasoline motor fuel under section 
         <statute_ref>609.52, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, clause <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>(1) or (18).<br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Definition.</b> For the purposes of this section, "gasoline" "motor fuel" has <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>the meaning given it in section 
         <statute_ref>296A.01 604.15, subdivision 23 1</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 332.32, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var><b>332.32 EXCLUSIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(a) The term "collection agency" shall not include persons whose collection <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>activities are confined to and are directly related to the operation of a business other than <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>that of a collection agency such as, but not limited to banks when collecting accounts <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>owed to the banks and when the bank will sustain any loss arising from uncollectible <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>accounts, abstract companies doing an escrow business, real estate brokers, public officers, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>persons acting under order of a court, lawyers, trust companies, insurance companies, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>credit unions, savings associations, loan or finance companies unless they are engaged in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>asserting, enforcing or prosecuting unsecured claims which have been purchased from <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>any person, firm, or association when there is recourse to the seller for all or part of the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>claim if the claim is not collected.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(b) The term "collection agency" shall not include a trade association performing <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>services authorized by section 604.15, subdivision 4a, but the trade association in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>performing the services may not engage in any conduct that would be prohibited for a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>collection agency under section 332.37.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 604.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Notice of nonpayment.</b> Notice of nonpayment that includes a citation to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>this section and a description of the penalties contained in it shall be sent by the retailer to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>the owner by regular mail, supported by an affidavit of service by mailing, to the address <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>indicated by records on the vehicle under section 
         <statute_ref>86B.401</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>168.346</statute_ref>. The notice must <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>include a signed statement by the employee who reported the act describing what the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>employee observed and the license number of the motor vehicle, if known. Failure of the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>owner to receive a notice is not a defense to liability under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>An affidavit of service by mailing must be retained by the retailer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 604.15, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>    Subd. 4a. <b>Trade association services.</b> A trade association recognized by the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>Internal Revenue Service as an exempt organization under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>Revenue Code may, on behalf of a member retailer, give and receive notices authorized by <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>this section and collect payments for motor fuel and the service charge specified under <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>subdivision 2.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.52, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> In this section:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>(1) "Property" means all forms of tangible property, whether real or personal, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>without limitation including documents of value, electricity, gas, water, corpses, domestic <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>animals, dogs, pets, fowl, and heat supplied by pipe or conduit by municipalities or public <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>utility companies and articles, as defined in clause (4), representing trade secrets, which <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>articles shall be deemed for the purposes of Extra Session Laws 1967, chapter 15 to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>include any trade secret represented by the article.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>(2) "Movable property" is property whose physical location can be changed, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>including without limitation things growing on, affixed to, or found in land.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>(3) "Value" means the retail market value at the time of the theft, or if the retail <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>market value cannot be ascertained, the cost of replacement of the property within a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>reasonable time after the theft, or in the case of a theft or the making of a copy of an article <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>representing a trade secret, where the retail market value or replacement cost cannot be <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>ascertained, any reasonable value representing the damage to the owner which the owner <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>has suffered by reason of losing an advantage over those who do not know of or use the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>trade secret. For a check, draft, or other order for the payment of money, "value" means <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>the amount of money promised or ordered to be paid under the terms of the check, draft, or <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>other order. For a theft committed within the meaning of subdivision 2, clause (5), items <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>(i) and (ii), if the property has been restored to the owner, "value" means the value of the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>use of the property or the damage which it sustained, whichever is greater, while the owner <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>was deprived of its possession, but not exceeding the value otherwise provided herein. For <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>a theft committed within the meaning of subdivision 2, clause (9), if the property has been <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>restored to the owner, "value" means the rental value of the property, determined at the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>rental rate contracted by the defendant or, if no rental rate was contracted, the rental rate <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>customarily charged by the owner for use of the property, plus any damage that occurred <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>to the property while the owner was deprived of its possession, but not exceeding the total <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>retail value of the property at the time of rental.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>(4) "Article" means any object, material, device or substance, including any <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>writing, record, recording, drawing, sample specimen, prototype, model, photograph, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>microorganism, blueprint or map, or any copy of any of the foregoing.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>(5) "Representing" means describing, depicting, containing, constituting, reflecting <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>or recording.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>(6) "Trade secret" means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>program, device, method, technique, or process, that:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>(i) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>(ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>its secrecy.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>(7) "Copy" means any facsimile, replica, photograph or other reproduction of an <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>article, and any note, drawing, or sketch made of or from an article while in the presence <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>of the article.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>(8) "Property of another" includes property in which the actor is co-owner or has <br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>a lien, pledge, bailment, or lease or other subordinate interest, property transferred by <br/>
