Bill Number: OK51RHB 1568                          Filed: 01-19-2007

             Author: Denney

        

                                     STATE OF OKLAHOMA

  1                     1st Session of the 51st Legislature (2007)
 
  2                        HOUSE BILL 1568      By:      Denney
 
  3                                   AS INTRODUCED
 
  4                  An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending
 
  5                  21 O.S. 2001, Section 1727, which relates to copper
 
  6                  theft; modifying penalties; and providing an
 
  7                  effective date.
 
  8     BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
 
  9           SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     21 O.S. 2001, Section 1727, is
 
 10     amended to read as follows:
 
 11           Section 1727.  Any person who shall enter upon any premises,
 
 12     easement, or right of way with intent to steal or remove without the
 
 13     consent of the owner, or with intent to aid or assist in stealing or
 
 14     removing any copper wire, copper cable, or copper tubing from and
 
 15     off of any appurtenance on such premises, easement, or right of way
 
 16     shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by
 
 17     confinement in the [State Penitentiary] custody of the Department
 
 18     of Corrections for not less than one (1) year nor more than five
 
 19     (5) years, or by confinement in the county jail for not less than
 
 20     ninety (90) days nor more than two hundred (200) days, or shall be
 
 21     fined not less than [One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)] One Thousand
 
 22     Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than [Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)]
 
 23     Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by both such
 
 24     fine and imprisonment.
 


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  1           SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2007.
 
  2           51-1-5673      GRS      01/02/07
 
  3     Page 1
 
  4     Req. No. 5673
 
















































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