Senate Bill No. 560
(By Senators Sharpe, Minard and Yoder)
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[Introduced March 22, 1993;; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section thirteen, article three,
chapter sixty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to grand and
petit larceny.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section thirteen, article three, chapter sixty-one of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY.
§61-3-13. Grand and petit larceny distinguished; penalties.
(a) If any person commits simple larceny of goods or
chattels of the value of two hundred thousand dollars or more,
such person shall be guilty of a felony, designated grand
larceny, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in a
penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years, or, in
the discretion of the court, be confined in the county jail not
more than one year and shall be fined not more than five hundreddollars.
(b) If any person commits simple larceny of goods or
chattels of the value of less than two hundred thousand dollars,
such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, designated petit
larceny, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in the
county jail for a term not to exceed one year or fined not to
exceed five hundred dollars, or both, in the discretion of the
court.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the value of
goods required for the crime of grand larceny to two thousand
dollars.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.
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