HCS/HB 498 - This act allows the court to order restitution be paid to the victim of tampering or auto theft, including the victim's insurance deductible payment, towing and storage fees, and any reasonable expenses incurred by the victim in prosecuting the offense. This act prohibits the court or the Board or Probation and Parole from releasing a person early from probation and parole if the person has failed to pay restitution.
This act makes evidence of prior acts of tampering admissible to prove the requisite knowledge or belief in a current tampering case. The act also makes tampering in the second degree a Class C felony when the person has a prior conviction for tampering in the first or second degree, auto theft, or receiving stolen property.
This act expands the crime of stealing to include obtaining control over property or services under circumstances that a reasonable person would know it was stolen and clarifies that the crime occurs when undercover police are posing as the sellers of stolen property.
This act makes auto theft a Class B felony if a person has two prior convictions for stealing-related offenses.
This act is similar to certain provisions of CCS/SS/SCS/HCS/HB 353 (2005).
SUSAN HENDERSON