2013 Senate Bill 679

Establish scrap metal theft legal presumption

Introduced in the Senate

Nov. 13, 2013

Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith (D-4)

To establish a “rebuttable presumption” that a person caught stripping more than $100 or 100 pounds of metal from a building or structure does not have the permission of the owner, and so is committing larceny as defined in a 2008 scrap metal theft law.

Referred to the Committee on Economic Development

Dec. 4, 2013

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

Dec. 5, 2013

Amendment offered

To establish that having a valid copy of an applicable building or demolition permit rebuts the proposed presumption.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 36 to 1 (details)

To establish a “rebuttable presumption” that a person caught stripping more than $100 or 100 pounds of metal from a building or structure does not have the permission of the owner, and so is committing larceny as defined in a 2008 scrap metal theft law.

Received in the House

Dec. 5, 2013

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform