FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act  to revise the penalty for theft by an employee of certain facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 22-30A-17 be amended to read as follows:
     22-30A-17.   Theft is grand theft, if:

             (1)    The value of the property stolen exceeds five hundred dollars;

             (2)    Repealed by SL 1990, ch 165, §   2.

             (3)    Property of any value is taken from the person of another; or

             (4)    In the case of theft by receiving stolen property, the receiver is a dealer in stolen property, the value of the property stolen exceeds five hundred dollars in value.

     Theft in all other cases is petty theft. Grand theft is a Class 4 felony. Petty theft is divided into two degrees. Petty theft of one hundred dollars or more , or of property of any value less than five hundred dollars belonging to a resident of a nursing facility, chemical dependency facility, assisted living center, developmental center, human services center, or any residential facility for the mentally ill, mentally retarded, or developmentally disabled, if the theft is committed by an employee of the facility, is in the first degree and is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Petty theft of less than one hundred dollars is in the second degree and is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

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BILL HISTORY
1/23/97 First read in Senate and referred to Judiciary.   S.J.   140
1/31/97 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
1/31/97 Judiciary Deferred to another day.   S.J.   274
2/3/97 Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 6, NAYS 0.   S.J.   295
2/5/97 Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 24, NAYS 9.   S.J.   329
2/6/97 First read in House and referred to Judiciary.   H.J.   354
2/21/97 House of Representatives Re-referred to State Affairs.   H.J.   629
2/28/97 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
3/3/97 State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 12, NAYS 0.
3/3/97 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
3/3/97 State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 12, NAYS 0.