13-12 Amends 517, 525, 541 & 545 raise minimum threshold for felony theft

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misdemeanor of the first degree. If the violation involves data or com- puter software the value of which or loss to the victhn is €tve-kundeod one thousand dollars ($399.991.000.00) or more, or if the writing or re- cord is a will unrevoked at the ffine of the offense, tampering with re- cords is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law. Section 9. Section 545.15, Securing Writings by Deception, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 545.15 SECURING WRITINGS BY DECEPTION. (a) No person, by deception, shall cause another to execute any writing which disposes of or encumbers property, or by which a pecuniary obli- gation is incurred. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of procuring writings by decep- tion, amisdemeanor of the first degree, provided the value of the prop- erty or obligation involved is less than five hundred dollars ($500.00). shall be and hereby is amended to read as follows: 545.15 SECURING WRITINGS BY DECEPTION. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of procuring writings by decep- tion, amisdemeanor of the first degree, provided the value of the prop- erty or obligation hrvolved is less than r°°'n.`,=~=.e~•^a•°a one thousand dol- lars ($309.991,000.00). Section 10. Section 545.18, Receiving Stolen Property, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 545.18 RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY. (a) No person shall receive, retain or dispose of property of another, know- ing or having reasonable cause to believe that the property has been ob- tained through commission of a theft offense. (b) It is not a defense to a charge of receivh~g stolen property in violation of this section that the property was obtained by means other than through the commission of a theft offense if the property was explicitly represented to the accused person as behrg obtained through the com- mission of atheft offense. (c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of receiving stolen property, a misdemeanor of the fnst degree, provided that the value of the property involved is less than five hundred dollars ($500.00). shall be and hereby is amended to read as follows: 545.18 RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY.