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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
Council Bill No 25
Ordinance No. 1997- 1086
Solapo
Series of 1997
TITLE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL THEFT CHARGE BY
INCREASING THE AMOUNT TAKEN UP TO $50000 AND REPEALING
ALL OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the City currently prosecutes theft charges as municipal offenses if the
amount taken is under the value of four hundred dollars ($40000), and
WHEREAS, theft or shoplifting in an amount equal to or greater than four hundred
dollars ($400 00) has been classified as a Class 4 felony; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado General Assembly adopted House Sill 97-1077, effective
July 1, 1997, which provides that theft is a Class 4 felony if the thing of value involved is
five hundred dollars ($ 500 00) or more but less than fifteen hundred dollars ($1500 001,
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 ($50000)
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS
Section 1 Subsection (b) of Section 16-41 of the Code of Laws of the City of
Wheat Ridge, concerning theft, is hereby amended to read as follows
Sec 16-41 Theft--Generally
(bl This section shall not apply when the aggregate value of the items taken in any
one (1) criminal episode is valued at.f.Bw-- FIVE hundred dollars ($-100.00) ($500 OO) or
more, nor where the t+me 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 Safetv Clause The City Council hereby finds, determines, and
declares that this Ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of the City of
Wheat Ridge, that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public and
that this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and safety and for tile
protection of publiC convenience and welfare The City Council further determines that the
Ord'lnance bears a rational relation to the proper legislative object sought to be attained
Section 3 Severability. Conflicting Ordinances ReDealed If any section,
subsection or clause of this ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise
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IIlvalid, the validity of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses shall not be affected
thereby All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed
Section 4 Effective Date This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after
final publication, as provided by Section 5 11 of the Charter
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0
on this 28th day of July , 1997, ordered published in full in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and
consideration on final passage set for August 11 , 1997, at 7 00 o'clock pm, In
the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote
of 8 to 0 ,this 11 th day of August , 1997
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
12th day of August
, 1997
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DAN WILDE, MAYOR
ATTEST
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY
C~EY
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G RALD E DAHL, CITY ATTORNEY
First Publication August 1, 1997
Second Publication August 15, 1997
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date August 30, 1997
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