AB 1542, as introduced, Waldron. Theft: lost property.
Existing law makes it a crime for a person who finds lost property under circumstances that give him or her knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriates the property to his or her own use, or to the use of another person not entitled thereto, without first making reasonable and just efforts to find the owner and to restore the property to him or her.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 485 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:
begin deleteOne end deletebegin insertEvery person end insertwho finds lost property under
4circumstancesbegin delete whichend deletebegin insert thatend insert give himbegin insert or herend insert knowledge of or means
5of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriatesbegin delete suchend deletebegin insert
theend insert
6 property to hisbegin insert or herend insert own use, or to the use of another person not
7entitled thereto, without first making reasonable and just efforts
P2 1to find the owner and to restore the property to himbegin insert or herend insert, is guilty
2of theft.
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