Assembly Bill No. 375–Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

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AN ACT relating to crimes; enacting provisions governing the possession, use, manufacture or distribution of certain items employed to commit theft; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. Chapter 205 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto

 the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

   Sec. 2.  1.  A person shall not, with the intent to cheat or defraud a

 retailer, possess, make, alter, forge or counterfeit any sales receipt or

 inventory pricing label.

   2.  Unless a greater penalty is imposed by a specific statute and except

 as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person who violates any

 provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a category E felony and shall be

 punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

   3.  Unless a greater penalty is imposed by a specific statute, a person

 who violates any provision of subsection 1 and who possesses 15 or more

 fraudulent sales receipts or inventory pricing labels is guilty of a

 category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

   4.  As used in this section, “inventory pricing label” includes, without

 limitation, any written or electronic record or label used by a retailer to

 identify, inventory or price any product or item it offers for sale.

   Sec. 3.  1.  A person shall not, with the intent to commit, aid or abet

 a theft, possess any theft detection shielding device or theft detection

 device deactivator.

   2.  A person shall not, with the intent to commit, aid or abet a theft,

 manufacture, sell or distribute any theft detection shielding device or

 theft detection device deactivator.

   3.  A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a

 category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

   4.  As used in this section:

   (a) “Theft detection device deactivator” includes, without limitation,

 any tool or device designed to allow, or capable of allowing, the

 deactivation or removal of a theft detection device from any

 merchandise.

   (b) “Theft detection shielding device” includes, without limitation, any

 laminated or coated bag or device intended to shield merchandise from

 detection by an electronic or magnetic theft detector.

   Sec. 4.  The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses

 committed before October 1, 2001.

 

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