HB 2120 -- METHOD OF ASCERTAINING THE VALUE OF PROPERTY

CO-SPONSORS:  Ridgeway, Hosmer

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Criminal Law by a vote of 13 to 0.

This bill determines the value of certain stolen property.  If
the victim is a merchant and the stolen property would have been
sold in the ordinary course of the merchant's business, the value
of the property is the price at which the merchant would normally
sell the item.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill clarifies the law so
that value is determined in the same way throughout the state.

Testifying for the bill was Representative Ridgeway.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Amy Woods, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:03 am