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 <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2008-SB-1114">2008 scrap metal theft law</a>.

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 <A href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2008-SB-1114">2008 scrap metal theft law</A>.

Received in the House

Dec. 5, 2013

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform