PRINTER'S NO. 2199
No. 1664 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, MARSICO, DALEY, HARRIS, HERSHEY,
JAMES, KORTZ, R. MILLER, MYERS, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PETRONE,
PHILLIPS, REICHLEY, J. TAYLOR, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND
GEIST, JULY 3, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 3, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for theft of leased
3 property.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3932(b) and (c)(2) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 3932. Theft of leased property.
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10 (b) Definition.--As used in this section[, a]:
11 (1) A person "deals with the property as his own" if he
12 sells, secretes, destroys, converts to his own use or
13 otherwise disposes of the property.
14 (2) A "written demand to return the property is
15 delivered" when it is sent by first class mail, evidenced by
16 a certificate of mailing, to the address provided by the
17 lessor.
1 (c) Presumption.--A person shall be prima facie presumed to
2 have intent if he:
3 * * *
4 (2) fails to return the property to its owner within
5 seven days after a written demand to return the property is
6 delivered [by registered or certified mail to the person's
7 last known address].
8 * * *
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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