Theft-penalty for fifth or subsequent offense.

Plain English: The amendment changes the wording to allow for a charge rather than a certainty of guilt for certain theft offenses.

• Changes 'shall be guilty of' to 'may be charged with', allowing more discretion in charging fifth or subsequent theft offenses.

• The amendment does not specify the exact circumstances under which charges may or may not be brought, leaving some uncertainty about its practical application.

Plain English: The amendment changes the definition of a fifth or subsequent theft offense to require that these offenses must occur within a three-year time period.

• Adds a requirement that for an offense to be considered a fifth or subsequent theft, it must happen within three years after any previous theft.

• The amendment text does not specify how this change will affect existing laws or penalties beyond the time period mentioned.
• It is unclear what happens if there are multiple theft offenses but they do not all occur within a three-year window.

Plain English: The amendment modifies a bill that deals with penalties for theft by adding a condition that if someone steals property worth $1,000 or more on their fifth offense or later, they will face separate felony penalties.

• Adds the requirement that the value of stolen property must be at least $1,000 to trigger the new felony penalty for a fifth or subsequent theft offense.

• The amendment text does not specify what the exact penalties are beyond stating they will be separate felonies. It also doesn't clarify if this applies only in cases where the value of stolen property is $1,000 or more for all previous offenses as well.

Plain English: The amendment adds language to the bill that allows separate legal proceedings for each theft offense if a person commits their fifth or any subsequent theft.

• Adds new wording after 'jurisdiction' in the bill text, inserting 'separately brought and tried'.

• The amendment's impact on existing legal procedures is not detailed.

Plain English: The amendment changes the definition of a fifth or subsequent theft offense to require that these offenses must occur within a ten-year time period.

• Adds a requirement that for an offense to be considered a fifth or subsequent theft, it must happen within ten years after previous thefts.

• The amendment text does not specify how this change will affect existing laws or penalties beyond the definition of repeat offenses.
• It is unclear what specific changes are made conforming to other parts of the bill as described in the summary.

Plain English: The amendment removes previous language and adds that a fifth or subsequent theft offense must occur within a five-year time period to qualify for separate felony penalties.

• Removes the previously added language about a third reading amendment (HB0112H3001/A).
• Adds new language requiring that a fifth or subsequent theft offense must happen within a five-year period to be eligible for separate felony penalties.

• The exact nature of the removed language is not provided, so its content and impact are unclear.
• It's unknown how this amendment will affect existing theft cases or sentencing guidelines beyond what is stated.

Plain English: The amendment changes the bill to apply separate felony penalties for third or subsequent theft offenses instead of fifth or subsequent.

• Changes 'fifth' to 'third' in the catch title where the bill describes when separate felony penalties would be applied for theft offenses.
• Modifies line 2 on page 1 and line 2 on page 2 by changing 'fifth' to 'third', indicating that third or subsequent theft offenses will now trigger separate felony penalties.

• The amendment does not provide details about what specific changes are made to the penalties for third offenses, only that it alters when these enhanced penalties apply.