Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 671	House Author:  Darby et al.
Effective:  9-1-09	Senate Sponsor:  Seliger

            House Bill 671 amends the Penal Code to increase the penalty for theft to the next higher category if it is shown at trial that, at the time of the offense, the owner of the stolen property was a nonprofit organization or that the actor was a Medicare provider in a contractual relationship with the federal government and the property appropriated came in the actor's custody, possession, or control by virtue of the contractual relationship.