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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER Solano
Council Bill No 24
Ordinance No 1084
Series of 1997
TITLE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
INCREASING THE AMOUNT TAKEN
OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
EMERGENCY
MUNICIPAL THEFT CHARGE BY
UP TO $500 00, REPEALING ALL
THEREWITH AND DECLARING AN
WHEREAS, the City currently prosecutes theft charges as municipal offenses if the
amount taken is under the value of four hundred dollars ($400001, and
WHEREAS, theft or shoplifting in an amount equal to or greater than four hundred
dollars ($400 00) has been classified as a Class 4 felony, and
WHEREAS, the Colorado General Assembly adopted House Bill 97-1077, effective
July 1, 1997, which provides that theft is a Class 4 felony if the thing of value Involved is
five hundred dollars ($ 500 00) or more but less than fifteen hundred dollars ($1500 00),
and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to increase the jurisdiction of the municipal
court to allow for prosecutions in municipal court for theft where the thing of value taken is
under the value of five hundred dollars ($50000), in order to ensure that such violations
will be capable of prosecution
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS
Section 1 Subsection (b) of Section 16-41 of the Code of Laws of the City of
Wheat Ridge, concerning theft, is hereby amended to read as follows
Sec 16-41 Theft--Generally
(b) ThiS section shall not apply when the aggregate value of the items taken in any
one (1) criminal episode is valued at fffiIf FIVE hundred dollars ($JIOO.OO) ($50000) or
more, nor where the #ffie ITEM taken is a motor vehicle, rental property, trade secret or
credit device Further, this section shall not apply where the theft is committed by
fraudulent use of a check or credit device
Section 2 Emergencv Declared Effective Date This Ordinance is immediately
necessary for the preservation of public property, health, peace and safety in order to
guarantee that thefts in an amount of less than $ 500 00 will be prosecuted and punished
accordingly and for the reasons set forth in the "Whereas" clauses of this Ordinance. which
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are fully incorporated herein by this reference This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon passage
Section 3 Severabilitv If any section, subsection or clause of this ordinance
shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the validity of the remaining
sections, subsections and clauses shall not be affected thereby
Section 4 Repeal of conflicting ordinances All other ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed
INTRODUCED, READ, ADOPTED AS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, AND ORDERED
PUBLISHED in full In a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge within
ten days after passage or as soon thereafter as possible, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, by a vote of ~ to ~ this 28th day of
July , 1997
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DAN WILDE, MAYOR
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WANDA SANG, C'ITY CLERK
GERALD E DAHL, CITY ATTORNEY
Publication In Wheat Ridge Transcript
August 1, 1997
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