HB107:

Larceny and certain property crimes; penalties.

Bill Summary:

Larceny and certain property crimes; penalties. Decreases
from $1,000 to $500 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or
chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The
bill decreases the threshold by the same amount for the classification of
certain property crimes. The bill also provides that a person convicted of
petit larceny, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor, shall be subject
to a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 10 days in jail if the larceny
was of a package delivered to a residence.

The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to commit
larceny of a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle, regardless of the
converter's value. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to willfully
break, injure, tamper with, or remove any part or parts of any vehicle,
aircraft, boat, or vessel for the purpose of injuring, defacing, or destroying
said vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel, or temporarily or permanently
preventing its useful operation, or for any purpose against the will or without
the consent of the owner, or to in any other manner willfully or maliciously
interfere with or prevent the running or operation of such vehicle, aircraft,
boat, or vessel, when such violation causes damage to such vehicle, aircraft,
boat, or vessel of $500 or more. Current law makes such violation a Class 1
misdemeanor with no limit on the amount of damage. Under the bill, the penalty
for damage of less than $500 remains a Class 1 misdemeanor.