HB 87 COMBINE MOTOR VEHICLE CRIMES FOR SENTENCING

Rep Cynthia D Borrego

Actions: HPREF [2] not prntd-HRC

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 House Bill 87 (HB 87) provides that multiple violations of crimes involving stolen vehicles apply towards sentencing regardless of which section of law was violated previously. 

 House Bill 87(HB 87) amends the crimes of Unlawful Taking of a Vehicle or Motor Vehicle, Embezzlement of a Vehicle or Motor Vehicle, Fraudulently Obtaining a Vehicle or Motor Vehicle, and Receiving or Transferring Stolen Vehicles or Motor Vehicles by removing the sentencing scheme in these statutes.  

Currently, these offenses range from a fourth-degree felony for a first offense to a second-degree felony for a third or subsequent offense.  HB 87 incorporates the current sentencing scheme; however, the bill provides that violations of any of these crimes can be combined for sentencing purposes.   
 

 Currently, these offenses range from a fourth-degree felony for a first offense to a second-degree felony for a third or subsequent offense, but violations cannot be combined for purposes of sentencing.