<a id="pl.3.36"></a><var>3.36</var>the actor in circumstances which are known to the actor and which make the transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>fraudulent as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>513.44</statute_ref>, property possessed pursuant to a short-term rental <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>contract, and property of a partnership of which the actor is a member, unless the actor and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>the victim are husband and wife. It does not include property in which the actor asserts in <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>good faith a claim as a collection fee or commission out of property or funds recovered, or <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>by virtue of a lien, setoff, or counterclaim.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>(9) "Services" include but are not limited to labor, professional services, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>transportation services, electronic computer services, the supplying of hotel <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>accommodations, restaurant services, entertainment services, advertising services, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>telecommunication services, and the supplying of equipment for use including rental of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>personal property or equipment.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>(10) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled device for moving persons or property <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>or pulling implements from one place to another, whether the device is operated on land, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>rails, water, or in the air.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>(11) "Motor fuel" has the meaning given in section 604.15, subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>(12) "Retailer" has the meaning given in section 604.15, subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2012, and applies to crimes <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>committed on or after that date.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.52, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Acts constituting theft.</b> Whoever does any of the following commits theft <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 3:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>(1) intentionally and without claim of right takes, uses, transfers, conceals or retains <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>possession of movable property of another without the other's consent and with intent to <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>deprive the owner permanently of possession of the property; or<br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>(2) with or without having a legal interest in movable property, intentionally and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>without consent, takes the property out of the possession of a pledgee or other person <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>having a superior right of possession, with intent thereby to deprive the pledgee or other <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>person permanently of the possession of the property; or<br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>(3) obtains for the actor or another the possession, custody, or title to property of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>or performance of services by a third person by intentionally deceiving the third person <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>with a false representation which is known to be false, made with intent to defraud, and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>which does defraud the person to whom it is made. "False representation" includes <br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>without limitation:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>(i) the issuance of a check, draft, or order for the payment of money, except a forged <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>check as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>609.631</statute_ref>, or the delivery of property knowing that the actor is <br/>
<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>not entitled to draw upon the drawee therefor or to order the payment or delivery thereof; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(ii) a promise made with intent not to perform. Failure to perform is not evidence of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>intent not to perform unless corroborated by other substantial evidence; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>(iii) the preparation or filing of a claim for reimbursement, a rate application, or a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>cost report used to establish a rate or claim for payment for medical care provided to a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>recipient of medical assistance under chapter 256B, which intentionally and falsely states <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>the costs of or actual services provided by a vendor of medical care; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>(iv) the preparation or filing of a claim for reimbursement for providing treatment <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>or supplies required to be furnished to an employee under section 
         <statute_ref>176.135</statute_ref> which <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>intentionally and falsely states the costs of or actual treatment or supplies provided; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>(v) the preparation or filing of a claim for reimbursement for providing treatment or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>supplies required to be furnished to an employee under section 
         <statute_ref>176.135</statute_ref> for treatment or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>supplies that the provider knew were medically unnecessary, inappropriate, or excessive; <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>(4) by swindling, whether by artifice, trick, device, or any other means, obtains <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>property or services from another person; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>(5) intentionally commits any of the acts listed in this subdivision but with intent <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>to exercise temporary control only and:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>(i) the control exercised manifests an indifference to the rights of the owner or the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>restoration of the property to the owner; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>(ii) the actor pledges or otherwise attempts to subject the property to an adverse <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>claim; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>(iii) the actor intends to restore the property only on condition that the owner pay a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>reward or buy back or make other compensation; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>(6) finds lost property and, knowing or having reasonable means of ascertaining the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>true owner, appropriates it to the finder's own use or to that of another not entitled thereto <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>without first having made reasonable effort to find the owner and offer and surrender the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>property to the owner; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>(7) intentionally obtains property or services, offered upon the deposit of a sum of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>money or tokens in a coin or token operated machine or other receptacle, without making <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>the required deposit or otherwise obtaining the consent of the owner; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>(8) intentionally and without claim of right converts any article representing a trade <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>secret, knowing it to be such, to the actor's own use or that of another person or makes a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>copy of an article representing a trade secret, knowing it to be such, and intentionally and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>without claim of right converts the same to the actor's own use or that of another person. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>It shall be a complete defense to any prosecution under this clause for the defendant to <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>show that information comprising the trade secret was rightfully known or available to the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>defendant from a source other than the owner of the trade secret; or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>(9) leases or rents personal property under a written instrument and who:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>(i) with intent to place the property beyond the control of the lessor conceals or aids <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>or abets the concealment of the property or any part thereof; or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>(ii) sells, conveys, or encumbers the property or any part thereof without the written <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>consent of the lessor, without informing the person to whom the lessee sells, conveys, or <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>encumbers that the same is subject to such lease or rental contract with intent to deprive <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>the lessor of possession thereof; or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>(iii) does not return the property to the lessor at the end of the lease or rental term, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>plus agreed-upon extensions, with intent to wrongfully deprive the lessor of possession <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>of the property; or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>(iv) returns the property to the lessor at the end of the lease or rental term, plus <br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>agreed-upon extensions, but does not pay the lease or rental charges agreed upon in the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>written instrument, with intent to wrongfully deprive the lessor of the agreed-upon charges.