HomeMy WebLinkAbout3344 i~, ~.~./ AN ORDINANCE repealing Ordinance No.
~'~- ~ 3336, in its entirety, AND amending
Ordinance No. 2994, Section 1, B~C
~ ~-~.~.-~ ~ 9 99 010, relatin~ to the crime of
~/ Shoplifting AND making it a crime
to aid or assist a person commit-
ting shoplifting.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Ordinance No. 3336,
is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section 2. That Ordinance No. 2994, Section 1,
published as BMC. 9.99.010, is amended to read
SHOPLIFTING DEFINED-PENALTY. A person who wil-
fully takes possesion of merchandise, the purchase of which
is less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), offered
for sale by any wholesale or retail store or other mercan-
tile establishment', without the consent of the seller, with-
out having paid the purchase price thereof, with the inten-
tion of converting such merchandise to his own use', is quilty
of a misdemeanor of shoplifting. Upon a conviction therefor,
he may be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred
dollars ($300.00).
A person who wilfully aids or abets another person
to commit the crime of shoplifting, and who knows that his
action will aid or abet that person in the commission of the
crime of shoplifting, upon a conviction therefor may be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00).
SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this ordinance
or its application to any person or circumstance is held in-
valid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the application of the
ordinace to other persons is not affected.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading
this ~--~ day of February, 1977.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City
Clerk in authentication of such passage this /~day of
February, 1977.
~GLENN K. JARSTAD~ MAYOR
ATTEST:
c.c. YE~, sR., c~TY