Session of 2000
HOUSE BILL No. 2774
By Committee on Judiciary
1-31
10 AN ACT
concerning crimes and punishment; relating to theft; amending
11 K.S.A. 21-3701 and
repealing the existing section.
12
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
14 Section
1. K.S.A. 21-3701 is hereby amended to read as follows:
21-
15 3701. (a) Theft is any of the following
acts done with intent to deprive
16 the owner permanently of the possession,
use or benefit of the owner's
17 property:
18 (1) Obtaining or
exerting unauthorized control over property;
19 (2) obtaining by
deception control over property;
20 (3) obtaining by
threat control over property; or
21 (4) obtaining
control over stolen property knowing the property to
22 have been stolen by another.
23 (b) (1) Theft of
property of the value of $25,000 or more is a severity
24 level 7, nonperson felony.
25 (2) Theft of
property of the value of at least $500 but less than
26 $25,000 or theft of property regardless
of the value from three separate
27 mercantile establishments as part of the
same act or transaction or in two
28 or more acts or transactions connected
together or constituting parts of a
29 common scheme or course of conduct
is a severity level 9, nonperson
30 felony.
31 (3) Theft of
property of the value of less than $500 is a class A non-
32 person misdemeanor.
33 (4) Theft of
property of the value of less than $500 is a severity level
34 9, nonperson felony if committed by a
person who has, within five years
35 immediately preceding commission of the
crime, been convicted of theft
36 two or more times.
37 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 21-3701 is hereby
repealed.
38 Sec. 3. This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
39 publication in the statute book.