THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, AND AGRICULTURE

Senator Russell S. Kokubun, Chair

Senator Gary L. Hooser, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2005

TIME:

1:30 pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 212

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Monday, March 14, 2005)

HB 1201

HD2

(HSCR834)

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL THEFT.

Clarifies that possession of agricultural commodities removed from fenced or posted premises without an ownership and movement certificate is evidence that the person knows that agricultural commodities are or have been stolen in cases of theft in the second degree; clarifies that possession of livestock without a livestock ownership and movement certificate is evidence that the person knows the livestock is or has been stolen in cases of livestock theft; broadens the definition of theft in the second degree by including theft of agricultural commodities that weigh over 35lbs from fenced or posted premises. (HB1201 HD2)

WLA, JHW

HB 1202

HD2

(HSCR835)

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TRESPASSING.

Provides that a person commits the crime of criminal trespass in the second degree if the person, without permission, enters cultivated or uncultivated agricultural land that is posted with signs forbidding trespass. (HB1202 HD2)

WLA, JHW
     

 

No testimony will be accepted.

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