SUMMARY--Increases penalty for third and subsequent convictions of petit larceny from misdemeanor to gross misdemeanor. (BDR 15-946)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to crimes; increasing the penalty for a third conviction and subsequent convictions of petit larceny from a misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 NRS 205.240 is hereby amended to read as follows:
205.240 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 205.220 and 475.105, a person [who:
1.] is guilty of petit larceny if the person:
(a) Steals, takes and carries, leads or drives away the personal goods or property of another, [under the] with a value of less than $250; or
[2.] (b) Steals, takes and carries, leads, drives or entices away one or more domestic animals or poultry [having] with an aggregate value [under] of less than $250, except those described in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 205.225 . [,
commits petit larceny and is guilty of a misdemeanor.]
2. A person who is guilty of petit larceny:
(a) For the first and second offenses, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) For the third or any subsequent offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Sec. 2. The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.
Sec. 3. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses that are committed before October 1, 1997.