Theft statute-amendment.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information about specific requirements for proving theft beyond clarifying the disjunctive nature of certain provisions in the law.

Amending Theft Laws

The act clarifies that different parts of the theft law can be used separately.

What This Bill Does

• Adds an 'or' after a specific part of the theft law to clarify that different parts of the law can be used separately, not just together.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who might commit theft in Wyoming
• Law enforcement and courts dealing with theft cases

Terms To Know

Theft

Taking or using someone else's property without permission.

Disjunctive

Allowing different parts of a law to be used separately, not just together.

Limits and Unknowns

• The act does not change the penalties for theft.
• It only clarifies how theft is defined and proven in court.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 21LSO-0132
Bill No.:

HB0035

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

21LSO-0132

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0009

Chapter No.:

17

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Theft statute-amendment.

Subject:

Clarifies the elements of the crime of theft.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act adds an "or" after the penultimate provision in the crime of theft to clarify that the elements are disjunctive.

When the theft statutes were amended and consolidated during the 2020 Budget Session, the "or" was inadvertently omitted; this act corrects that error.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

21LSO-0132

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0035

ENROLLED ACT NO. 9,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2021 General Session

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; clarifying the elements of the crime of theft; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 6
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402(a)(ii) is amended to read:

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402.

Theft; penalties.

(a)

A person is guilty of theft if he knowingly takes, obtains, procures, retains or exercises control over or makes an unauthorized transfer of an interest in the
property of another person without authorization or by threat or by deception, or he receives, loans money by pawn or pledge on or disposes of the property of another person that he knew or reasonably should have known was stolen, and he:

(ii)

Knowingly uses, receives, conceals, abandons or disposes of the property in such manner as to deprive the other person of its use or benefit;
or

Section 2
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This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution
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