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A~ ORDIN~CE amending the penalties for first and
subsequent offenses for Shoplifting, and amending BMC
9A.36.050.
Section 1. Amen4ment. BMC Section 9A.36.050 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
9A.36.050 SHOPLIFTING.
(a) A person is guilty of shoplifting if he or she wilfully
takes possession of goods, wares, or merchandise of the value of
two hundred fifty dollars or less offered for sale by any wholesale
or retail store or other mercantile establishment without the
consent of the seller, with the intention of converting such goods,
wares or merchandise to his or her own use without having paid the
purchase prices thereof.
(b) A duly appointed city, county, or state law enforcement
officer may, upon a Charge being made and without a warrant, arrest
any person whom he or she has cause to believe has committed or
attempted to commit the crime of shoplifting.
(c) Shoplifting is a misdemeanor and a first conviction shall
be punished by a maximum fine not to exceed five-hundred dollars.
~--~ ....... ~ second conviction, the court shall impose a
Upon a
mandatory minimum fine of three-hundred dollars and such fine shall
not be suspended or deferred. Upon a third or subsequent
conviction, the maximum penalty shall be 90 days in jail and one
thousand dollar fine.
Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become
effective ten (10) days from passage and publication.
SHOPLIFT.ORD (Ord. Disk #2 - 6/13/94)
APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this
~ day of ~~~ ~ 1994.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this
/~J~ day of ~/?~~~{~ , 1994.
SH~RRIL HUFF-M~S, ~ouncil President
APPROVED this ~ .%~ day of ~ ~ ,~ ~.~c~ ~ , 1994.
L~N HORTON, Mayor
ATTEST:
EFFECTIVE DATE ....
PUBLICATION DATE
ORDINANCE NUMBER_
SHOPLIFT.ORD (Ord. Disk #2 - 6/13/94)