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>For the purposes of items (iii) and (iv), the value of the property must be at least $100.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>Evidence that a lessee used a false, fictitious, or not current name, address, or place of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>employment in obtaining the property or fails or refuses to return the property or pay the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>rental contract charges to lessor within five days after written demand for the return has <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>been served personally in the manner provided for service of process of a civil action <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>or sent by certified mail to the last known address of the lessee, whichever shall occur <br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>later, shall be evidence of intent to violate this clause. Service by certified mail shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>deemed to be complete upon deposit in the United States mail of such demand, postpaid <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>and addressed to the person at the address for the person set forth in the lease or rental <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>agreement, or, in the absence of the address, to the person's last known place of residence; <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>(10) alters, removes, or obliterates numbers or symbols placed on movable property <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>for purpose of identification by the owner or person who has legal custody or right <br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>to possession thereof with the intent to prevent identification, if the person who alters, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>removes, or obliterates the numbers or symbols is not the owner and does not have the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>permission of the owner to make the alteration, removal, or obliteration; or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>(11) with the intent to prevent the identification of property involved, so as to <br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>deprive the rightful owner of possession thereof, alters or removes any permanent serial <br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>number, permanent distinguishing number or manufacturer's identification number on <br/>
<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>personal property or possesses, sells or buys any personal property knowing or having <br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>reason to know that the permanent serial number, permanent distinguishing number or <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>manufacturer's identification number has been removed or altered; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>(12) intentionally deprives another of a lawful charge for cable television service by:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>(i) making or using or attempting to make or use an unauthorized external connection <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>outside the individual dwelling unit whether physical, electrical, acoustical, inductive, or <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>other connection; or by<br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>(ii) attaching any unauthorized device to any cable, wire, microwave, or other <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>component of a licensed cable communications system as defined in chapter 238. Nothing <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>herein shall be construed to prohibit the electronic video rerecording of program material <br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>transmitted on the cable communications system by a subscriber for fair use as defined by <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>Public Law 94-553, section 107; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>(13) except as provided in clauses (12) and (14), obtains the services of another with <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>the intention of receiving those services without making the agreed or reasonably expected <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>payment of money or other consideration; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>(14) intentionally deprives another of a lawful charge for telecommunications <br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>service by:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>(i) making, using, or attempting to make or use an unauthorized connection whether <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>physical, electrical, by wire, microwave, radio, or other means to a component of a local <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>telecommunication system as provided in chapter 237; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>(ii) attaching an unauthorized device to a cable, wire, microwave, radio, or other <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>component of a local telecommunication system as provided in chapter 237.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>The existence of an unauthorized connection is prima facie evidence that the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>occupier of the premises:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>(A) made or was aware of the connection; and<br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>(B) was aware that the connection was unauthorized;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>(15) with intent to defraud, diverts corporate property other than in accordance with <br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>general business purposes or for purposes other than those specified in the corporation's <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>articles of incorporation; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>(16) with intent to defraud, authorizes or causes a corporation to make a distribution <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>in violation of section 
         <statute_ref>302A.551</statute_ref>, or any other state law in conformity with it; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>(17) takes or drives a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner or an <br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>authorized agent of the owner, knowing or having reason to know that the owner or an <br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>authorized agent of the owner did not give consent.; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>(18) intentionally, and without claim of right, takes motor fuel from a retailer without <br/>
<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>the retailer's consent and with intent to deprive the retailer permanently of possession <br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>of the fuel by driving a motor vehicle from the premises of the retailer without having <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>paid for the fuel dispensed into the vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>Proof that the driver of a motor vehicle into which motor fuel was dispensed drove <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>the vehicle from the premises of the retailer without having paid for the fuel permits the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>factfinder to infer that the driver acted intentionally and without claim of right, and that <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>the driver intended to deprive the retailer permanently of possession of the fuel. This <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>paragraph does not apply if: (1) payment has been made to the retailer within 30 days <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>of the receipt of notice of nonpayment under section 604.15; or (2) a written notice as <br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>described in section 604.15, subdivision 4, disputing the retailer's claim, has been sent. <br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>This paragraph does not apply to the owner of a motor vehicle if the vehicle or the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>vehicle's license plate has been reported stolen before the theft of the fuel.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2012, and applies to crimes <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>committed on or after that date.<br/>