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Act No. 129                                                                                   Page 1 of 1
2024
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Act No. 129 (H.563). An act relating to unlawful trespass in a motor vehicle and
      unauthorized operation of a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent
        Subjects: Crimes and criminal procedure; unlawful trespass; operation of a motor
        vehicle without owner’s consent
           This act creates two new offenses: unlawful trespass into a motor vehicle and
        operation without the owner’s consent when the person should have known they did not
        have the owner’s consent.
           Sec. 1 of the act amends 13 V.S.A. § 3705 to establish a three-month/$500.00 fine
        misdemeanor for entering a motor vehicle of another and when the person knows that the
        person does not have legal authority or the consent of the person in lawful possession of
        the motor vehicle to do so.
            Sec. 2 of the act amends the joyride provision of 23 V.S.A. § 1094, leaving the current
        two-year misdemeanor for knowingly committing the offense and adding a lesser offense
        if the person should have known they did not have consent of the owner. This lesser
        offense would be a crime subject to a fine of not more than $500.00.
        Effective Date: July 1, 2024
                                                                                          VT LEG #377417 v.2
Statutes affected: 
As Introduced: 13-2501
As Passed By the House -- Official: 13-2501, 13-3705, 23-1094
As Passed By the House -- Unofficial: 13-2501, 13-3705, 23-1094
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Official: 13-2501, 13-3705, 23-1094
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Unofficial: 13-3705, 23-1094
As Enacted: 13-3705, 23-1094
House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment Official: 23-1094
House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment Unofficial: 23-1094